Cork Airport Head of retail retires after near half-decade of service
Cork Airport head of retail Lilibeth Horne retires after 46 years’ service. Horne also previously worked…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Dublin Airport’s busiest August with 2.9m passengers
Dublin Airport had nearly 2.9m passengers in August 9pc increase over last year Busiest August…
Report suggests tourism institute and terror crisis centre be established in France
A report commissioned by the French Government has proposed that the country set up an…
European travel hit by -0.9pc decrease according to report
European travel down by -0.9pc for summer 2016. Ireland bucked the trend by showing an…
City of Derry Airport announces new route to Majorca as fresh call for subvention is made
City of Derry Airport to run new service to Majorca from summer 2017. CoDA chairman…
Confirmed: Christophe Mueller is on his way to Emirates
Christophe Mueller set for Emirates Follows months of speculation following departure from Malaysian Following months…
Average Ryanair fare will drop to €28 by 2020, says Michael O’Leary
€28 average Ryanair fare by 2020 Customers will have to join MyRyanair from mid 2017 Database income…
Irish tourism awards scheduled for February 3
Awards celebrate innovation and creativity in Irish tourism industry ITIC, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland…
Rita Gaughan is 5th agent to qualify for chance to win a Volkswagen Polo in Blue Insurances competition
Rita Gaughan is August finalist in Blue Insurance competition 12 winners go into draw for Polo Magnifico Rita…
World Travel Awards Grand Final 2016 set for the Maldives
World Travel Awards Grand Final 2016 set to take place in the Maldives. Olhuveli Beach…
Vanilla Islands looking to boost growth from Turkish Airlines flights
Vanilla Islands Association launches new tourism promotion initiative in central Europe. 160 tour operators in…
Aer Lingus race to victory in Runway Run
Aer Lingus take team and individual victory in Runway Run in Budapest. Robert Murphy wins…
Ireland’s €3.19 per bottle wine tax may be deterring tourists
IWA calls for 15pc reduction in alcohol excise. Ireland currently has the highest rate of…
Irish agri-food trade delegation leaves for Asia
Irish agri-food trade mission leave for four-country tour of Asia. Thirty companies are represented along…
Icelandic Met Office says Katla not near eruption
Icelandic Meteorological Office says Katla is not eruption. The volcano is believed to be in…
Aer Lingus records 7.8pc rise in passenger revenue
Aer Lingus passenger revenue up 7.8pc. IAG passenger traffic by 7.9pc. Aer Lingus’ revenue passenger…
Ryanair announce 4 cabin crew recruitment days: Dublin Sept 9 & 30 and Cork Sept 23 & Oct 18
4 recruitment days planned by recruiters Crewlink Dublin on September 9 and 30 Cork on September…
London City Airport returning to normal after ‘black lives matter’ runway protest
Protesters on runway at London City from 5.30-9.30 WX104@06:40, BA4461@07:00, WX112@07:30, WX114@08:40, BA4463@08-45 cancelled, Delay to BA4465@10:50…
Another airline IT glitch brings system to a halt: will this keep happening?
BA cancels flights after IT glitch Follows $100m power outage at Delta last month Ageing…
Dalata buys Maldron in Cork & invests €13.2m in hotel development and refurbishment
Dalata buys Maldron Hotel Cork for €8.1m. Extending Maldron Hotel Parnell Square Constructing 4 new hotels in…
Erasmus students bring an average of 4 tourists each to Ireland
Most Erasmus students have at least one visitor from abroad Using Failte Ireland estimates of…
Dublin Bus strikes planned for Thursday and Friday
First of six Dublin Bus strikes to go ahead Thursday and Friday Strikes planned for…
British Airways, Ryanair, Kuwait, plan to reduce routes to Shannon
Ryanair reducing targets at Shannon Airport next summer by 12.5pc British Airways one Cityflier New York…
Challenge to OTA ‘most favoured nation’ clauses could benefit consumers booking hotels.
France, Germany, moving against ‘most favoured nation’ clauses Could affect deals between hotels and OTA…
Australian watchdog deal on parity clauses on online hotel bookings
Expedia, Booking.com have agreed to edit parity clauses i OTAs include Booking.com, Expedia.com, Hotels.com and Wotif.com. The…
Eurowings starts new Cologne-Miami route
Eurowings commences Cologne-Miami route The route follows on from successful launches of routes to Thailand,…
Qatar Airways named Best in Business by Condé Nast readers
Qatar Airways has been named Best for Business airline at the Condé Nast Traveler Readers…
Belmond Grand Hibernian gets off to imperfect start
Belmond Grand Hibernian breaks down on first journey. Refurbished carriages had experienced technical difficulties during…
Gatwick back to normal after object found on runway
London Gatwick clsoes due to hole in runway Arriving flights FR121arr10:10 & FR121 05arr10:10 delayed There…
Ireland’s 2-in-a-row as Europe’s best attraction: Titanic centre wins at Europe leg of World Travel Awards
Titanic Centre succeeds Guinness Storehouse Goes to World final Titanic in Maldives on December 2. Ireland…
A fourth Irish visitor attraction will hit 1m visitors in 2016, but which one?
Great summer for Dublin museums Collins Barracks up 64pc Cliffs of Moher has to manage…
MSC Bellissima to follow Meraviglia as world’s biggest cruise ship
Largest cruise ship in the world touches water for first time Two Irish agents among…
Funday raises €55,000 & other news from Ireland’s travel trade
CSO statistics showed trips by Irish residents overseas from May to July 2016 were up…
Occupancy levels up 3.3pc & other news from the hotel industry
Hotel Industry in Ireland has increased occupancy levels by 3.3p, acording to Aiden Murphy’s The Crowe Horwath Ireland…
Germany has most valuable passport & other news from the world of travel
The annual survey by Henley & Partners found ireland has the 15th most valuable passport…
Off to Newark on EI-FNG & other news from the world of aviation
Aer Lingus received delivery of their latest Airbus A330-302 EI-FNG c/n 1742 on…
Irish Ferries launch summer 2017 campaign & other news from the cruise & ferry industry
Irish Ferries launched the France 2017 programme with a 10pc discount on early bookings. The…
Belmond on track for new luxury experience & other news from Ireland’s tourism trade
The Belmond Grand Hibernian set off for its first journey from Dublin this week, a…
Georgia USA host tourism promotion evening at Rustic Stone
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and First Lady Sandra Deal were in attendance at the Georgia…
Departure tax to fund Greek airport development
A €13 departure tax is to be introduced in Greece to fund airport development. The…