The Bedford Townhouse wins major award
13th January 2023 at 12:00 pm The Brazil family winning formula continues with Peter and Denise Brazil winning the Best Townhouse Category at the recent Georgina Campbell's ireland-guide.com Small Stay Awards 2022.
This is an amazing achievement and testament to all the hard work of the great team at the Bedford Townhouse Limerick, right next door to the multi award winning Limerick Travel.
The Bedford Townhouse is a boutique hotel and restaurant in the heart of Limerick City.
Cork Airport announce biggest schedule for 2023
13th January 2023 at 12:00 pm Ryanair, Europe and Ireland’s no. 1 airline, announced its biggest ever Cork summer schedule with 29 routes, including 5 exciting new routes to La Rochelle, Rome, Seville, Venice Treviso and East Midlands, for Summer ‘23. This record schedule is underpinned by Ryanair’s third based aircraft at Cork this summer, which represents a total investment of $300m. Ryanair will operate 270 weekly flights to/from Cork (+20% growth vs. S22), driving invaluable inbound tourism and offering its south-west customers unbeatable choice and the lowest fares when booking their summer getaways.
Congratulations Martina Coogan as United Airlines Expands Role of Country Sales Manager
13th January 2023 at 12:00 pm United Airlines has expanded the role of its Dublin based Country Sales Manager, Martina Coogan, to include Scotland, effective 1 January 2023. In her extended role as Regional Sales Manager Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, Martina and the Irish sales team will now additionally be responsible for United’s sales across Scotland.
Cruisescapes with NCL Prima in Miami
13th January 2023 at 12:00 pm Eleanor Morton (Cruisescapes) sent Travelbiz this great report from NCL Prima in Miami.
After her Christening in Iceland at the end of the summer, Norwegian's newest ship, Prima, embarked on a series of European voyages before heading Stateside for the winter season. Norwegian Cruise lines hosted a series of inaugural sailings onboard for their American agents and special invited guests and Travel Escapes was lucky enough to be amongst them.
Eleanor (Cruisescapes) enjoyed 3 nights onboard, experiencing all this innovative ship has to offer, and all under the bright Bahamian sun, as Prima made her way from Miami to Great Stirrup Cay, NCL's private island in the Bahamas.
Welcome to Carlos Pinto de Oliveira
13th January 2023 at 12:00 pm Carlos Appointed Director of Visit Portugal Ireland.
Carlos Pinto de Oliveira brings extensive experience in the travel industry after almost a decade working with Visit Portugal, followed by eight years working with TAP Air Portugal, the Portuguese flag carrier. During his time as Key Account Manager in TAP, Carlos managed a portfolio of accounts to identify opportunities and grow business to achieve revenue targets.
An expert in the travel industry, Carlos has a strong relationship the Irish travel trade, having worked closely with Irish trade partners and attended trade events in his previous role on behalf of TAP Portugal.
Aer Lingus are back in San Francisco
22nd December 2022 at 12:00 pm This was fantastic news for Aer Lingus as the reintroduction of San Francisco equated to 14 direct services to the USA from Dublin and Shannon in 2022!!!!
San Francisco direct with Aer Lingus returns on Friday 25th of February!
Aer Lingus provides 14 direct routes between North America and Ireland, including New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orlando, Washington, Seattle, and Philadelphia. The airline will be the only carrier offering direct flights between Ireland and West Coast USA, with daily flights to San Francisco recommencing on 25 February, daily flights to Los Angeles starting on 12 May and Seattle, returning 5 times per week on 26 May. Flights to the USA from Shannon will start from 10th March, with 14 flights a week to New York and Boston.
Air Canada Sales Blitz concludes
22nd December 2022 at 12:00 pm The Air Canada sales blitz concluded in late October after 3 weeks of visiting agents throughout the length and breadth of Ireland.
Blaithin, Bernadette and their team members from the UK would like to thank all Irish agents for their fantastic welcome as they travelled the length and breadth of the Green Isle. The Blitz coincided with Canadian Thanksgiving on the 10th of October as the Air Canada sales team continued their visits up and down the length and breadth of the country bringing greetings and the highly sought-after Air Canada chocolate lollies.
Enda leaves Emirates
22nd December 2022 at 12:00 pm Enda leaves Emirates
Breaking news in September 2022 as we learned of the imminent departure of Enda Corneille as Country Manager for Emirates after eight very successful and at times challenging years.
Enda spoke to Don Shearer (Travelbiz) following his announcement and made it very clear that he is taking time out when he departs his role in October to take stock and decide upon the next chapter in his career. It was not an easy decision for Enda to make but feels he is leaving at the right time having managed the brand and business in Ireland through the toughest two years in our Industry and leaves now with a full restoration of the double daily service with Emirates to Dubai from Dublin.
Holiday World Shows Rescheduled till 2023
22nd December 2022 at 12:00 pm As we continued to battle the pandemic fallout our much-loved Holiday World shows were once again deferred to 2023. Now we are only weeks away to getting back on track in Shannon, Belfast and Dublin.
Business Exhibitions has announced that the annual Holiday Shows will not proceed in 2022.
The Holiday World Shows, which were set to take place in February and March in Dublin, Belfast and Shannon have been rescheduled to January 2023.
Travelbiz Acquires Travelfinders
22nd December 2022 at 12:00 pm On the 12th of May 2022 we announced the acquisition of Travelfinders.
Don Shearer is delighted to announce that Travelbiz Ltd has acquired Travelfinders, Ireland’s leading consumer focused portal with the largest active database of Irish holidaymakers and subscribers. Travelfinders was established in 1993 by Peter O’Hanlon promoting and supporting the wholesale and retail travel trade sector at home and abroad, along with local and international hotel partners.
Don Shearer and Peter O’Hanlon have worked together in the travel industry supporting each other in various roles for over 30 years. This meeting of minds and acquisition is a result of a very strong business and personal relationship that has grown out of a mutual respect for what they have both achieved, establishing the largest and most followed trade and consumer focused brands in Ireland.