HEADLINES – AVIATION – AFLOAT – DEALWATCH – FOOD & WINE – HOTELS – INTERNATIONAL – IRELAND – STRANGE WORLD – TRAVEL TRADE   Things to know about travel this week Irish Ferries contact 10,000 customers to tell them ferry will be two weeks late Southwest pilot wins plaudits for emergency landing Irish visits to […]

HEADLINES – AVIATION – AFLOAT – DEALWATCH – FOOD & WINE – HOTELS – INTERNATIONAL – IRELAND – STRANGE WORLD – TRAVEL TRADE   Things to know about travel this week Record 370 agents at Travel Industry trade Show Willie Walsh’s Battle of Clontarf as IAG raids the Vikings How big is Ireland’s Midlands? Failte […]

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Cassidy Travel‘s John Spollen cut his teeth as the ITAA President, opening the fourth Irish Travel Trade Show at Dublin’s RDS tomorrow, Thursday. The show kicks off just after the morning’s Irish Travel Agents Association AGM. The show, taking place in Hall 3, opens at 2pm. The show, which is open to all licensed travel agents […]

Registration is still open for this week’s Irish Travel Trade Show at the RDS. The official trade show of the Irish Travel Agents Association, now in its fourth year, is open to all licensed travel agents and tour operators, with free admission. The show, which takes place in Hall 3 of the RDS this Thursday, will […]

Etihad Airways is to suspend its service from its Abu Dhabi hub to Perth in Australia. The route, popular with the Irish holiday, workers’ and VFR markets, will be axed effective from October 1 next. The UAE airline said the decision is “part of an ongoing review of our network performance”. It added that “along […]

Shannon Airport has bounced back from the Norwegian transatlantic blow with news that  Aer Lingus is to operate Shannon to New York JFK year-round from 2019. Last week Norwegian, in a controversial decision, said it was suspending its winter services from both Shannon and Cork to Boston-Providence “due to lower demand”. However, Shannon will see […]

HEADLINES – AVIATION – AFLOAT – DEALWATCH – FOOD & WINE – HOTELS – INTERNATIONAL – IRELAND – STRANGE WORLD – TRAVEL TRADE   Things to know about travel this week Five days to go to Travel Industry Trade show Bigger can be better, Irish Trade join Symphony inaugural Norwegian cuts Providence routes from Cork […]

Leinster and Munster fans appear equally confident of reaching this year’s Champions Cup Rugby Final, with Ryanair adding two more flights to Spain in time for the showdown. It’s running additional flights to Santander next month, with the final itself being held 75km away in Bilbao. Ryanair said it’s adding the flights “following huge demand from Leinster and Munster […]