Kenmare festival of Theatre and Dining
Kenmare’s inaugural ‘Theatre and Dining Small Roads Festival’ will be taking place October 6-17 Tickets…
Visit Florida launches e-learning programme
Visit Florida is launching an e-learning programme Launch is at a product training event in London…
Kuwait to keep their Shannon stopover until 2017
Kuwait Airways stopover in Shannon to continue through 2017 Frequencies of flights doubling, from 3w…
Transit visa stay in Qatar extended from 48 to 96 hours
Transit visa stay in Qatar extended from 48 to 96 hours. Qatar Ministry of Interior,…
FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show to open on Tuesday
FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show opens on Tuesday September 27. On thousand cruise tourism…
Shannon and Dublin airports win top awards at Routes 2016 in Chengdu, Cork highly commended.
Dublin and Shannon win their categories at the World Routes Awards 2016. Cork highly commended…
Norwegian Star cruise liner visits Dublin Port
Norwegian Cruise Line’s Star ship visited Dublin Port on September 25. Ship was open to…
Skerries wins tidy towns competition for 2016
Skerries wins overall Birdhill, Listowel and Ennis category winners First ever winner from Dublin Skerries was…
Monarch flights operate as normal despite aircraft repatriation rumours: 14 of 34 aircraft are leased out of Ireland
14 of 34 aircraft are leased out of Ireland Luton based airline tweeted reassurance to…
Gearing up for Hartford & other stories from the world of aviation
Aer Lingus service to Hartford Connecticut commences on Wednesday. Alison Taylor has been appointed Senior Vice President…
Irish agents head for MSC All-Stars of the Sea & other stories from the cruise and ferry industry
MSC Cruises will deploy a second ship in China, MSC Splendida, from May 2018. MSC’s all stars of the…
Fáilte Ireland launches autumn sales workshops & other news from Ireland’s tourism industry
Connect 16 opens on Wednessday. Nicola McGrane and a horse named Dante joined the stakeholders from Kildare Fáilte to publicise…
Travel Funday raises €55,000 & other news from the Irish Travel Trade
The Travel Funday raised €55,000 for the Simon Community, My Lovely Horse/Dogs Aid, Chernobyl Children, Jigsaw and…
AWTE event will determine level of interest in Ireland
AWTE event set for October 26 Experiment to see how much interest there is in…
United Airlines launches major increase in Puerto Rico capacity
United Airlines to commence six weekly flights from Newark to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The…
Singapore named Destination of the Year at Seatrade Cruise Awards
Singapore wins Seatrade Cruise Awards Destination of the Year. Southampton named Port of the Year.…
Find your Belfast
Visit Belfast is launching ‘Find your Belfast’ campaign Aimed at those looking for an overnight…
World’s shortest flight launched by Viennaline
Viennaline to operate world’s shortest flight from St Gallen to Friedrichshafen. Only the fourth route…
Karl Lonergan & Audrey Headon champions on Amadeus app-happy 11th golf day
Amadeus use ap to track golf scors in travel trade evnt Karl Lonergan & Audrey…
Carravagio, Clarke & Turner: National Gallery announces programme for 2016-2017
The National Gallery of Ireland have launched their exhibitions programme for 2016-2017 Creating history: ‘Stories…
Bob Binder new CEO of Oceania Cruises
Position changes at Norwegian Cruise Lines Lltd. Jason Montague and Andy Stuart becoming CEO, as…
Lufthansa Group and Air China unveil joint venture
Lufthansa Group and Air China agree on joint venture to operate connections between Europe and…
Qatar Airways increase South American capacity by 198 seats a day
Qatar Airways upgrades aircraft for Brazil and Argentina routes. Capacity to increase by 198 seats…
Areas wins catering contract for Copenhagen Airport
Areas wins contract to begin operating concession catering at Copenhagen Airport. The company operates in…
€62 to USA: Norwegian Air says 737 MAX 8 can reduce Trans-Atlantic fares by 2017
€62/$69 trans-atlantic fares available from 2017 Norwegian Air will begin to use 737 MAX 8 planes,…
Ryanair Summer 2017 from Belfast: more frequencies but no new routes from winter 16
Winter route launches to stay for summer No new routes for summer 2017 Ryanair launched…
Is Shane Ross about to stall Dublin airport’s parallel runway plans?
Review may delay runway application New planning permission may be required Dublin airport’s parallel runway…
Area 14 is back in action as Dublin Airport commence plan to bring more natural light into T1
Check-in desks 6, 7 and 8 will close Area 14 back in action Dublin Airport…
Cityjet eye up Cimber as they expand in Scandinavia
Cityjet in negotiations to buy Cimber air With-aircraft airline has been owned by SAS since…
United Cup in Carton finishes in a thrilling tie, north retain the cup
The sixth annual United Cup played in the sunshine at Carton House on Thursday was drawn each between…
With 117m passengers in 2016 Ryanair could edge ahead of ENTIRE Lufthansa group
So what was all the fuss about? After all Michael O’Leary’s huffing and puffing in recent…
Princess raise daily gratuities for 2nd time in 9 months, the end of Dynamic Dining & other news from the cruise & ferry industry
The cruise industry is in shock following the death of a crew member on Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of…
Skal briefed on Dublin tourism campaign and other news from the Irish travel trade
Skal were briefed on the Dublin breath of fresh air campaign at their monthly event in…
Eight fisheries projects to get €500,000 in funding
€500,000 for eight projects Sector attracts 273,000 domestic anglers Sector attracts 163,000 overseas visitors The…
Flight Centre Ireland launch party at Dawson Street office
John Appleby to manage new retail store Australian travel group to open store in Dawson…
15 nominees in 6 categories for 2016 Irish Responsible Tourism awards
15 nominees in 6 categories Awards take place during 3rd responsible tourism conference The shortlist…
Fear that €4.2m subsidy is not enough to keep Derry airport open as Ryanair cuts routes to Faro and Stansted
Ryanair cutting Derry to Faro and London Stansted Reducing Liverpool service 5w to 2w Airport’s £3.5m…
Aer Lingus and BA extend codeshare agreement on 26 routes
26 Aer Lingus routes get BA codeshare 3 from Cork, 23 from Dublin IAG family…
Cruise Critic London names Cobh among their facourite ports of call
Venice and Barcelona win Meditteranean awards Amsterdam leading port in north-western Europe Cobh second The…
ACI Europe sees two speed market emerging as non-Eu airports decline again
EU airports up 6.8pc Non-EU airports down 5.5p Dublin third fastest growing in category 1, up…