WATCH ‘Hospitality is what we do,’ Irish ambassador to London Martin Fraser speech during WTM 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjlQcjOJC1Q
Author Travelextra
Margaret O’Donoghue of Gleneagle Group awarded Killarney honour
Margaret O’Donoghue of the Gleneagle Group Margaret O’Donoghue of The Gleneagle Group will be honoured…
Visit Scotland introduces accessibility guides to 100 sites
Malcolm Roughead CEO of Visit Scotland VisitScotland and AccessAble have partnered to create 100 accessibility…
Uzbekistan’s Air Samarkand gears up for 7-destination launch
Ayyubjon Sabirov of Samarkand International Airport Uzbekistan’s Air Samarkand has received its first aircraft, an…
‘A decision will have to be made quickly by Fingal County Council of Dublin airport passenger cap’
Kenny Jacobs, CEO, daa Picture Conor McCabe Photography. Dublin Airport CEO Kenny Jacobs says a…
Ryanair passengers paid €58 per flight in summer 2023 (but THEN add on an extra €23.70 in charges)
Michael O’Leary CEO of Ryanair with Carsten Spohr of Lufthansa. Those extra charges are adding…
Lufthansa plans to fly at 95pc of pre-pandemic capacity in 2024, behind Ryanair by 55m passengers
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr Lufthansa Group anticipate flying 95pc of their 2019 capacity in 2024,…
Greg O’Hara to take over as chair of WTTC
Greg O’Hara of Certares Greg O’Hara, Founder and Senior Managing Director of Certares and fourth…
Royal follows NCL in removing Israel from 2024 cruise itineraries
Michael Bayley CEO of Royal Caribbean Royal Caribbean has followed NCL in removing Israel from…
WATCH: Scenes from Travel Centres Conference 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVktbPE3DYQ
WATCH: Was the the BEST World Travel Market speech ever? (take a bow, Michael Ring)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHtUEHO2BvU As travel and tourism embarks for WTM in London, we recall Michael Ring’s rousing…
Less than meets the eye: Ryanair’s winter traffic at Dublin will be down just 0.7pc after route cancellations
Eddy Wilson of Ryanair A press release from Ryanair last month stated that Dublin Airport…
Air Canada to return all 3 services from Dublin in summer 2024
Blaithin O’Donnell of Air Canada Air Canada summer services to Vancouver and Montreal are scheduled…
United double daily Dublin Newark & seasonal Chicago from Shannon among 2024 offerings
United has expansion plans on trans-Atlantic routes from Ireland with new aircraft on order, Aoife…
DAA emergency protocols successful after private aircraft aborts take off
Gary McLean MD of Dublin airport Minor delays were reported yesterday as Dublin Airport declared…
AirNav Ireland handled 392k trans Atlantic flights to September
Peter Kearney CEO of Airnav Ireland AirNav Ireland handled 908,649 flights in Irish airspace between…
Sinead McCarthy Murphy departs Brehon Hotel
Sinead McCarthy was appointed GM of the Brehon Hotel in 2018 The team at the…
Europe’s airports back to 97pc of pre-pandemic level
Olivier Jankovec ACI Europe Director General Passenger traffic in European airports is back to 96.9pc…
WATCH: Lesson from a leash Eoghan Phipps of Google speaking about artificial intelligence at the AVEA conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcNlUiEwzCA
WATCH: ‘There’s the mat’ How TikTok hoteliers Sean and Elaine Lally found a wedding bride was a fan of their social media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gJO8pj0xZ4
WATCH: ‘I had no intention of managing the Guinness Storehouse’ Paul Carty recalls a series of fortunate events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycYkigmjJD4
Here are Bruce Springsteen’s Irish tour dates 2024
Bruce Springsteen tour Boucher Road in Belfast on 9 May, Nowlan Park in Kilkenny on…
The €135bn question: how much will Irish people spend on travel in 2024? Dan O’Brien says A LOT
Economist Dan O’Brien speaking at the 2023 Travel centres conference Ireland’s trave trade has nothing…
ALL the winners at 2023 Travel Centres conference as Ace Travel wins agency award
Award for Ace travel at Travel Centres The winners of the Travel centre awards at…
KLM may have to cut 17 flights a day at Schiphol
Marjan Rintel CEO of KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines may have to cut 17 flights…
WATCH: Special awards for Paul Hackett and Sean Power at 2023 Travel Centres awards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f36j_2Mg2BM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIqPBHnHqc8 ace travel
WATCH : Mareike Nolan and John Barrett win best dressed at the 2023 Travel Centres Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZtgtLSlNPI&feature=youtu.be
Leo Varadkar wants Dublin Airport passenger cap raised
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Niall Gibbons, former CEO of Tourism Ireland Comments by Leo Varadkar…
WATCH: ‘Invest in design,’ advice to website owners from Kelly Molson at the AVEA conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfJmF0ecshw
WATCH: When asked about service level and booking experience in a survey, ‘Customers do not rank them, but they expect them’ Eoghan Phipps of Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlWqQUT3wg0
WATCH: Paul Carty pays tribute to Paul Kelly CEO of Failte Ireland at his retirement function at the Guinness Storehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRf4mC-YsT4
Ronan O’Gara’s ‘don’t mention alcohol’ Irish promotion video gets 1.8m views across social media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3wGM1p8fgw The creative brief for the €180k marketing campaign with Ronan O’Gara to coincide with…
Romania’s Dan Air to launch Dublin Bacau on December 12.
Matt Ian David3 Romania’s Dan Air becomes Dublin’s 44tth airline with a Dublin to Bacau…
WATCH: ‘What do you call a pair of Guinnesses, a hangover’ Lord Iveagh & Rory Guinness pay tribute to Paul Carty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_px7BX8iKg WATCH: Edward and Rory Guinness pay tribute to Paul Carty
St Fidelma flies in, a fourth A320neo, joins Aer Lingus fleet
Lynne Embleton CEO of Aer Lingus Aer Lingus operated their newly delivered Airbus A320neo EI-NSD…
WATCH: ‘I have been very fortunate for having chosen a career that I felt I never did a day’s work ‘
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE9OuWZXeLM “I’ve been very fortunate of chosen a career that I felt I never did…
‘Tenerife was most requested winter route at Knock airport’
Ryanair Tenerife launch “Tenerife and Lanzarote have been the most requested services at Knock airport…
Jersey airport reopens after storm damage to terminal
Matt Thomas CEO of Jersey Airport Jersey airport has reopened following Storm Ciarán. Detailed inspections…
Dan O’Brien keynote speaker at Travel centres conference
Dominic Burke of Travel Centres Delegates arrived yesterday evening to the Killashee Hotel in Naas…
Dublin airport traffic will use new north runway for five nights this week
Dublin airport south runway copy Dublin Airport’s South Runway (10R/28L) is being temporarily withdrawn from service…