HEADLINES – AVIATION – AFLOAT – DEALWATCH – FOOD & WINE – HOTELS – INTERNATIONAL – IRELAND – STRANGE WORLD  – TRAVEL TRADE  10 Things to know about travel this week Canada postpones eTA until November 10 Department of Transport and Dublin Airport disagree over T3 World’s largest hotel group is formed Irish visits to Portugal up by 10pc in 2016 Irish airports trek to Chengdu Amadeus 11th golf day is a technology triumph […]

AWTE event set for October 26 Experiment to see how much interest there is in women’s-only body The Association of Women Travel Executives are organizing a networking event for women travel, tourism and hospitality executives on October 26. They say this is not a launch event, just for information gathering and some good networking, and […]

United Airlines to commence six weekly flights from Newark to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The same airline is also launching six weekly flights from Newark to Havana, Cuba. A new once-weekly flight from Houston to Havana has also been announced. United Airlines is set to increase its capacity between Newark and San Juan to six […]

Singapore wins Seatrade Cruise Awards Destination of the Year. Southampton named Port of the Year. Singapore Tourism Board has won the Destination of the Year award at the 2016 Seatrade Cruise Awards. The top prize at the event in Tenerife was accepted by STB’s Jason Chan, area director for northern and western Europe. Other winners […]

42-bedroom hotel has guide price of €4m Net gain of just 16 bedrooms in Dublin this year The 42-bedroom former Lynam’s Hotel on O’Connell Street is for sale with a guide price of €4m. The 1,280 sq m (13,800 sq ft) property includes a ground floor, self-contained café/restaurant facility. Originally a bank, it was redeveloped as […]

Visit Belfast is launching ‘Find your Belfast’ campaign Aimed at those looking for an overnight or day trip Locals are pictured sharing what they love most about the city Visit Belfast are launching their ‘Find your Belfast‘ campaign for October, funded by Belfast City Council. A cast of locals recruited via social media will offer […]

Viennaline to operate world’s shortest flight from St Gallen to Friedrichshafen. Only the fourth route operated by the Austrian airline. Austrian airline Viennaline has launched the world’s shortest flight from St Gallen–Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland with Friedrichshafen Airport in Germany. The route lasts just eight minutes and covers only 20km; it’s just one of four […]

TripAdvisor ranks Oslo as world’s most expensive city. Six European nations are in the top ten; three North American; and one Australian. TripAdvisor has ranked Oslo right at the top of the list of the world’s most expensive cities in a new survey. The travel information website valued the costs of one night at a […]

First drone footage of Uluru released by  Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia. Permission given by Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board and the Film and Photography Consultative Committee. Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia has released the first ever drone footage over Uluru, giving a unique bird-s eye view of the 600-year-old monolith. The drone operated under permit inside […]