Dalata Hotel Group (“Dalata” or “the Group”), the largest hotel operator in Ireland with a growing presence in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, announces that for 2023, the Group secured a Green Tourism sustainability certification for all of its Clayton, Maldron and partner Hotels.

Custom tour operator Audley Travel surveyed premium travellers about their past and future travel plans, with Western Europe the most popular region for trips over the last five years (49 percent*) and the same number intend to travel in the next two years.

Northern Ireland’s only designer outlet has joined forces with the province’s hottest visitor attraction and the local Council to attract the attention of resident day-trippers north and south of the border plus visitors from further afield.

Cruise Plus, the sister brand of Gold Medal, are delighted to bring their agents their latest development, which showcases the luxury cruise market within their portfolio including enhancements across product, service, marketing content and rewards.  The ‘Luxury by Cruise Plus’ portfolio features specially selected market-leading luxury cruise lines – including Seabourn, Silversea, Explora Journeys, Azamara, […]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported a significant pilot shortage in the aviation industry, with an estimated 27,000 vacancies at the end of 2021. Likewise, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) predicts that this shortage will continue to grow, with over 350,000 pilots required by 2026 to sustain operations. According to Alison Dsouza, […]

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has opened a tender and is welcoming applications from interested parties to register for the position of Secretariat, a potential three-year contract to support the organisation’s committee, board members and PR team.

Specially timed to coincide with this week’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations, the new adverts will be seen in some of Tourism Ireland’s key markets, including Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the Nordic countries. The campaign will continue to be rolled out in other markets over the coming weeks. The […]

It takes days, weeks really, to see the best of the greenest country in Europe – and trying to figure out what to do can be a bit overwhelming.

Aer Lingus the Irish carrier reveals their number of flights* to the United States has increased 236% since US borders reopened 12 months ago.

Europcar Mobility Group has appointed former GreenFlag Commercial Director, Mark Newberry as Commercial Director for the UK and Ireland.  Reporting directly to Ron Santiago, Managing Director, Europcar Mobility Group UK and Ireland, Mark has overall responsibility for sales and marketing of Europcar services in both consumer and business markets. A recent convert to electric motoring, Mark […]