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ITTN https://www.ittn.ie Wed, 03 Oct 2018 10:23:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Enjoy a last-minuteStoringgetaway with Haven from Stg £99. https://www.ittn.ie/news/enjoy-a-last-minute-autumn-getaway-with-haven-from-99-for-the-whole-family/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/enjoy-a-last-minute-autumn-getaway-with-haven-from-99-for-the-whole-family/#respond Wed, 03 Oct 2018 10:23:38 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49584 Families wanting to grab a last-minute storing unravel can explore the UK’s stunning tailspin line with breaks starting from just Stg£99 for the whole family. With a nomination of 36 holiday parks, Haven encourages outdoor exploration with a packed entertainment and activities programme that offers families quality time in each other’s company. With the perfect […] The post Enjoy a last-minuteStoringgetaway with Haven from Stg £99. appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Families wanting to grab a last-minute storing unravel can explore the UK’s stunning tailspin line with breaks starting from just Stg£99 for the whole family. With a nomination of 36 holiday parks, Haven encourages outdoor exploration with a packed entertainment and activities programme that offers families quality time in each other’s company. With the perfect scenery for water fun, children can enjoy Haven’s water-based activities including Aqua Jets, Turbo Paddlers, Fun Inflatables and the popular Water Walkerz, as well as taking part in Water Confidence sessions and the Learn2Swim programme. And, of course, they can throne to the waterfront for an afternoon of sandcastles and waddle pooling. Haven moreover encourages families to embrace the wilderness with its Nature Rockz programme. Perfect for all ages, adventurers can explore the unconfined outdoors and its wonderful wildlife, with Haven’s expert Park Rangers guiding their way. Families can moreover waterworks their inner survival instincts with Bush Craft activities including learning how to track unusual animals, forage for edible forest supplies and plane master the art of water purification. Children can moreover get involved with sports coaching from trained professionals, worriedness sessions including archery, fencing, its very own Football Academy, and well-ventilated venture courses; as well as entertainment from Haven’s tint of fun-loving, mischief-making notation from the Seaside Squad. Prices for a four-night, mid-week unravel start from justStg £99 for the whole family. This price is based on a family of up to four sharing a Standard two-bedroom Caravan at Devon Cliffs, valedictory on 1 October 2018. The post Enjoy a last-minuteStoringgetaway with Haven from Stg £99. appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/enjoy-a-last-minute-autumn-getaway-with-haven-from-99-for-the-whole-family/feed/ 0 British Airways is Planning New Staff Uniforms https://www.ittn.ie/news/british-airways-is-planning-new-staff-uniforms/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/british-airways-is-planning-new-staff-uniforms/#respond Wed, 03 Oct 2018 10:04:18 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49578 The malleate bug is working and well in IAG,with Aer Lingus going for new staff uniforms, now British Airways are doing likewise. Savile Row tailoring expert, Ozwald Boateng OBE, is to be the next in an refreshing line-up of British designers to develop uniforms for the airline. Boateng, who is known for bringing a modern […] The post British Airways is Planning New Staff Uniforms appeared first on ITTN. ]]> The malleate bug is working and well in IAG,with Aer Lingus going for new staff uniforms, now British Airways are doing likewise. Savile Row tailoring expert, Ozwald Boateng OBE, is to be the next in an refreshing line-up of British designers to develop uniforms for the airline. Boateng, who is known for bringing a modern trendy twist to the archetype British institution of tailoring, will be designing a hodgepodge for the airline’s 32,000 employees who wear a uniform as part of their role. The new uniform will form an important part of the airline’s celebrations for its Centenary next year. Alex Cruz, British Airways’ Chairman and Chief Executive, said: “Our uniforms have been an iconic symbol of our trademark throughout our 100-year history and our partnership with Ozwald will take us forward to the next installment in our journey.” “At a time when we’re investing for customers, new uniforms are a visual representation of investment in our people and we want them to finger proud when they wear the new uniform.” Ozwald Boateng OBE, said: “I am really excited about creating this new uniform for British Airways. It is important for me to create something that makes all of British Airways’ 32,000 uniform-wearing employees wideness the world excited, at the same time as enabling me to really demonstrate my skills as a designer. British Airways is investing £4.5 billion over the next five years and the uniform I diamond will form part of that, so I’m looking forward to taking a uniform and refining it into a collection.” Ozwald started his career in malleate in 1986 and became the first tailor to host a catwalk show at ParisMalleateWeek. As well as stuff the youngest tailor to unshut a store in Savile Row, Ozwald was the Creative Director at Givenchy Homme from 2002 to 2006. Boateng, who launched his first womenswear hodgepodge this year, will be working closely with the airline’s employees throughout the minutiae process, from shadowing them to understand their roles and how the uniforms need to perform, to design, testing and final delivery. The post British Airways is Planning New Staff Uniforms appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/british-airways-is-planning-new-staff-uniforms/feed/ 0 New Dublin to Bordeaux Service Next Summer https://www.ittn.ie/news/new-dublin-to-bordeaux-service-next-summer/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/new-dublin-to-bordeaux-service-next-summer/#respond Wed, 03 Oct 2018 01:00:58 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49576 Dublin Airport has welcomed the utterance by Ryanair that it is to operate a twice-weekly service to Bordeaux in France next summer. The new route will operate from April as part of the summer schedule. Welcoming the new service, Vincent Harrison, Dublin Airport’s Managing Director, said: “We are delighted to see Ryanair’s route network go […] The post New Dublin to Bordeaux Service Next Summer appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Dublin Airport has welcomed the utterance by Ryanair that it is to operate a twice-weekly service to Bordeaux in France next summer. The new route will operate from April as part of the summer schedule. Welcoming the new service, Vincent Harrison, Dublin Airport’s Managing Director, said: “We are delighted to see Ryanair’s route network go from strength to strength at Dublin Airport. Bordeaux is a wonderful region in France famous for its cuisine, wine and history and I have no doubt it will be a popular destination next summer.” The post New Dublin to Bordeaux Service Next Summer appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/new-dublin-to-bordeaux-service-next-summer/feed/ 0 Gatwick Follows Shannon Lead by Opening Europe’s Second Sensory Room https://www.ittn.ie/news/gatwick-follows-shannon-lead-by-opening-europes-second-sensory-room/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/gatwick-follows-shannon-lead-by-opening-europes-second-sensory-room/#respond Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:45:13 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49572 Shannon Airport has reiterated its undeniability to other airports virtually Europe to establish sensory rooms without Gatwick Airport followed its lead on Monday by doing exactly that. Shannon opened Europe’s first sensory room in March of last year for children and adults with neuro-developmental challenges including autism, and has since facilitated visits by airports virtually […] The post Gatwick Follows Shannon Lead by Opening Europe’s Second Sensory Room appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Shannon Airport has reiterated its undeniability to other airports virtually Europe to establish sensory rooms without Gatwick Airport followed its lead on Monday by doing exactly that. Shannon opened Europe’s first sensory room in March of last year for children and adults with neuro-developmental challenges including autism, and has since facilitated visits by airports virtually the world that are exploring Shannon’s lead. Among them was Gatwick Airport, which has now opened the UK’s first such room. Welcoming Gatwick’s initiative, Matthew Thomas, Chief Executive, Shannon Group plc, which operates Shannon Airport, said: “We congratulate Gatwick Airport on this wonderful achievement. We know from opening our own airport sensory room in March 2017 that the Gatwick sensory room will be a tremendous assistance to passengers with autism and special needs. “We once have well-established Ryanair services between Shannon and Gatwick airports, and the new Gatwick sensory room ways that a trip between the two airports will be plane increasingly user-friendly. With the sensory rooms in operation at either end of the journey to and from the UK, we are making it easier for passengers who need these facilities. Having them can midpoint a huge difference for passengers with neuro-developmental challenges.”  Last year when the Shannon Airport sensory room was opened, Shannon urged other Irish and international airports to get onboard and provide similar facilities at airports virtually the world. “We realised that it was one thing for Shannon to put these provisions in place but if other airports participated in this programme, then it would midpoint that when the passengers victorious on the other side they moreover get special treatment. That would be a huge souvenir to people with special needs and their families,” said Andrew Murphy, Managing Director, Shannon Airport. “The response this drew from the aviation polity was astounding. Since establishing our sensory room we have received over 30 enquiries from airports, Government agencies and sporting venues virtually the world, including Gatwick Airport, looking for translating and guidelines on how weightier to establish an airport sensory room. We were delighted to squire Gatwick and we wish them every success. Our offer to squire other airports who might be thinking of pursuit suit still stands.” The post Gatwick Follows Shannon Lead by Opening Europe’s Second Sensory Room appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/gatwick-follows-shannon-lead-by-opening-europes-second-sensory-room/feed/ 0 WestJet and Hope AirRequiteThanks and Hope at Thanksgiving https://www.ittn.ie/news/westjet-and-hope-air-give-thanks-and-hope-at-thanksgiving/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/westjet-and-hope-air-give-thanks-and-hope-at-thanksgiving/#respond Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:21:38 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49569 In triumph of Thanksgiving, WestJet and WestJet Cares for Kids charity partner Hope Air teamed up to help patient Leora Wildi say thank you to those who supported her throughout her health journey. WestJet Thanks: Giving hope follows Leora, now 23, who was diagnosed with two types of unorthodoxy cancer at the age of 14. Her cancer treatment caused serious and […] The post WestJet and Hope AirRequiteThanks and Hope at Thanksgiving appeared first on ITTN. ]]> In triumph of Thanksgiving, WestJet and WestJet Cares for Kids charity partner Hope Air teamed up to help patient Leora Wildi say thank you to those who supported her throughout her health journey. WestJet Thanks: Giving hope follows Leora, now 23, who was diagnosed with two types of unorthodoxy cancer at the age of 14. Her cancer treatment caused serious and life-long complications that has required increasingly than 50 trips from her hometown of Prince George, British Columbia, to Vancouver for specialised medical care. Cancer-free for eight years and counting, Leora is now speaking out well-nigh how Hope Air and WestJet played an integral part in her recovery. While doing so, she is moreover worldly-wise to thank some of those who helped her on her health journey by bringing them together for a very special day. To view the video, click here. “This Thanksgiving, our goal is for Leora’s story to inspire everyone to requite thanks to those who have helped them through their own life journeys,” said Richard Bartrem, WestJet’s Vice-President Marketing Communications. “By working slantingly Hope Air and providing the souvenir of flight we are helping underpass the gap for thousands of Canadians who need to travel for medical care. We hope by sharing Leora’s journey we can bring increasingly sensation to this hair-trigger soft-heartedness so other patients like Leora can wangle the healthcare they need.” “WestJet is an important and valued partner in helping Hope Air ensure that all Canadians have wangle to the medical superintendency they need, despite loftiness or forfeit of travel,” said Doug Keller-Hobson, Chief Executive, Hope Air. “We thank WestJet for this unique opportunity to raise sensation of Hope Air’s vital and important work.” Since 1996, WestJet and Hope Air have been working together to squire Canadian families with medical needs and in 2007 Hope Air became one of WestJet Cares for Kids founding partners. Hope Air co-ordinates flights for individuals of all ages, with a variety of illnesses and health concerns. By offering self-ruling transportation for health-related issues, Hope Air, with the support of WestJet and its other partners, relieve the strain on financially-burdened families and reduce their emotional stress when the uncertainty of illness prevails. Almost one-third of Hope Air clients report that they would postpone or cancel their healthcare visit if Hope Air was not worldly-wise to provide them with a self-ruling flight. This has serious repercussions for their health, and it can moreover interfere with their worthiness to work, superintendency for their family, shepherd school, or participate in the community. To learn increasingly visit Hope Air. The post WestJet and Hope AirRequiteThanks and Hope at Thanksgiving appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/westjet-and-hope-air-give-thanks-and-hope-at-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 Leah is September Winner of ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year Competition https://www.ittn.ie/news/leah-is-september-winner-of-ittnemirates-travel-photographer-of-the-year-competition/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/leah-is-september-winner-of-ittnemirates-travel-photographer-of-the-year-competition/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:52:24 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49566 Leah Parmeshwar, Travel Department, is our September winner in the ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year competition, with her photo, Life In The Fast Lane, Hoi An Tourists Are ANonflexibleSell!, taken in Hoi An, Vietnam, with her Samsung S7 Edge in September 2018. Start sending in your entries now for October – it […] The post Leah is September Winner of ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year Competition appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Leah Parmeshwar, Travel Department, is our September winner in the ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year competition, with her photo, Life In The Fast Lane, Hoi An Tourists Are ANonflexibleSell!, taken in Hoi An, Vietnam, with her Samsung S7 Edge in September 2018. Start sending in your entries now for October – it will be your last endangerment to win! To enter, click here . Marek Maslowiec,ArchetypeResorts, was our August winner with his photo, Touch The Rainbow!FingerThe Rainbow!, taken in Amsterdam with his Sony DSC-HX400V in August 2018; Chani Anderson, Trailfinders, was our July winner with her photo, Twilight In Andratx, taken in Majorca with her Nikon 7100 in July 2018; and our June winner was Meabh Byrne, Trailfinders, with her photo, Under AUnderpassIn Venice, taken with her iPhone in March 2018. In the ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year competition six finalists will each win a €200 voucher and the overall winner will receive tickets for two to any one of the 144 destinations on Emirates’ wide-stretching worldwide network. You can see all the entries submitted to stage at: www.ittn.ie/2018-ittn-travel-photographer-of-the-year-competition-entries/ The competition is running for five months, to 31st October 2018, and photos taken by Irish travel organ or tour operator staff, North and South, since 1st November 2017 are eligible. Each month’s entries are stuff judged by Anita Thomas, Sales Manager Ireland, Emirates; Michael Flood, Editor, Irish Travel Trade News; and Neil Steedman, ITTN’s News & Features Editor. Each of the five monthly winners will receive a trophy and a voucher for €200. In addition, a sixth finalist will be chosen from all the entries short-listed by those judges over the five months by a separate judging panel comprising Enda Corneille, Country Manager Ireland, Emirates; professional photographer Paul Sherwood; and Michael Flood, ITTN Editor. This winner will moreover receive a trophy and a €200 voucher. The second panel of judges will moreover select an overall winner from the six finalists. The winner will be presented with tickets for two from Dublin to any destination on Emirates’ wide-stretching worldwide network. Irish Travel Trade Awards 2018 All six finalists of the 2018 ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year will moreover be guests of Emirates at the 27th Irish Travel Trade Awards, to be held at the Clayton Hotel Burlington Road, Dublin 4, on Friday 23rd November 2018, when the overall winner will be announced. For details of Gold and Silver sponsorship opportunities at the Awards Gala Dinner, and table bookings, please contact: Hilary Drumm, Event Sponsorship Manager, E: hilary.drumm@advantagegroup.ie, M: +353 (0)85 777 0400 Ian Bloomfield, E: ian.bloomfield@advantagegroup.ie, M: +353 (0)86 367 4945 Michael Flood, E: michael.flood@advantagegroup.ie, M: +353 (0)87 255 4333 The post Leah is September Winner of ITTN+EMIRATES Travel Photographer of the Year Competition appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/leah-is-september-winner-of-ittnemirates-travel-photographer-of-the-year-competition/feed/ 0 CAR to Establish Passenger Advisory Group with Guidelines for Passenger Engagement https://www.ittn.ie/news/car-to-establish-passenger-advisory-group-with-guidelines-for-passenger-engagement/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/car-to-establish-passenger-advisory-group-with-guidelines-for-passenger-engagement/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:25:12 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49563 The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has published a visualization and summary of the visualization on the mechanisms that it will implement to modernize passenger engagement in decisions that it makes in relation to Dublin Airport. The CAR said: “First, we will establish a Passenger Advisory Group (the PAG), which will requite passenger representatives uncontrived input to […] The post CAR to Establish Passenger Advisory Group with Guidelines for Passenger Engagement appeared first on ITTN. ]]> The Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR) has published a visualization and summary of the visualization on the mechanisms that it will implement to modernize passenger engagement in decisions that it makes in relation to Dublin Airport. The CAR said: “First, we will establish a Passenger Advisory Group (the PAG), which will requite passenger representatives uncontrived input to inform these decisions. Second, we are issuing guidelines to squire stakeholders who wish to submit vestige based on passenger engagement to us, to ensure that it is of good quality. Third, we aim to largest inform passengers by publishing summaries of relevant documents, or sections of documents, in a increasingly wieldy format. “This visualization follows our consultation paper CP16/2017. We received submissions from Aer Lingus, Dublin Airport and Ryanair. All submissions are published slantingly this visualization in this page. “The Passenger Advisory Group will subsume a range of organisations that represent the diversity of passengers at Dublin Airport. The airport and airlines will not be members of this group. We will work with the Passenger Advisory Group to modernize our understanding of what is important to passengers. From November 2018 to May 2019, we expect to hold five meetings with the group to examine how passenger priorities are addressed by proposals on quality of service and wanted investment projects. The group will teach us rather than make decisions.” The post CAR to Establish Passenger Advisory Group with Guidelines for Passenger Engagement appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/car-to-establish-passenger-advisory-group-with-guidelines-for-passenger-engagement/feed/ 0 Michelin Announces This Year’s Bib Gourmand Awards https://www.ittn.ie/news/michelin-announces-this-years-bib-gourmand-awards/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/michelin-announces-this-years-bib-gourmand-awards/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 14:51:33 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49511 Golfers at the K Club for the Irish edition of the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup had a unconfined prize to aim for with the winner travelling to Antalya in Turkey for the Grand Final at the Turkish Airlines Open. Previous Irish winners got to play with Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods. The Arnold Palmer […] The post Tim Roddy Wins Turkish Airlines Golf at K Club appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Golfers at the K Club for the Irish edition of the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup had a unconfined prize to aim for with the winner travelling to Antalya in Turkey for the Grand Final at the Turkish Airlines Open. Previous Irish winners got to play with Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods. Mehamed Kaplan, Titanic Hotels, Antalya, with Onur Gul, Turkish Airlines The Arnold Palmer championship Ryder Cup undertow at the K Club was the outstanding venue for the event and was a unconfined test for the golfers. Celebrities playing in the event included ex rugby internationals Ronan O’Gara and Alan Quinlan, Brian McFadden from Westlife, and Keith Duffy from Boyzone.Moreoverplaying were international cricketers Kevin O’Brien and Ed Joyce. Peter McManamon, Atlantic Bridge; Ronan Treacy, FCm Travel Solutions; and Gerry Keogh, Dublin Airport Hasan Mutlu, General Manager Ireland, Turkish Airlines, gave an overview of the Turkish Airlines product and stressed the strength of the network throughout the world from the Istanbul hub. Kevin O’Brien, Hasan Mutlu, Julienne Curran and Ed Joyce With this year’s tournament backed by the Financial Times, National, Titanic Hotels and suit partner Ruck & Maul, the winners of the qualifiers progress to the Grand Finals in Antalya in November, when they have the endangerment to secure a place in the Turkish AirlinesUnshutpro-am. They will fly BusinessMatriculationin Turkish Airlines and stay at the 5-star Titanic Golf Deluxe Hotel. Onur Gul, Hasan Mutlu and Onur Basak, Turkish Airlines Tim Ruddy will represent Ireland there, without winning the competition with 38 points, while Richard Murphy was runner-up, and Conor Hanratty was third. The post Tim Roddy Wins Turkish Airlines Golf at K Club appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/turkish-airlines-golf/feed/ 0 Tour America an Ongoing Success Story https://www.ittn.ie/news/touramerica/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/touramerica/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 03:08:32 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49483 The Tour America success story continues and, without 23 years of inspirational leadership, Mary McKenna still exudes an wondrous tideway to the travel industry. She is responsive to industry, economic and lifestyle changes, and this translates into increased sales and turnover. Mary’s yearly Red Cow Sale Day is a example of her entrepreneurial style and […] The post Tour America an Ongoing Success Story appeared first on ITTN. ]]> The Tour America success story continues and, without 23 years of inspirational leadership, Mary McKenna still exudes an wondrous tideway to the travel industry. She is responsive to industry, economic and lifestyle changes, and this translates into increased sales and turnover. Liz Wright and Polly Bond, Tour America, welcome Liana Konchal and Megan Allen, Alamo Rent A Car Mary’s yearly Red Cow Sale Day is a example of her entrepreneurial style and it has grown from strength to strength. Valerie Murphy and Michael English, Celebrity Cruises, with Jenny Rafter, Aer Lingus The pre-Red Cow Sale Day dinner had an ubiety of many of her suppliers and key staff and this year’s event was flipside unconfined evening in the KilkennyDiamondShop. Eileen Sutton, RTE, meets Ivan Beacom, Aer Lingus Julie Greenhill, Philadelphia CVB, and Kathleen Maher, Tour America Fiona Fitzgerald, Visit California, and Linda Ryan, Tour America The post Tour America an Ongoing Success Story appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/touramerica/feed/ 0 VOTE NOW for Your Top Suppliers in the 2018 Irish Travel Trade Awards https://www.ittn.ie/news/vote-now-for-your-top-suppliers-in-the-2018-irish-travel-trade-awards/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/vote-now-for-your-top-suppliers-in-the-2018-irish-travel-trade-awards/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 03:04:42 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49494 Have you voted yet for your top suppliers in this year’s Irish Travel Trade Awards? They are counting on your support – and you could win two tickets to the Awards night! All staff working for a travel organ anywhere on the island of Ireland are eligible to vote. Your completed Voting Form must be […] The post VOTE NOW for Your Top Suppliers in the 2018 Irish Travel Trade Awards appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Have you voted yet for your top suppliers in this year’s Irish Travel Trade Awards? They are counting on your support – and you could win two tickets to the Awards night! All staff working for a travel organ anywhere on the island of Ireland are eligible to vote. Your completed Voting Form must be returned directly to self-sustaining auditors Grant Thornton, either online at www.ittn.ie/itt-awards/2018/ or by email, fax or post, no later than Friday 2nd November 2018. Email:       ittnvotes@ie.gt.com Fax:          01 418 2044 Post:        Irish Travel Trade Awards 2018, c/o Stephen Murray, Grant Thornton, Molyneux House, Bride Street, Dublin 8, D08 C8CN WIN TWO TICKETS TO THE AWARDS: All fully completed, eligible Voting Forms received will be entered into a prize yank for tickets for two to shepherd the Irish Travel Trade Awards 2018 on Friday 23rd November 2018 at the Clayton Hotel Burlington Road, Dublin 4, courtesy of Irish Travel Trade News. AWARD CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS You are asked to nominate your ‘Best Supplier’ in each of the pursuit 26 ribbon categories. Please read the ribbon category descriptions thoughtfully and ensure that you enter a vote for all 26 categories. AIRLINESWeightierAirline to Europe For Britain and/or Continental Europe, which airline provides your ex-Ireland clients with the weightier service?WeightierAirline to North America Which airline flying wideness the Atlantic to North America leads the way from Ireland, either uncontrived or indirect?WeightierLong Haul Airline When the destination is the Middle East, Africa, Asia / Pacific,Insideor South America, which airline is top of your matriculation for quality of performance?WeightierBusinessMatriculationAirline ForMerchantryClass, which airline provides your clients with the weightier airport transfers, lounges, seat/bed, inflight services, cuisine and entertainment?   DESTINATIONSWeightierDestination in Europe Which country in Europe offers the weightier holiday destinations, visitor attractions, culture, relaxation, sports, entertainment, and shopping?WeightierDestination in North America Which country in North America – Canada, Mexico or which State in the USA – provides your clients with the top holiday wits and value for money?WeightierDestination in Asia / Pacific Whether it’s in Asia, near or far, or lanugo under in Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands, which country is most worth the long haul?WeightierSun Holiday Destination Which destination tops your list of recommendations for sun, sea, sand and… sensational value?   SEA TRANSPORTWeightierFerryVisitorBetween Ireland and Britain or Continental Europe, which ferry company’s ships and service ride the crest of your wave?WeightierRiver CruiseVisitorWhen an inland trip is your client’s wish, which river trip visitor provides them with the destinations, luxury and value to make their dream come true?WeightierOcean CruiseVisitorWhen an ocean or sea holiday trip package is your client’s request, which trip visitor sails yonder with the booking?WeightierLuxury Ocean CruiseVisitorWhen your vendee desires personal service on a luxury trip wideness the oceans or seas, which visitor is top of your deck?   LAND TRANSPORTWeightierCar RentalVisitorWhatever the destination, which rental visitor provides your merchantry and leisure clients with the weightier cars, service and value for money?WeightierRailVisitorAlmost every country has its rail networks, but which visitor provides the weightier trains and ticketing service to set your clients on the right track?   TRAVEL AGENCY SERVICESWeightierNational Tourist Office Which National Tourist Office provides your organ with the weightier service and destination support?WeightierAccommodation Provider For a worldwide nomination of quality hotels, resorts, and other accommodation, with which walk-up group or organ do you trammels in your clients?WeightierTravel Technology Provider Whether it’s a dynamic packaging system, a GDS, a website, social media, or a back-office system, who provides your organ with the weightier technology product?   TOUR OPERATORSWeightierSun Tour Operator For summer or winter sun, which tour operator is the weightier for resorts, flights, accommodation, representation, value for money, and service?WeightierSki Tour Operator For nomination of ski resorts and accommodation, user-friendly flights and transfers, and spanking-new packages and après ski, who is at the very peak? BestVentureTour Operator Whether the venture involves ‘normal’ or lattermost activities, experiencing unusual places and cultures, meeting local people, or trek cruises to polar regions, who offers the most heady options?WeightierLong Haul Tour Operator When your clients plan to travel vastitude Europe, whether for a short stay, long stay, multi-centre or touring holiday, honeymoon, or cultural tour, whom do you call?   ALL COMPANIESWeightierUse of Social Media Marketing Which travel industry supplier provides the weightier marketing support to travel teachers via its social media platforms, including Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, and WhatsApp?WeightierAgency Support / Training Programme When staff members require training, whether in-house, off-site or online, which supplier or tourist workbench provides the weightier organ support?WeightierFamiliarisation Trip Which supplier or tourist workbench has organised the weightier fam trip for Irish travel teachers since January 2017?WeightierAgent-Friendly Individual Who is the most agent-friendly individual, whether in management, sales or back-office service, and be they with a tour operator, an airline, ferry or trip company, car rental or rail booking company, tourist office, walk-up or travel technology provider?WeightierLuxury TravelWitsWhen your vendee asks for sheer luxury, what travel wits do you recommend – is it a private jet, a luxury trip or rail journey, a paradise island or spa resort, a private safari, helicopter sightseeing tour, or something else spectacular? The post VOTE NOW for Your Top Suppliers in the 2018 Irish Travel Trade Awards appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/vote-now-for-your-top-suppliers-in-the-2018-irish-travel-trade-awards/feed/ 0 Visit Orlando Launches Uniquely OrlandoStoringAdvertisingWayfarershttps://www.ittn.ie/news/visit-orlando-launches-uniquely-orlando-autumn-advertising-campaign/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/visit-orlando-launches-uniquely-orlando-autumn-advertising-campaign/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 03:00:59 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49474 Visit Orlando’s 2018 storing campaign, Uniquely Orlando, recently launched in the UK and Ireland, encourages holidaymakers to typesetting through key tour operators. It will unhook over 235 million targeted impressions including national television, digital, social media, print, as well as outdoor razzmatazz in London during a two-month period. The wayfarers messaging will focus on the […] The post Visit Orlando Launches Uniquely OrlandoStoringAdvertisingWayfarersappeared first on ITTN. ]]> Visit Orlando’s 2018 storing campaign, Uniquely Orlando, recently launched in the UK and Ireland, encourages holidaymakers to typesetting through key tour operators. It will unhook over 235 million targeted impressions including national television, digital, social media, print, as well as outdoor razzmatazz in London during a two-month period. The wayfarers messaging will focus on the theme Uniquely Orlando, with the Theme ParkWantedof the World stuff known as a destination to play, explore and to truly escape. The UK and Ireland defended websites have been updated to tie in with Uniquely Orlando messaging, providing spare resources to make holiday planning easier and write key factors that influence destination selection. “With September and October stuff a key booking period, we recognise the impact our UK and Irish teachers have when helping clients select the perfect holiday destination,” said George Aguel, President and Chief Executive. “Visit Orlando strives to provide both the trade and consumers with information to show them the value of choosing a destination as unique as Orlando.” For the first time, the wayfarers will include traditional print double-page spread advertorials in The Sun, The Times, and The Telegraph Magazine, designed to inspire readers and showcase the variety of heady activities misogynist vastitude the theme parks. Visit Orlando will moreover use dynamic weather-targeted messaging wideness out-of-home platforms to capture consumers’ sustentation on grey and rainy days. The wayfarers call-to-action will momentum consumers to Visit Orlando’s UK and Ireland websites for information, tools to make holiday planning easier and links to preferred travel partners including British Airways, My America Holiday, Ocean Florida, Thomas Cook, TUI, and Virgin Holidays, withal with Aer Lingus, American Holidays and Tour America in Ireland. “With the increased exposure in the market, we are expecting greater interest from consumers and encourage travel teachers to well-constructed the Orlando Travel Academy to stay up to speed on the latest developments in Orlando,” widow George.Increasinglyinformation on specific resources for travel professionals, including collateral, sales aids and itinerary planners can be found on Visit Orlando’s travel trade site, VisitOrlando.com/trade. The post Visit Orlando Launches Uniquely OrlandoStoringAdvertisingWayfarersappeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/visit-orlando-launches-uniquely-orlando-autumn-advertising-campaign/feed/ 0 Celebrity Cruises Has the Edge https://www.ittn.ie/news/celebrity-cruises-have-the-edge/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/celebrity-cruises-have-the-edge/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 02:56:46 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49467 The trendy and newly opened Ivy Restaurant on Dublin’s Dawson Street was the venue for an in-depth rundown to top trip travel teachers by the Celebrity Cruises team led by Jo Rzymowska with Michael English and Valerie Murphy. Jo articulated how Irish travel teachers are most important to Celebrity: “We need to get increasingly passengers […] The post Celebrity Cruises Has the Edge appeared first on ITTN. ]]> The trendy and newly opened Ivy Restaurant on Dublin’s Dawson Street was the venue for an in-depth rundown to top trip travel teachers by the Celebrity Cruises team led by Jo Rzymowska with Michael English and Valerie Murphy. Jo articulated how Irish travel teachers are most important to Celebrity: “We need to get increasingly passengers into cruising by getting teachers to talk to guests who really fathom the preferably things in life.” Jo Rzymowsk, Celebrity Cruises, briefs the trade in Dublin Celebrity Edge will be the most modern and newest ship to join the squadron next year. She will be followed by sister ship Celebrity Apex in 2020, followed by similar, yet to be named, new ships in 2021, 2022 and 2024. Celebrity Apex will sail from Southampton in 2020. Michael English, Celebrity Cruises The home basing of Celebrity Eclipse in Dublin Port for a short season this year was deemed successful. Based on this, plans are under consideration to wiring Celebrity Reflection for a longer period in Dublin in 2019. This would protract the growth of the trademark in Ireland. The existing squadron is not stuff neglected, with upgrades to MillenniumMatriculationships moreover planned, with up to US$500 million earmarked for a range of innovative upgrades. So it looks squint as if Celebrity Cruises is set to sail vastitude borders. The post Celebrity Cruises Has the Edge appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/celebrity-cruises-have-the-edge/feed/ 0UnconfinedValue Travel Deals – 2nd October 2018 https://www.ittn.ie/news/great-value-travel-deals-2nd-october-2018/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/great-value-travel-deals-2nd-october-2018/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 02:52:17 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49529 Sarah Slattery compiles a list of the top Travel Deals from trade partners, including airlines’ seat sales, special offers from tour operators, hotel deals from bed banks, and the latest trip deals. TUI is offering a seven-night stay in the Porlamar Apartments, Puerto Rico, from €299 on 11th October. Price includes flights, accommodation, transfers and […] The postUnconfinedValue Travel Deals – 2nd October 2018 appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Sarah Slattery compiles a list of the top Travel Deals from trade partners, including airlines’ seat sales, special offers from tour operators, hotel deals from bed banks, and the latest trip deals. TUI is offering a seven-night stay in the Porlamar Apartments, Puerto Rico, from €299 on 11th October. Price includes flights, accommodation, transfers and checked baggage. Sunway is offering a seven-night stay in the Pins Platja, Cambrils, from €439 per person on 27th October. Price includes flights, accommodation, transfers and checked baggage, based on two adults and two children sharing. BookaBed is offering walk-up in the Caribe Hotel, PortAventura, with park tickets included from €59 per person per night, for travel in June 2019. Sunway / Club Med is offering 15% off 25 summer resorts, if booked by 4th October. TUI is offering a seven-night, vast stay at the Suneoclub Cavo d’Oro Hotel & Studios, Zakynthos, from €616 on 18th May. Price includes flights, transfers and checked baggage. Insight Vacations is offering a nine-dayWeightierof California tour from €2,589 over Easter holidays. Price includes stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Yosemite National Park, excursions, eight breakfasts, four dinners with wine, and the expertise of a knowledgeable Travel Director. Celebrity Cruises is offering a seven-night Norwegian Fjords trip onboard Celebrity Silhouette from €1,040 on 27th April from Southampton. Upgrade to an ocean view stateroom and receive a self-ruling archetype drinks package. Marella Cruises is offering a seven-night Highlights of the Med trip from €1,159 on 11th May. Price includes flights, transfers, checked valise and trip on an vast basis. Aer Lingus is offering winter flights to North America from €169, if booked as part of a return trip and include a Saturday night stay. Travel on selected dates from 1st November 2018 – 31st March 2019. The postUnconfinedValue Travel Deals – 2nd October 2018 appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/great-value-travel-deals-2nd-october-2018/feed/ 0 Air Transat Makes Two Senior Appointments https://www.ittn.ie/news/air-transat-makes-two-senior-appointments/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/air-transat-makes-two-senior-appointments/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 02:48:20 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49471 Air Transat has scheduled Adrian Keating as Commercial Director UK & Ireland and Adam Clarke asThroneof Marketing UK & Ireland. Adrian Keating will implement and manage Air Transat’s commercial strategy in the UK and Ireland, with key areas of responsibility including sales, distribution, e-commerce and revenue management. He joins Air Transat from Malaysia […] The post Air Transat Makes Two Senior Appointments appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Air Transat has scheduled Adrian Keating as Commercial Director UK & Ireland and Adam Clarke asThroneof Marketing UK & Ireland. Adrian Keating will implement and manage Air Transat’s commercial strategy in the UK and Ireland, with key areas of responsibility including sales, distribution, e-commerce and revenue management. Adrian Keating, Commercial Director UK & Ireland, Air Transat He joins Air Transat from Malaysia Airlines where he was Regional Manager, UK, Europe and North America, with responsibility for route revenue and profitability, trademark building, consumer service and sales and marketing. Adrian started his career at British Airways in 1999, where he held a number of sales positions, surpassing roles with easyJet as Sales Manager Europe, and Etihad Airways as Global Sales Manager. Air Transat has remoter bolstered its UK & Ireland team with the visit of Adam Clarke asThroneof Marketing. He joins from TUI Group where he wasThroneofTrademarkActivation, having previously worked wideness Ancillary Revenue and Partner Marketing at easyJet and, surpassing that, he held a wholesale marketing role at Flybe. Adam Clarke,Throneof Marketing UK & Ireland, Air Transat In his new role, Adam will be responsible for developing and implementing Air Transat’s marketing strategy in the UK and Ireland, and managing the regional marketing and e-commerce team. He started his career at mobile and Internet provider Orange, and has moreover held marketing roles with Starbucks and GSK. Gilles Ringwald, Vice President Commercial, Air Transat, said: “We are delighted to have an executive of Adrian’s calibre leading our commercial team in such a key market. His proven track record in devising and delivering airline commercial strategies make him a natural fit for Air Transat as we protract to develop and strengthen our presence in the UK and Ireland. “Adam Clarke’s credentials as an experienced marketeer for leading travel and consumer brands make him a valuable wing to our team, and he will be instrumental as we protract to build Air Transat’s presence in the UK and Ireland with consumer and industry audiences.” Adrian Keating said: “Air Transat is a long-standing and innovative airline, and one with a proven, strong network wideness the UK and Ireland. I squint forward to working with my team to make us the carrier of nomination to Canada for both leisure travellers and our valued partners in the travel trade.” Adam Clarke said: “Air Transat is an airline with a strong reputation for providing spanking-new value, upper quality flights to Canada, I squint forward to enhancing its trademark presence in the UK and Ireland.” The post Air Transat Makes Two Senior Appointments appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/air-transat-makes-two-senior-appointments/feed/ 0 Flexible Autos On the Move with Learning Breakfasts in November https://www.ittn.ie/news/flexible-autos-are-on-the-move/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/flexible-autos-are-on-the-move/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 02:44:37 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49522 Flexible Autos is launching a series of ‘A Taste for Success’ learning table breakfasts. The first session kicks off at the luxurious Ivy Restaurant in Dublin and is specially designed for travel professionals who are keen to momentum their car rent revenues forward. The dates are Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st November 2018. During these […] The post Flexible Autos On the Move with Learning Breakfasts in November appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Flexible Autos is launching a series of ‘A Taste for Success’ learning table breakfasts. The first session kicks off at the luxurious Ivy Restaurant in Dublin and is specially designed for travel professionals who are keen to momentum their car rent revenues forward. The dates are Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st November 2018. During these workshop sessions travel professionals hungry for knowledge can enjoy a succulent breakfast while Flexible Autos serves up valuable tips and tricks on how to sell increasingly car rent with bite-sized learning modules. The post Flexible Autos On the Move with Learning Breakfasts in November appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/flexible-autos-are-on-the-move/feed/ 0 Lainey’s Adventures: 24 Hours in Melbourne, Australia https://www.ittn.ie/news/laineys-adventures-24-hours-in-melbourne-australia/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/laineys-adventures-24-hours-in-melbourne-australia/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 02:40:18 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49465 The vibrant municipality of Melbourne is said to be the world’s most liveable city, but what makes it so good? Irish Travel Trade News travel blogger, Lainey Quinn, aka Little Miss Sunray, checked out the tourist hotspots during a fleeting visit and shares her recommendations unelevated on the top places to see in Melbourne. I […] The post Lainey’s Adventures: 24 Hours in Melbourne, Australia appeared first on ITTN. ]]> The vibrant municipality of Melbourne is said to be the world’s most liveable city, but what makes it so good? Irish Travel Trade News travel blogger, Lainey Quinn, aka Little Miss Sunray, checked out the tourist hotspots during a fleeting visit and shares her recommendations unelevated on the top places to see in Melbourne. I recently had the pleasure of visiting the arty, cultural and laid-back municipality of Melbourne, and what a whirlwind trip it was. With only 24 hours to explore the world’s most liveable city, I set off with my travel buddy early one Saturday morning to trammels out the hotspots. The Southern Australian winter weather lived up to its name and for the whole day I felt like I was in Ireland. Think pouring rain one minute and searing sunshine the next. But we refused to let it get the largest of us and stop of from seeing anything. With our cameras in hand and raincoats in the bag, we set off underneath a typical Melbourne raincloud to our first stop – the colourful Dendy StWaterfrontBathing Boxes in Brighton. Brighton Beach, Melbourne The 88 huts situated on the foot of the waterfront stage when to the Victorian times and each one has variegated paintwork on the outside. They are all privately owned and can sell for up to $330,000. BrightonWaterfrontbathing boxes, Melbourne They were first built to preserve nobility of swimmers when in the day when bikinis and budgie smugglers were worn by everyone, but it wasn’t socially wonted to be parading virtually in them (how times have changed!). To hibernate yonder from the prying vision of the public, the rich would buy a waterfront hut to use as a waffly room and have somewhere to leave their belongings. Sadly, the vibrant huts aren’t used as much now, but I can imagine myself sitting outside one in a stripy deck-chair, toes in the sand, unmusical a glass of Pinot Grigio with a loved one while watching the sun go lanugo on the watery horizon! Lainey Quinn sitting in front of an Australian decorated waterfront hut in Brighton, Melbourne St Kilda, Melbourne Next stop on the list was St Kilda, a quaint waterfront town not too far from Brighton. It’s Melbourne’s favourite beachside suburb and I can see why. Fitzroy and Acland streets are full of hip little cafes, funky bars and cute and shop gown shops. I didn’t get the endangerment to wits the Sunday markets, but word is they are worth checking out withal the Esplanade.Increasinglythan 100 stalls showcase the work of Melbourne designers, jewellers and artists, many of whom are onsite selling their wares. The visionless raincloud that hovered dangerously over us during our visit to BrightonWaterfronthad followed us the whole way to St Kilda and started spitting raindrops. Time to move. We hopped on to tram 96 and 20 minutes later we were in the CBD. The skies opened and poured well-nigh a year’s worth of rain but we evaded it by hiding in the train shelter. Note: If you get an Uber from St Kilda to Melbourne’s municipality centre it will forfeit well-nigh AUD$20. Hosier Lane, Melbourne Once the rain eased off, we hurriedly made our way towards Hosier Lane, an inferential version of Windmill Lane in Dublin. The cobblestoned roads donned with graffiti are arguably the inside point of the city’s street art scene. The quality of the intricate art pieces is phenomenal and it is nonflexible to imagine how it was washed-up at such heights too. You could stand there for hours craning your neck and unchangingly find a new, scenic colour-bomb of art to admire. Hozier Lane, Melbourne CBD Nearby, there is a lane tabbed the AC/DC Lane, which pays tribute to the Australian waddle band. As you might expect, the street art on AC/DC lane features art of all kinds of musicians and it is moreover home to the legendary live music venue, Cherry Bar – which is well worth checking out. It was without lunchtime on a Saturday when I got to explore the street art scene in Melbourne, which wasn’t the platonic time. I recommend going early morning if you want to write-up the crowds and get good photos. Exploring the municipality can be thirsty work and it would moreover be a sin to visit Melbourne and not try out some of the coolest bars you will find in the whole of Australia. There are plenty of unique spots to visit for funky cocktails and crazily-themed restaurants are dotted all virtually the city. Don’t miss out on Dans le Noir Restaurant (Dine in the Dark) and Mjølner, a retro-futurist dining hall restaurant with a Viking-themed menu.Increasinglyrecommendations for top places to visit in Melbourne can be found below. If you would like to trammels out increasingly travel recommendations for Australia, Cuba or Asia, visit Lainey Quinn’s Irish travel blog, Little Miss Sunray.   Top 10 Places to Visit in Melbourne Eureka Skydeck, 7 Riverside Quay, Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria 3006. Situated in the heart of Southbank in the iconic Eureka Tower, the Skydeck stands at a staggering 297 metres whilom the streets of Melbourne. Both locals and visitors regard the Skydeck as one of the best things to do in Melbourne. Botanical Gardens, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria 3141. The Royal Botanical Gardens stage when to 1846 and over the next 60 years the swampy site was transformed into the world-famous landscape it is today. Mjølner Restaurant, 106 Hardware Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. This Viking-themed restaurant has sumptuous food, a nice vibe, and offers a theatrical tideway to dining. National Gallery of Victoria, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3006. Popularly known as the NGV, this is the oldest and most visited gallery in Australia. Situated over two magnificent buildings – NGV International and NGV Australia – the Gallery presents over 40 exhibitions a year. Brighton Bathing Huts, Esplanade, Brighton VIC 3186. Take a stroll withal the waterfront and revere the inventive artwork. Queen Victoria Market, Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. At virtually seven hectares, the Queen Victoria Market is the largest unshut air market in the Southern Hemisphere – and the largest and most intact surviving 19th century market in the city. Dans le Noir Restaurant, 630 Chapel Street, South Yarra VIC 3141. Literally ‘In the Dark’, Dans le Noir is part of the international restaurant uniting where guests dine in well-constructed darkness served by unexpected guides for a totally innovative tideway to tasting. Chinatown, Little Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. Chinatown, a distinctive and well-known zone of Melbourne, dates when to the gold rush days of the 1850s and is the longest continuous Chinese settlement in the western world. Chinatown’s essential weft and main focus is withal Little Bourke Street with alleys that link the zone to Bourke Street and Lonsdale Street. Curtin House, 252 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. Curtin House is a six-storey commercial Palazzo-style towers in Melbourne municipality centre, known in the 2000s as a ‘vertical lane’, with a range of specialist retailing, dining, and entertainment spaces. Old Melbourne Gaol, 377 Russell Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. Once housing children next to hardened criminals, this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly’s skull until it was stolen. Built in 1839 and sealed as a jail in 1929, it is now a museum with attractions such as a mock trial for Ned Kelly, in which the whole family can re-enact sentencing the man to death, and his death mask. The post Lainey’s Adventures: 24 Hours in Melbourne, Australia appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/laineys-adventures-24-hours-in-melbourne-australia/feed/ 0 Aer Lingus Plans New Livery and New Uniforms https://www.ittn.ie/news/aer-lingus-planning-new-livery-and-new-uniforms/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/aer-lingus-planning-new-livery-and-new-uniforms/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:32:16 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49383 Stephen Kavanagh, Chief Executive, Aer Lingus, was a guest speaker at APEX Expo, where he took the opportunity to emphasise the company’s transferral to expansion of transatlantic connectivity between Ireland and North America. Last week, the visitor reaffirmed this transferral with the utterance of two new transatlantic routes, Minneapolis St Paul in the USA and Montréal […] The post Aer Lingus Plans New Livery and New Uniforms appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Stephen Kavanagh, Chief Executive, Aer Lingus, was a guest speaker at APEX Expo, where he took the opportunity to emphasise the company’s transferral to expansion of transatlantic connectivity between Ireland and North America. Last week, the visitor reaffirmed this transferral with the utterance of two new transatlantic routes, Minneapolis St Paul in the USA and Montréal in Canada, bringing the total number of North American destinations served by Aer Lingus to 15. Stephen Kavanagh, Chief Executive, Aer Lingus Stephen said: “Since joining International Airlines Group (IAG) in 2015, Aer Lingus has launched eight new uncontrived transatlantic services to Los Angeles, Newark, Hartford, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and now Montréal and Minneapolis-St Paul, marking the largest overly transatlantic expansion in our history. Aer Lingus A330 “In the past three years alone, Aer Lingus has increased the number of destinations served from nine to 15 and has moreover widow topics on a number of existing routes. The two new destinations will add a quarter of a million spare seats annually to Aer Lingus’s transatlantic network, which once carries 2.8 million guests annually between Ireland and North America. Our yearing is to be the leading value carrier wideness the North Atlantic and we will protract to add new routes and topics on an ongoing understructure over the coming years.” Aer Lingus continues to momentum its expansion strategy of its Dublin Airport wiring into a major European transatlantic gateway. Next year, the airline will take wordage of the first of its new Airbus A321 neo long-range aircraft, which has new engine and aero-dynamic technology and delivers increased range, increased fuel efficiency and reduced noise. Aer Lingus will moreover uncork offering complimentary refreshments to EconomyMatriculationguests onboard transatlantic flights, as well as up to 20MB of self-ruling wi-fi for its Smart Fare transatlantic economy guests. Stephen moreover said: “Alongside our growth strategy, we remain single-minded to delivering our signature upper standard of service to our guests. Our watercraft are designed for maximum guest comfort, whether in Economy or BusinessMatriculationand our staff are defended to ensuring every guest has a pleasant wits onboard.  “Among the extras we offer as standard on transatlantic flights are complimentary 23kg valise wage (Smart Fare), complimentary onboard meals, and 120-hours of the very weightier in-flight entertainment. We are announcing today our intent to moreover offer a complimentary glass of wine or beer with the meal service to our transatlantic EconomyMatriculationguests and to provide self-ruling social messaging with 20MB complimentary wi-fi for Smart Fare transatlantic economy guests. Onboard wi-fi “Extensive feedback from our guests has informed these decisions as we transmute our offer to our guests’ needs. Uniquely in Europe, we are moreover worldly-wise to offer guests travelling from the UK wangle to US. Customs and Border pre-clearance at Dublin and Shannon Airports.” Steven Kavanagh moreover informed attendees of Aer Lingus’s plans to unveil a refreshed trademark identity in January 2019 that will reflect the airline’s modern outlook and yearing to be the leading value carrier wideness the North Atlantic. The post Aer Lingus Plans New Livery and New Uniforms appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/aer-lingus-planning-new-livery-and-new-uniforms/feed/ 1 Shannon First European Airport with Facial Recognition for US Pre-clearance https://www.ittn.ie/news/49442/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/49442/#respond Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:28:18 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49442 Shannon Airport’s status in transatlantic aviation has been reflected then without rhadamanthine the first airport in Europe to have facial recognition technology introduced for US Pre-clearance. This is good news for Shannon Airport transatlantic passengers as it speeds up their journey through the airport and allows them avail of shorter security screening times than at […] The post Shannon First European Airport with Facial Recognition for US Pre-clearance appeared first on ITTN. ]]> Shannon Airport’s status in transatlantic aviation has been reflected then without rhadamanthine the first airport in Europe to have facial recognition technology introduced for US Pre-clearance. This is good news for Shannon Airport transatlantic passengers as it speeds up their journey through the airport and allows them avail of shorter security screening times than at other airports. The new technology is a remoter uplift to Shannon, which when in 2016 became the first airport in the world to operate a combined EU and US TSA checkpoint system, halving the time spent in security screening at other pre-clearance airports. The introduction of the new facial technology system in recent months has seen Shannon wilt the first airport outside the Americas to use facial biometrics to verify the identity of travellers well-nigh to enter the USA. The programme has once been successfully implemented in several US airports and was moreover extended to Aruba Airport in the Caribbean. The facial recognition technology substantially verifies passengers by matching them to the documents they are presenting. It will not vacated enhance security but moreover speed up screening, with airports in the USA now processing up to 10 people per minute with the new cutting-edge system. It has been operating successfully in Shannon since its installation and is the latest pre-clearance first for the airport. The installation of the service is timely for Shannon, with the airport enjoying its busiest period on transatlantic operations for 17 years, with seven services to six destinations. Niall Maloney, Operations Director, Shannon Airport, said: “Being the first airport in Europe to have this ground-breaking technology installed reaffirms Shannon’s status in transatlantic aviation. We were the first to get pre-clearance and now we are the first to pilot this technology. Ultimately, the big proceeds here is that this the latest enhancement to passenger services at Shannon. We are coming to the end of our busiest summer season on transatlantic since the early part of the last decade and anything that speeds up queues and enhances security is a major plus.” Andrew Murphy, Shannon Airport’s Managing Director, added: “We are delighted that US Customs and Border Protection has selected Shannon for this pilot. We have had an spanking-new working relationship with them since Shannon, in 2009, became the first airport outside the Americas to have US Pre-clearance. This ways that we have the most efficient and reliable systems in place for passenger screening for the USA. That is good for security but moreover very good for the passenger.”     The post Shannon First European Airport with Facial Recognition for US Pre-clearance appeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/49442/feed/ 0 Travel Counsellors Returns to Powerscourt for 2019Priminghttps://www.ittn.ie/news/49393/ https://www.ittn.ie/news/49393/#respond Thu, 27 Sep 2018 08:24:22 +0000 http://www.ittn.ie/?p=49393 Travel Counsellors Ireland has spoken that its yearly priming will return to the 5-star Powerscourt Hotel on 4th – 5th April 2019. Over 170 travel professionals will shepherd the prestigious two-day event at the Co Wicklow resort, which will conclude with a black-tie gala awards recurrence on Friday 5th April. The conference, now in its […] The post Travel Counsellors Returns to Powerscourt for 2019Primingappeared first on ITTN. ]]> Travel Counsellors Ireland has spoken that its yearly priming will return to the 5-star Powerscourt Hotel on 4th – 5th April 2019. Over 170 travel professionals will shepherd the prestigious two-day event at the Co Wicklow resort, which will conclude with a black-tie gala awards recurrence on Friday 5th April. The conference, now in its 12th year, recognises the unrenowned work of Travel Counsellors’ network of franchisees and the special relationships they share with the company’s merchantry partners. Cathy Burke, General Manager, Travel Counsellors Ireland, said: “Our yearly priming is a fantastic opportunity to gloat the nonflexible work and transferral of our defended travel professionals. We are delighted to return to Powerscourt Hotel for our 2019 event, pursuit the unrenowned service and superintendency that we received there in 2018, and surpassing that in 2016. “As Travel Counsellors Ireland continues to grow, with 75 travel franchisees now operating independently wideness the country, 2019 is set to be our biggest priming yet.” Happy Travel Counsellors at the 2018PrimingIan Wynne, General Manager, Powerscourt Hotel, said: “We are delighted to be hosting Travel Counsellors’ priming for the second year in a row. Last year was a huge success and it is unconfined to be part of the well-earned celebrations for such a thriving travel visitor and the defended travel professionals within.” The post Travel Counsellors Returns to Powerscourt for 2019Primingappeared first on ITTN. ]]> https://www.ittn.ie/news/49393/feed/ 0