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…
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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
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Ship with the worst name in the history of cruise is 20 years old
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Dept of Tourism seeks new Secretary General as Katherine departs
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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
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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
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WATCH: ‘A lot of our videos literally cost nothing,’ Tim Tok hoteliers Sean & Elaine Lally at the 2023 AVEA conference
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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
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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
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Backwards along the River Ems, new build Carnival Jubilee completes conveyance to the ocean
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Accor opens second hotel in Budapest
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Avolon, Pembroke and SMBC move to repossess Bamboo Airlines A320s
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One&Only Aesthesis to launch near Athens on November 11
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Russia’s Azur Air sends engines to Iran and enters buyout talks
Evgeny Korolev CEO of Azur Air A second Russian airline, Azur Air, Russia’s largest charter,…
2 Tourism categories included in Best of Cork awards
Frank O’Flynn Mayor of Cork Categories for Best Tourist Attraction (Free Admission) and Best Tourist…
Six Senses AlUla to open in 2027
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Scottish Green party proposes tax on cruise ships
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WANDERLIST: Ten great travel quotes about Kosovo
“Kosovo, a land where blood and tears have become the ink with which the pages…
5 domestic routes from Madrid to be hit by Spain’s proposed ban on shorter flights
Pedro Sanchez Pedro Sanchez’s government in Spain and their allies plan to cut domestic flights…
Work begins on €5m visitor centre in Mountshannon Co Clare
Michael Fitzgibbon, Councillor Joe Cooney Cathaoirleach Clare County Council, Joan Tarmey, Tourism Officer, Clare County…
WATCH: The hilarious story of how Tik Tok hoteliers Sean & Elaine Lally got together
https://youtu.be/YaeGcY6zD6M Sean and Elaine Lally of Hotel Woodstock in Ennis speaking at the 2023 conference…
Derry to Verona winter rotations proposed by Italian airline Neo
Steve Frazer MD of Derry Airport full Derry to Verona has been included in the…
Launch date for Disney Treasure set for December 21 2024
Disney Treasure1 Disney Treasure is to launch December 21st 2024 as Disney Cruise Line’s sixth…
Leopardstown lessor Genesis Aircraft Services take stake in Lithuania’s Heston
Karl Griffin CEO of Geneis Leopardstown based Genesis Aircraft Services, an all-narrowbody lessor headed up…
Donizetti on the double to headline 2024 Wexford opera programme
Rosetta Cucchi director Wexford opera festival The programme for the Wexford Festival Opera 2024 has…
WATCH: ‘Today’s travel consumer is increasingly difficult to second guess’ Eoghan Phipps of Google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4iLlfABQ98 Eoghan Phipps, Ireland country manager for Google, speaking at the 2023 conference of the…