Yolanda Fletcher (Managing Director Cellet Marketing &PR) and Lynsey Lamont (Account Manager for Ireland) representing Great lakes USA, joined key partners from Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan presenting all things Great Lakes to the Irish Travel Trade.
Caribtours Trade appreciation Dinner and presentation
Don Shearer (Travelbiz) joined invited trade and media partners in Dublin’s Stylish brasserie, The Ivy, for a celebration of Award-winning tour operator Caribtours launch of their dedicated brochure of handpicked hotels and itineraries.
The City of Angels consumer advertising targets London and, for the first time, Manchester and Ireland, totalling investment of more than £1m (€1.2m).
Campaign kicks off with a King’s Cross station takeover featuring a hologram.
Hotelbeds signs exclusive partnership with Merlin Entertainments
Hotelbeds and Merlin Entertainments have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for its six LEGOLAND® Hotels at LEGOLAND® Resorts in the United States.
Air Service One – “Shannon is Ireland’s best recovered airport”
Shannon welcomed a record 1.34 million passengers in January-August 2023, up by about 14% versus 2019 and 5% over its previous peak in 2018. Comparing the recovery versus 2019 shows other Irish airports have bounced back slower: Cork’s traffic was +5.6%, Knock +1.9% and Dublin +1.2%. Shannon made history in several months so far this year, including August.
Air Transat Increases Dublin Flights For Summer 2024
Increasing up to daily services from Dublin Airport to Toronto.
Air Transat, voted World's Best Leisure Airline by Skytrax, has unveiled its summer 2024 schedule from Dublin Airport, offering Irish passengers more opportunity to explore Canada next year.
Leading American journalists discover our Great Outdoors
Millions of Americans to read or hear all about the island of Ireland.
Tourism Ireland invited eight American journalists to visit the island of Ireland. The group – many of whom are members of the Outdoor Writers Association of America – includes writers, digital content creators and podcasters, who have a combined audience of millions of readers and followers.
Widerøe, represented by ASM-Ireland has announced an increase in flights on the Dublin-Bergen route for Summer 2024. The airline will add a Tuesday departure to the existing Thursday and Sunday flights, using their 110 seat Embraer E190-E2 jet aircraft.
Stena Line achieves record summer volumes on Ireland to France route
Stena Line has just recorded its busiest summer on the route between Ireland and France with passenger and car numbers up over 90% on last year.
The introduction of Stena Vision on the Rosslare-Cherbourg service has helped to drive passenger volumes
CLIA ‘Destination Showcase’ event successfully concludes in Porto
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) yesterday completed a three-day ‘Destination Showcase’ event in Porto, which was attended by over 100 delegates from across Europe. It featured sessions with ocean and river cruise destination experts, and a river cruise tour sailing beneath the six bridges and along the banks of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.
Ya can’t afjord not to visit! Jacinta’s adventure to the top of the World. Land of the midnight sun awaits
Jacinta from Travelbiz was thrilled to explore Norway, see the stunning fjords and even travel inside the Arctic Circle! Please take our advice and never miss an opportunity to go to Norway.
This week Royal Caribbean had full houses at each of their in-person travel agent training sessions in Belfast, Dublin and Cork.
Hosting the training was Kristi Reeser, a new appointment to Team Royal in the form of Training Manager for UK & Ireland. Some of you may have been lucky enough to meet Kristi in person over the last few weeks or you may recognize her as the host of recent online webinars, training sessions and Café Royals.
Diethelm Travel Soars to New Success with Unstoppable Growth
Diethelm Travel surpasses pre-COVID booking levels by more than 50% and attributes exciting product developments as key to success.Since Asia expert, Stephan Roemer, took over the helm at Diethelm Travel in 2018, things have been going from strength to strength.
Datalex and Aer Lingus announce partnership and investment in digital transformation
As a result of this agreement Aer Lingus will have access to Datalex’s entire new product suite, which will accelerate the airline’s digital retailing strategy and drive a connected customer experience.
