February 2008- San Francisco
If you are going to San Francisco, remember to wear some slanty shamrock on your…
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February 2008- New Orleans after Katrina
New Orleans is back in business. From a perspective viewed over the rim of a…
February 2008 France Vendee
The ground gets firmer as you go south. As the landscape of France’s mid western…
February 2008- Asturias by Anne Cadwallader
There is a crystal clear river that rises in the mountains of northern Spain and…
February 2008- Malta
Malta is small, unimaginably so for such a famous place. It is hard to come…
February 2008- Camping France
Remember the days when camping was a complicated business with tents and poles and leaky…
Tourism Ireland launch Japanese language website
Tourism Ireland Japanese language website 11th local language version of international site international website has 16.6m…
Doha Airport to introduce departure tax
Doha Airport departure tax of US$10 to be introduced New tax to begin from 1…
Ryanair reduce fares to ensure market share
Ryanair has revealed that it’s cutting fares this summer season in order to ensure occupancy…
Technical problems strand 3,000 passengers at Vienna
Technical problems strand Vienna passengers 63 flights cancelled affecting 3,000 passengers Austrian Airlines say technical…
Etihad has a global sale until Sept 5, 2016 for travel until June 2017.
Etihad has a global sale until September 5, 2016 for travel until June 2017. Sample fares…
LAX back to normal after ‘loud noises’ & Zorro cause airport to close
Reports of ‘shooter’ turn out to be loud noises only Dublin flights had departed prior…
Woman overboard for 38 hours in the Pacific Ocean without a life jacket & other news from the cruise & ferry industry
A Chinese woman who fell overboard Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas was rescued by…
London daily rates tumble & other news from the hotel industry
Tetrarch Capital got the go-ahead from An Bord Pleanála for a 158-bedroom seven storey €16m…
The bum rush & other news from the world of aviation
Ryanair have scheduled an announcement for next Thursday, with most attention on their winter routes…
Krystle’s €1m makeover & other news from the F&B industry
Krystle, the nightclub on Harcourt St will undergo a €1m refurbishment during September. SuperValu’s Food…
€32m of events income on its way & other news from Ireland’s tourism & hospitality industry
This weekend sees the arrival of 2,200 overseas participants in Citywest for the World Junior…
Trouble in Thailand, earthquake in Italy & other news from the world of travel
Istanbul’s third bridge over the Bosphorous opened, the $3bn 1,408m Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge. It…
February 2010- Lord Howe Island
Go feed the fishes sounds like a line from a bad 1970s gangster movie. But…
Real Caribbean’s Club Royal offers five nighter in Cape Town & Port Elizabeth
5 night trip to South Africa 15 Club Royal members will travel Royal Caribbean’s Club Royal…
Suzanne Reynolds is Topflight’s second travel trade prize winner
Suzanne Reynolds from Cassidy Travel Won Topflight’s Sorrento prize Next prize ia Grand Hotel La Pace in Sorrento…
Dubliner Tess de Kretser launches hotel in her native Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan hotel has Irish flavour 28 bedroom boutique hotel Holidays wil help aid local…
Zodiac-zone, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises orders 2 expedition ships for Antarctic sailings
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises orders 2 expedition ships One for German market & one for English speakers…
Joie de Vivre here we come, New ship headlines Uniworld’s 2017 offering
Uniworld to name new ship in March 2017 SS Joie de Vivre wil sail the…
WTTC: Why the brakes are coming on global travel spending
Global travel spending is still growing Slower pace than originally expected eakening economies and fears…
Vintners: 204,000 job industry faces threat from proposed 15pc increase in alcohol taxes
Vintners say jobs at frisk Budget may increase tax on alchol €1.42 of a €4.64…
Brussels is going to the dogs
European Dog Show to be held August 26-28 30,000 visitors & 12,000 dogs expected FCI’s 344 breeds…
Volunteer scheme launched for Burren
Burren Way Volunteer Warden Scheme to inspect Burren Way Clare Get Sidetracked and Burren Way…
Dreamliner next up for Alan Joyce after ‘best results in Qantas history’
Alan Joyce announces ‘best results in Qantas history’ Dreamliner flights open for bookings in December…
Audrey Headon to represent Viajes Euroamerica in Ireland
Spanish DMC latest client for Aurey Headon Offers transfer and wholly owned excursion company Audrey…
ITIC: One person in every nine in Ireland works in the Tourist industry
Tourism is Ireland’s biggest business employer Employs 233,280 nationally 8m international tourists visited Ireland in…
Questions raised after hiker on NZ’s Routeburn spends a month in a warden’s hut awaiting rescue
Patner died crossing the Routeburn Spent a month in a warden’s hut Rescued by helicopter after alarm…
Etihad return to single daily from Dublin from Sept 15 for 2016 and 2017
Etihad single daily on Dublin September 15 Was single daily until June Etihad will return to single daily…
Copenhagen tops rankings of most expensive city in Europe, Dublin & Belfast 5th & 18th
Copenhagen most expensive Dublin 5th and Belfast 18th most expensive in survey Sunny beach in…
Five-a-side Football Travel Trade Fun Day fixture list announced
By Tadhg Peavoy The fixture list for the The Travel Fun Day Five-a-side Football competition…
Enrollment beginning at the Wizard School of Ashford Castle
Magic-themed weekend at Ashford Castle Two nights bed, breakfast, dinner, for two adults and two…
Hand baggage info for 135 airlines goes online
Luggage brand Gate8 has compiled a list of the latest hand luggage restrictions. The list contains 135…
Greece reports visitor numbers fell by 2pc in June
Decline of 2pc in June Britain & ireland up more than 20pc The Bank of…
Venice has Europe’s most expensive city hotel
Venice is home to the most expensive city hotel in Europe, according to a survey…
Craft breweries increase market share as brewers call for reduction in Ireland €1.08 a litre beer tax
Craft beer sector increase market share Mircobreweries now producing 2.4m litres of beer The craft…