ITAA Conference – ‘Leading Teams and Selling Dreams’
14th October 2022 at 12:00 pm ITAA Conference – ‘Leading Teams and Selling Dreams’
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The very impressive Hotel Fuerte El Rompido in the gorgeous little fisherman’s village of El Rompido, in the Province of Huelva, was the location for this year’s annual ITAA conference. The theme for ITAA members and trade partners was ‘Leading Teams and Selling Dreams’ and no better location to commence that journey as delegates arrived to soak up Huelva sunshine and sample some amazing sea food, local vino and incredible hospitality.
Espana Por Favor! Spain Celebrates it’s National Day
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Jacinta Mc Glynn (Travelbiz) bids a sad and fond farewell to His Excellency, Sr Idelfonso Castro, our Spanish Ambassador to Ireland as he leaves these shores for pastures new. Celebrating Spain’s National Day on 12th October. His Excellency made an impassioned speech about his beloved native country and expressed his great love of Ireland too. He prefaced his words by offering heartfelt sympathy to the people of Creeslough, Co. Donegal for the horrific tragedy which unfolded there.
Congratulations Tom Britton
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Tom Britton competes in Iron Man World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Congratulations to our very own Iron Man Tom Britton who competed in the Iron Man World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii over the weekend.
The race entailed a 2.4-mile ocean swim, 112-mile cycle, followed by a leisurely 26.2-mile run!!!!! Sure, you wouldn’t go that far on your holidays!!!
Amazing Tom and well done on staying alive let alone completing the race.
NYC & Company host trade in Dublin
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Tryphavana Cross (NYC & Company) hosts trade and media partners in Dublin.
Congratulations Michelle McManus (Best4Travel) big prize winner on the night.
NYC & Company Sales Mission took place on Monday 10th October at the Iveagh Gardens Hotel on Harcourt Street. Tryphavana with her NYC & Company partners hosted two events on the day with a lunch and evening dinner. The trade supported the event in great numbers with as high level of interaction from stakeholders from NYC & Company which included Arthouse Hotel, Downtown Alliance, Empire State Building, Hudson Yards, Hotel Beacon, Rockefeller Center and The Museum of Modern Art.
Emirates Mega Agent Fam to Dubai
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Emirates Ireland in conjunction with Dubai Tourism recently hosted some very lucky Irish trade partners on their Dubai Mega Fam.
The lucky Irish contingent included: Susan Hennessy (Travel Counsellors), Roisin Carberry (Tropical Sky), Leah Adams (Travel Solutions) Megan Carey (Trailfinders), Nicola Browne (Travel Counsellors) Lyndsey Breen (Cassidy Travel) and Jennied Guzman (Emirates).
Colombian Embassy Culture Night
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Colombian Embassy presented a photography exhibition during Culture Night to showcase the diversity of the Colombian Caribbean.
The Colombian Embassy held its first Culture Night in Dublin with an exhibition of ‘The Black Line’" by Colombian photographer Coque Gamboa, depicting the sacred landscapes of the Sierra de Santa Marta. Gamboa's photography exhibition, which displays the cosmogony of indigenous peoples of the Sierra de Santa Marta, encouraged the public to think about our relationship with the environment and the need to protect it.
Team Travelbiz lift the Rioja
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‘Leading Teams and Selling Dreams’ at Club De Golf Rompido.
Team Miriam Skelly, Don Shearer, James Tobin and Tom Randells were the ‘leading Team’ and will happily ‘sell the dream’ that is Golf Rompido as they brought the course and their fellow ITAA golf colleagues to their knees in admiration after their stunning victory at Club de Golf Rapido last week at the ITAA Golf day in the province of Huelva.
Amadeus host trade and media partners in the Shelbourne Hotel
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Resilience, Sustainability and more Opportunities.
Travelbiz’s roving reporter, Marian Benton, was delighted to attend lunch in the Shelbourne Hotel hosted by the Amadeus team of Neil Rogan (Head of Global External Communications) from Amadeus’ head office in Madrid, as well as Rob Golledge (Head of Corporate Communications) from their London office and of course, our own Olwen McKinney (Sales Manager Ireland). Invited guests represented corporate, retail and leisure travel companies, consortia and press.
Amadeus, founded in 1987, employs over 17,000 people in 190 countries worldwide. Revenues in 2021 were €2.67 billion. Primarily seen as a GDS, Amadeus has 40 plus subsidiaries worldwide providing ancillary and complementary travel and tourism services. Amadeus is a leading innovator in an increasingly complex travel environment.
Congratulations Helena Sweeney
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Hannon Travel are delighted to welcome Helena Sweeney Account Manager.
It’s a big Travelbiz industry warm welcome back to Helena Sweeney.
Helena has over 22 years commercial experience across leading airlines, travel agents and industry participants. Already making a positive impact in the business, Hannon Travel are really looking forward to introducing Helena to their clients and partners. Congratulations Helena.
Aer Lingus restart Hartford Connecticut
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Aer Lingus is to restart its daily service to Hartford Connecticut direct from Dublin, as the airline continues to rebuild and grow its transatlantic network.
This follows the recent announcement of flights to Cleveland Ohio, which is a brand new north american destination for Aer Lingus and will be part of its summer 2023 schedule.
Hartford marks Aer Lingus’ 16th transatlantic route from Ireland and the 19th from the UK.
The daily service will resume from 26 March next year and will be a critical milestone for Bradley International Airport as Aer Lingus will operate its only direct service to Europe.