Irish passport renewal now online for children too as 430,000 adults use service since 2017
430,000 have renewed passports online – 7pc aged over 70; 24pc 18-30 and 32pc 32-45…
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Ryanair bumps up summer season at Cork with 45,000 extra seats on sun routes
Ryanair adds 45,000 extra seats on Cork routes New Naples service to start a month early…
Malta keen to see new Cork service go year-round and wants route from Shannon
Tourist numbers from Ireland up 20pc on last year New Cork-Valletta route will have 400…
Topflight launches skiing-and-socialising group trips for the new year
Topflight has launched its new range of group ski holidays designed to combine on-piste activities with…
Arrow Tours and Fahy Travel win Worldchoice agency of the year awards
Arrow Tours and Fahy Travel win agent awards Martin Penrose rep of the year Moya…
TUI celebrates the past and looks to the future at 30th birthday bash in Dublin
Falcon Holidays founders Christine Donnelly, Bill Smith, Freddie O’Neill and Gabriel Malone attended celebrations in…
Getting to Entrepreneur of Year finals has put the travel trade on the map, says Tour America MD Mary McKenna
Tour America Managing Director Mary McKenna told Travel Extra that making the finals of the prestigious…
Brenda Morgan wins overall award at NI Travel Industry in Newcastle, Co Down
Brenda Morgan wins overall award 31 awards presented at Slieve Donard in Newcastle Brenda Morgan pf BA…
Martin Dempsey Sept winner of place on Globe/United New York Fam Trip
Martin Dempsey prize winner September Winners travel to New York in March Martin Dempsey of…
Martin McKenna of Travelguru joins Sarah Slattery’s TheTravelExpert
martin McKenna joins Sara Slattery Travelguru had 3.6m visits in 2017. Travel Expert has had…
Lee Travel to take over the bookings of suspended Cork agency Heffernan’s Travel
Lee Travel to take over the bookings of Heffernans Travel Cork based agency closed after…
So farewell then Club 18-30, here is Anne Cadwallader’s review of the brochure for 2012 for Travel Extra
Anne Cadwallader reviewed the Club 18-30 brochure for 2012 for Travel Extra The Club…
Royal Caribbean appoints Michelle Ryan as regional sales manager
Michelle Ryan joins Royal Caribbean Follows Michaela Banks promotion Royal Caribbean has appointed Michelle Ryan as…
Club 18-30 brand to close Oct 27 as it turns 48
Club 18-30 brand to close on October 27 Brand started in 1970 Sex, sun and…
Niall McDonnell and Ann Byrne win TIGS@The Castle event sponsored by Travel Extra
Niall McDonnell and Ann Byrne First score of 40 points in 2018 Niall McDonnell and…
John Booty to focus full time on Irish trade as Wendy Wu Tours launches new collection
Wendy Wu Tours has launched its 2019-2010 ‘The Complete Collection’ of travel experiences following the…
Lisa Sprake September finalist in Blue Insurance car competition
Lisa Sprake from Oasis Travel Latest Blue Insurances finalist Lisa Sprake from Oasis Travel…
CAR called in as Cork agency Heffernan’s ceases to trade
Heffernan’s Travel in business for 90 years May be sold as a going concern…
Colette Murphy of MD Travel wins ATTS weekly webinar prize
128 participants Colette Murphy of MD Travel Winner of ATTS weekly webinar prize Expedia TAAP,…
Tour America do €2.3m business at 18th annual consumer show
Record show at Red Cow 18th year of Tour America show €2.3m worth of business…
Discovery Puglia and Best Holidays in Italy roadshow starts in Cork Oct 2
Discovery Puglia and Best Holidays in Italy roadshow Starts in Cork Oct 2 Discovery…
Tim Ruddy will represent Ireland at Turkish Airlines world cup
Audrey Headon among winners at golf day Winner goes to Belek for world cup…
Adrian Keating & Adam Clarke join Air Transat as commercial and marketing directors for Ireland
Adrian Keating joins from Malaysia Airlines Adam Clarke joins as head of marketing Air…
‘We want every trip to be powered by Travelport’ – Tech update for Irish agents
Travelport updates trade on tech developments App on client phones will allow agent to offer…
Travel Counsellors Ireland conference returns to Powerscourt Apr 4-5 2019
Travel Counsellors returns to Powerscourt Previously held in 2018 and 2016 Travel Counsellors Ireland 2019 annual…
Sunway to transfer capacity from charter to more flexible options after heatwave and new computer system hit bottom line
Sunway losses will exceed €500,000 Lates were sold at a loss due to heat wave …
Barbados Tourism night for Irish travel trade reports 2.6p visitor increase
Global numbers up 2.6pc on last year 4,000 Irish and 150,00 British visit the…
June heat wave will hit tour operator profits – England’s Thomas Cook warns
Latest heat wave warning by tour operator Travel trade forced to discount Thomas Cook’s…
Angela Walsh’s CTM gets investment boost from Houston-based FROSCH
CTM to partner with Houston-based FROSCH Angela Walsh hails access to technology Cork based…
20th anniversary Ian Dempsey ski trip open for bookings
20th anniversary of the Ian Dempsey Bad Hofgastein the destination The 20th anniversary of the…
Lorraine Cunningham & Clem Walsh win Amadeus golf
Lorraine Cunningham and Clem Walsh ITAA president John Spollen leads winning team Lorraine Cunningham…
Margaret Kilduff August finalist in Blue Insurance car competition
Margaret Kilduff from Joe Walsh Tours Latest Blue Insurances finalist Margaret Kilduff from Joe…
Competitions Commissioner clears Ciaran Mulligan’s €70m Blue Insurances deal
CCPC cleared €70m deal Ciaran Mulligan founded Blue Insurances CCPC have cleared the buyout…
Dublin Airport Update
Storm/flight update: There were 21 weather related cancellations at Dublin Airport including flights to…
Topflight ski roadshow starts Portlaoise Sept 26th.
Topflight ski roadshow starts Portlaoise Sept 26th Galway, Cork, Limerick, Donegal, Belfast, Kilkenny and Dublin…
Sabre launches new customer segmentation products
AirVision Dynamic Availability AirVision Fares Optimiser Etihad Airways and Aegean Airlines pilot customers Sabre…
Irish visitor numbers grew 9pc to USA in 2017
Irish visitor numbers grew 9pc to USA in 2017 US statistics have reused after discrepancies…
BookaBed appoints Emma Male Regional Sales Manager for south of England
Emma takes on south of England role Booked founded in 2005 is focussed on international…
Germany sees overnights from Ireland rise 12.9pc, ahead of global trend
Germany NTO event in Dublin’s Merrion Hotel Irish overnights up 12pc in 2017 Predicted to…
Key agents attend screening of Long Walk to Freedom to commemorate centenary of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom screened at Raidsson Blu SA Tourism building tourism programme around Mandela…