Skal were briefed on the Dublin breath of fresh air campaign at their monthly event in the Ashling Hotel. Picture shows Margaret Cronin of Cronin’s Coaches, Angela Dillon, Martin Cassidy of Cassidy Hotels, Daragh O’Neill President & GM Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, Stephen Hanna GM of Camden Court Hotel and Joan O’Shaughnessy Vice Chair of Tourism Ireland.
Travelport is to create a new digital wing, Travelport Digital, as part of its strategic focus on the fast-growing digital economy and have appointed Fiona Shanley a Chief Customer and Marketing Officer to optimise the investments that Travelport made into various digital assets and products over the past couple of years with the aim of growing Travelport’s range of digital services.
Picture shows Marie Claire Porter of Sunway in the new post CBP lounge, 51st and Green, en route to the USA.
A mulberry purse and an iPad are among the spectacular prizes on offer from DoSomethingDifferent’s agent promotion, DSD Doubles. DSD are celebrating the opening of Universal’s Volcano Bay Water Theme Park by giving you lots of cash! There is also time to enter the Chic Outlet Shopping incentive..
Helen Kelly of Travel Counsellors won the draw at the Ontario event for the trade in the Westbury Hotel. Amanda O’Brien of American Holidays won tickets to Ghost the Musical in the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in the United and Air Canada Rouge incentive. Ivana Iles of Club Travel won the Air France KLM booking incentive to Central and South America. See website.
Rosemarie Payne, Sirin Huffam and Gemma Pascall of St Pete’s & Clearwater hosted a barbecue for the trade at the Morgan Penthouse. Picture shows US Ambassador Kevin O’Malley with Stephanie Buck and Sirin Huffam at Holiday World.
Topflight’s ski brochure hits the shelves this week as did Tour America‘s 2017/18 USA Canada & Mexico brochure and 2017/18 Orlando and Florida Beaches brochure.
Topflight Today FM Ski Trip with Ian Dempsey will be going to Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria on January 28th, the 18th year of the trip. The radio show and 550 accompanying skiers last went to Kirchberg in 2014. Kitzbühel’s has 170km of slopes on one side and links into the 280km SkiWelt on the other.
Sunway have added a one night Lapland trip from Shannon on December 13, adult €899pp, child from €799pp.
Amadeus has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index in 2016.
Experience Kissimmee appointed Michelle Moore, as the new director of sales.
Giles Hawke’s London based Cosmos Tours is offering a free case of premium wines worth £140 with any holiday booking made before October 31.
MAP Travel are operating flights to Tel Aviv for the Christian Solidarity Pilgrimage, led by Archbishop Eamon Martin.
Eamon Flanagan’s Premair is promoting 7, 14 and 21-day Japan Rail Passes available in ordinary and green first class for travel throughout Japan. japanrail@premair.ie Elena Negri of Japan Airlines called by to Premai on a recent sales mission.
Sad news, Pat Rafferty formerly of Rafferty Travel in Tipperary and brother of our John Rafferty, has died.
