Panorama Holidays claims that staying two weeks instead of one could save money. “Clearly, people are looking to cut back on everything in these times, and that includes travel,” said Sharon Harney of Panorama Holidays. “However, there is no need to skimp on the summer hols with these offers. We’ve pared back the price of [...]
As the many late deals and flight-only offers on their websites attest, Ireland’s tour operators are looking to this Bank Holiday weekend for a welcome boost in bookings. According to ITOF, the Irish Tour Operators Federation, which represents the major outbound tour operators in Ireland, its members are seeing a brisk demand for overseas holidays [...]
Emirates Receives 2013 ‘World’s Best Airline’ Award
Cementing its place as one of the world’s leading international airlines, Emirates has today been awarded the highly coveted ‘World’s Best Airline’ award, presented by Skytrax at the 2013 World Airline Awards. In addition, Emirates won two more awards for ‘Best Middle East Airline’ and, for a record ninth year in a row, ‘World’s Best [...]
Turkish Airlines Again Chosen Best Airline in Europe
Turkish Airlines has been chosen ‘Best Airline in Europe’ (for the third year running), ‘Best Airline in Southern Europe’ and awarded ‘Best Business Class Catering’ in the 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards. The results of the 2013 World Airline Awards were announced today at the Paris Air Show. The three awards were presented to Turkish [...]
CarTrawler Acquires Holiday Autos Brand
CarTrawler, the online global car rental platform, has today (18th June 2013) announced the acquisition of the online assets of Holiday Autos from Travelocity Global for an undisclosed sum. CarTrawler will not be acquiring the operations of Holiday Autos. The online assets being acquired comprise the Holiday Autos brand, Holiday Autos URLs and domain names, [...]
One Stop Touring Shop (1STS) has announced the winner of its recent agent incentive. Congratulations to Paul Hartnoll in Harvey Travel, who has won himself two free weekend passes to Electric Picnic. Keep an eye out for One Stop Touring Shop’s next agent incentive!
Proof is in the Pudding with Celebrity Cruises Chef’s Challenge
Celebrity Cruises has joined with Irish Travel Trade News to serve up the 2013 Chef‘s Challenge that will see three lucky finalists being whisked to Stockholm for a cook off finale onboard Celebrity Eclipse in Stockholm this August. After last year’s Masterchef competition went down so well, Celebrity Cruises has cooked up another treat for [...]
Thursday is Deadline to Enter for Emirates/ITTN Irish Open Tickets!
This Thursday, 20th June, is the final day for receipt of entries to the prize draw in which 12 lucky winners will each receive two tickets for the Irish Open at Carton House, Co Kildare, from Thursday 27th – Sunday 30thJune 2013. Complete the entry form below for your chance to win! Following the record-breaking, [...]
