Air Canada Worldchoice Ireland Winners Announced.
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Congratulations to Killiney Travel and Donabate Travel who were winners in the Air Canada/Worldchoice Canada Day competition.
Killiney Travel treated passersby to a display of Canada with Air Canada promotions in their window with great creativity and Donabate Travel launched a 5 day Canada with Air Canada Instagram promotion.
Great News from Valerie and the Celebrity Cruise team
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Celebrity Cruises announced new protocols for guests sailing from U.S. and European ports by dropping vaccination requirements and simplifying testing guidelines, making cruising more accessible and easier for travellers.
Beginning 5th September 2022, all guests, regardless of vaccination status, departing on most sailings from the U.S. and Europe can now cruise as long as they meet local testing requirements to board. Celebrity Cruises will also now accept any commercially available test, including unsupervised self-tests, in many destinations.
Wildcats and Huskers Cheerleaders Fly Aer Lingus
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The two teams, cheerleaders and accompanying band flew with Aer Lingus for last weekends Aer Lingus College Football Classic between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Northwest Wildcats. Aer Lingus were title sponsor of this amazing event which delivered all the true American Razzmatazz and more to our capital city.
Sock it to me Route 66 Illinois and American Airlines
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Don’t you just love Don’s Route 66 socks.
The Route 66 Illinois team representing Choose Chicago, Great Rivers and Routes, The Heritage Corridor and the Springfield Illinois certainly knocked the socks off invited trade and media partners at a very special event in the Westbury Hotel’s Grafton Suite. Partnered on the night by American Airlines, Caitriona Toner and Siobhan Baskin thanked all stakeholders and the trade for their amazing support on their direct service to Chicago from Dublin providing great access to all the Illinois Route 66 partners product all year round, sentiments shared by Mary Twomey (SVP Global Travel Trade Development).
Travel Partners boat party
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Get the date in your Travelbiz Diary now! Wednesday the 14th of September, walk that gangplank, and join the TPG crew onboard the Corrib Princess in Galway where all the buccaneers will cruise their way through all the latest news and updates for you to share with your colleagues. Be prepared for a fun filled evening me hearties and keep an eye out for the parrots.
What’s new in Los Angeles.
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With the resumption of the Aer Lingus direct service to Los Angeles, Los Angeles Tourism invite travel agents to discover what’s new in hotels, attractions dining and more.
After a monumental year of exciting development and new experiences, Los Angeles’ comeback story is unfolding in Southern California. To educate and engage travel trade partners from across the globe, Los Angeles Tourism has created an on-demand webinar on what’s new in LA, including new hotels, attractions, experiences, and more.
TravelbizTV – MSC World Europa
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MSC World Europa, is the first ship in MSC’S WORLD CLASS with a ground-breaking design.
The future of cruising is coming in November 2022.
Touchdown with Aer Lingus
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Marian Benton and Don Shearer (Travelbiz) teamed up with trade and media partners for a truly memorable day and night thanks to our hosts in Aer Lingus, Chicago’s North Shore, Choose Chicago, Tony Lane and the Visit USA team in Ireland.
American Football came to town last weekend and what a show they put on! The Northwestern Wildcats and the Nebraska Cornhuskers played their opening game of the 2022 season in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, in front of a crowd of over 40,000 fans. The atmosphere was electric. Nebraska were favourites to win and led most of the game but Northwestern just edged it with the final score 31 - 28.
Enda departing Emirates
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Breaking news this week 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.
We wish Hasan all the very best and welcome Ebuzer Tanhan
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Turkish Airlines trade partner update.
We would like to inform you with a heavy heart that, our General Manager, Mr Hasan Mutlu, is leaving the company as of 1st of September 2022. He has assumed the role since 2016 and during his leadership which included the covid times, the darkest times for the airline industry, our Ireland station has become a big success with the 2 full flights a day to Istanbul and this summer we have added Antalya as the new direct destination with 3 full flights a week. While we say farewell to him and wish him all the best in his future endeavours, we would like to welcome and introduce our new General Manager, Mr Ebuzer Tanhan, who will start his new role on 1st of October 2022.