AWTE Celebrate International Women’s Day
16th March 2023 at 12:00 pm Jacinta from Travelbiz joined the wonderful women from the Association of Women Travel Executives in Dublin’s Clarence Hotel to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March. Gorgeous, glamorous and gloriously determined, members of the executive are highly experienced and hardworking. Many run their own successful travel agency and offer gainful employment to many more. Mna na hEireann are fearless having survived a gruelling and particularly punishing time through those lean Covid years. But now, zest for travel is huge and so to celebrate with their usual panache! Public demand for holidays is at an all-time high, so positivity is the order of the day.
Melia Hotels International Host Travel Centres in Waterford
16th March 2023 at 12:00 pm Leisure at heart, business in mind.
Don Shearer (Travelbiz & Travelfinders) joined Dominic and Bernie Burke (Travel Centres) in Ireland’s finest Italian restaurant, Emiliano's, in Waterford city for an intimate gathering of Travel Centres agents from Waterford, New Ross, Kilkenny and Wexford. Carla Ferreira and Anita Rivas Sanin from Melia Hotels International hosted the evening where the group enjoyed Emiliano’s amazing cuisine and wines.
ANA Wins TTG Premium Air Experience Award for 2nd Consecutive Year
16th March 2023 at 12:00 pm ANA has once again won the prestigious award for Premium Air Experience of the Year at the TTG Luxury Travel Awards 2023.
ANA is represented in this market by Alan Sparling (ASM-Ireland). The ANA brand is firmly established in Ireland with more and more travellers choosing ANA to travel to Japan and beyond.
A Taste of Royalty
16th March 2023 at 12:00 pm Jacinta (Travelbiz) attended a wine tasting event at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic at Merrion Square in Dublin. At the invitation of His Excellency Mr Andrej Droba. The Habsburg Winery pushed the boat out (and the bottles!) and we enjoyed some delicious wines throughout the afternoon. We are probably all au fait with the golden era of the Royal Habsburg Dynasty from our history lessons and the respect and influence the monarchy (Empress Maria Theresa) exerted over the region. So too the Habsburg Winery emulates top quality and old traditions in their products.
EL AL Direct to Tel Aviv
16th March 2023 at 12:00 pm Travelbiz will join Oranit Beithalahmy (Senior Director Central- West Europe and Africa El Al) for the official inaugural flight celebration of the direct flight between Dublin and Tel Aviv on the 23rd of March from Dublin Airport.
Represented in Ireland by ATTS-Travel Representation Solutions.
EL AL’s new direct service from Dublin to Tel Aviv will offer flight every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
TPG announce new date for Dundalk Event. Now 21st September
16th March 2023 at 12:00 pm The TPG boys, Alan Sparling (ASM Ireland) & Paul Manning (Hertz) advised Travelbiz.ie that due to a clash of trade events, they have moved the TPG Dundalk Agent Appreciation event from the 14th to 21st of September.
Blue Insurance “All In” with Travel Counsellors
16th March 2023 at 12:00 pm Congratulations Jeanette Taylor and Team Blue Insurance.
Travel Counsellors “All in” Business Partner of the year Award Winner is Blue Insurance.
Blue Insurance Sales Manager Jeanette Taylor picked up the much-coveted Business Partner of the year at the "All in" Travel Counsellors Conference in Kilkenny’s Lyrath Estate last weekend.
No matter where Danny is, he always has his Travelbiz 2023 Diary packed
16th March 2023 at 12:00 pm Danny Giles (Sales Manager North UK, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Ireland) for Ponant loves the all new Travelbiz 2023 diary and would not leave home without it. It was great to see Danny at last weekends Travel Counsellors conference. Danny has some great updates for all trade partners coming very soon.
WHAT’S NEW & UPCOMING IN NEW YORK CITY
8th March 2023 at 9:45 am Anniversaries, Expansions & Openings
James Earl Jones Theatre | Midtown Manhattan | September 2022
Formerly the Cort Theatre, the newly restored and named theater is now dedicated to one of the most beloved Broadway and film actors, James Earl Jones. This is the second major Broadway theater to be named after a Black artist. In April 2023, the theater will be home to ROOM on Broadway featuring the return of Tony Award winner, Adrienne Warren, based on the best-selling novel and award-winning film.
Fit and Healthy Philadelphia
7th March 2023 at 10:26 pm If you are looking for a healthy and active city break, look no further than Philadelphia, a very outdoorsy city boasting a huge urban park system and extensive walking, running, and cycling trails.
Many of Philadelphia’s attractions and much of the city’s magnificent collection of outdoor public art can be reached by foot so you can keep to your daily step target whilst enjoying all there is to see and do throughout the city.