Gillian Lowry and Gordon Penney were the prize winners at TIGS captain’s day outing to Killeen Castle, the Jack Nicklaus designed course that was venue for the Solheim Cup in 2011, hosted by Tanya Aiurey and sponsored by Travelport. Picture shows Gillian, Tanya and Gordon and the Travelport team.
Rita Gaughan from Limerick Travel is the August winner in the competition for a Polo Magnifico run by Blue Insurances. She follows previous winners Helena Kilduff from Skytours, Rose Kane from Kanes Travel in Longford, Claire Mulligan from Clubworld Travel and Mandy Walsh of Travel Counsellors. Every five Blue Insurances policies sold each month automatically generates an entry in the monthly draw. Blue Insurances reminds agents to have their own unique login to make bookings count for their monthly draw.

Paul Weir of APG Ireland has won three airline contracts, Royal Air Maroc, Flynas from Saudi Arabia and China’s Xiamen Airlines.
Turkish Airlines and the Seychelles tourism will host a joint road show in Dublin on October 3 and Cork on October 4. Onur Gul of Turkish Airlines will lead a tour operators’ fam trip to the Seychelles on December 4.
Congratulations from everyone at Travel Extra to Shannon O’Dowd and Andrew Hayden on their marriage.
Emirates reports 34pc increase in honeymoon bookings from Ireland for first seven months of 2016. Mauritius and Bali are the most popular destinations.