February 2008- Cyprus
One of the surprises of the summer 2007 season was the increased popularity of Cyprus…
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February 2008-Whitsundays
Credit the sun, the sea, the sand or all three. Since the low cost aviation…
February 2008- San Francisco
If you are going to San Francisco, remember to wear some slanty shamrock on your…
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…