Heroic Air Corps Powerscourt rescue remembered at Shannon event
Lt Col David Browne of Sprint Consulting Shannon Aviation Museum celebrated the 60th anniversary of…
Yearly Archives: 2023
AF/KLM sign agreement with Brazil’s Gol
Benjamin Smith CEO of Air France Air France-KLM and GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes have signed…
Pandemic travel panic revisited as Michael Cawley denied UCD role
Michael Cawley chair of Failte ireland Controversy over a trip to see his daughter in…
AmaWaterways offers 2 for 1 on Vietnam & Cambodia sailings
AmaWaterways is currently offering a ‘2-for-1’ deal on land packages for its Vietnam and Cambodia…
No venue decision yet for ABTA conference 2024
Alistair Rowland Chair of ABTA The venue for next year’s ABTA conference, the equivalent of…
Israel pull out of World Travel Market but does to return ASAP
Sharon Ehrlich Bershadsky Director of Israel Tourism in London Israel is pulling out of the…
Stuart hosts seminar at sea on board Azamara Quest
Stuart Pearce Head of Trade Sales Britain and Ireland at Azamara Azamara hosted a Seminar…
Silversea opens sales for winter 2025-26 with 200 new destinations
Barbara Muckermann CEO of Silversea Silversea has opened general sales for its winter 2025-26 voyage…
Stöcker’s struggling Lübeck Air ceases operation leaving his airport without a customer
Winfried Stöcker Winfried Stöcker’s Lübeck Air has ceased operations after three years. Virtual airline Lübeck…
Southwest app to allow passengers to track their bags
Bob Jordan CEO of Southwest Southwest Airlines has introduced a new tool for passengers to…
Norwegian cruise line says per-passenger revenue now 16pc ahead of 2019
Harry Sommer of NCL Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ financial results for the third quarter of…
US travel agents say American Airlines is abusing market power by pulling fares from GDS
Zane Kerby CEO of the American Society of Travel Agents A complaint has been filed by…
Jo Rzymowska becomes director of Hays Travel
Jo Rzymowska, former EMEA Vice-President and Managing Director of Celebrity Cruises, has been appointed as…
Boston court to decide on bid to stop Jetblue takeover of Spirit
Robin Hayes CEO of Jetblue The US Department of Justice is taking legal action to…
SIX years late but the flight was on time, Abu Dhabi’s new Terminal A finally opens
Image 4 – Etihad Airways Cabin Crew celebrate Terminal A, at check in It landed,…
Visitors to Ireland spent an average of €1,351 each in August
Padraig Dalton of the CSO In-bound tourism statistics for August in Ireland show those visiting…
Dublin’s New Year festival concert tickets go on sale Friday
Dublin band Picture This will headline the Countdown Concert at Dublin Castle on December 31…
President De Sousa puts brakes on privatisation of TAP Air Portugal
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Portugal’s President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has vetoed preparations for the…
Ship with the worst name in the history of cruise is 20 years old
Costa Fortuna It had the most unfortunate name in the history of the cruise industry,…
Dept of Tourism seeks new Secretary General as Katherine departs
Katherine Licken The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media is currently looking…
Niall Gibbons announces new mountain tourism destination in Saudi
Niall Gibbons CEO of NEOM Leyja has been announced as a new mountain tourism destination…
Reunited: 4 MSC cruise ships gather in Genoa
Suzanne Rowe heads up MSC in Ireland MSC Cruises set a new daily record at…
AerCap delivers A321 P2F to fast growing IndiGo
Aengus Kelly of Aercap AerCap Holdings delivered its first Airbus A321 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft to…
BA adds Gatwick-Accra and Heathrow-Riga to schedule
Sean Doyle, CEO of British Airways British Airways launched new routes to the capitals of…
Kenya Airways seeks strategic investor as losses & debt mount
Allan Kilavuka CEO of Kenya Airlines Kenya Airways says it is in search of a…
Ancillary revenue drives Iceland’s PLAY back into profit
Birgir Jónsson CEO of PLAY PLAY Airlines reported a net profit of USD 5.2m in…
Shannon airport picks charities for €400k fund raising programme
Mary Considine CEO of Shannon Group The Shannon Airport Group has chosen Milford Care Centre…
‘AI presents huge opportunity for smaller travel agencies’
Frank Oostdam President of ECTAA Artificial Intelligence (AI) complements rather than replaces human expertise and…
Pumpkin proud: Tourism Ireland showcase at Madrid’s Mercado de la Paz
Tourism Ireland in Spain organized a week-long programme of events in Madrid’s Mercado de la…
BrookLodge hosts Wicklow Festival of Food
JP McMahon Wicklow Naturally “Festival of Food” held at BrookLodge, Macreddin Village, focusedon sustainable eating…
WATCH: ‘A lot of our videos literally cost nothing,’ Tim Tok hoteliers Sean & Elaine Lally at the 2023 AVEA conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHYOmC-MwtU
WATCH: ‘As marketers we should be doing less campaign management and spending more time deciding strategy’ Google’s Eoghan Phipps at AVEA 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7KzQ4aHzjc
Air Canada resumes Heathrow to Mumbai Dreamliner service
Blaithin O’Donnell heads up Air Canada in Ireland Air Canada has resumed its daily non-stop…
Southwest looks to baggage charges for revenue as it orders 108 more B737 Max
Southwest Airlines may introduce bag fees or other ancillaries to boost lacklustre margins, CEO Bob…
Griffin to acquire XWB-84, 97, 1000 & 7000 Rolls Royce engines
Ryan McKenna CEO of Griffin Dublin based Griffin Aviation and Bain Capital have agreed to…
WATCH: Airlines lost $76 a passenger in 2020 Willie Walsh CEO of IATA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUQejl857eI
Backwards along the River Ems, new build Carnival Jubilee completes conveyance to the ocean
Carnival Jubilee conveyance Carnival Cruise Line’s latest ship, the Carnival Jubilee has completed its reiver…
Accor opens second hotel in Budapest
Sébastien Bazin CEO of Accor group Budapest Airport is expanding its hotel offerings with a…
Avolon, Pembroke and SMBC move to repossess Bamboo Airlines A320s
Andy Cronin CEO of Avolon Dublin based lessors Avolon, Pembroke and SMBC are among those…
One&Only Aesthesis to launch near Athens on November 11
Yann Gillet GM of One&Only Aesthesi One&Only Aesthesis (the first Greek One&Only resort) will be…