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Tourism Minister Unveils New Strategy To Grow Tourism From Britain

Great Britain offers considerable potential for Irish tourism, according to a new strategy just launched by Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Brendan...

SAS To End In-Flight Duty-Free Sales To Cut Weight, Emissions

Scandinavian airline SAS has said that it plans to stop selling duty-free goods on board its flights to save fuel and inch closer to its goal of cutting em...

Ryanair May Traffic Grows 13% To 14.1m Customers

Ryanair has released its traffic statistics for May, revealing that the company's total traffic grew 13% to 14.1 million customers from 12.5 million in May...

WestJet Launches New Route Between Dublin And Calgary

Canadian airline WestJet has officially launched a new three times weekly route between Dublin Airport and Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Flights depart Du...

Olivier Faujour Named CEO Of Smartbox Group

European gift experience firm Smartbox Group has announced the appointment of Olivier Faujour as its new chief executive officer, succeeding John Perkins....

Tourism Ireland And Partners Attend Private Luxury Forum In Turkey

Tourism Ireland was joined by three Irish tourism businesses in Turkey at the Private Luxury Forum (PLF), which connects luxury travel buyers with lux...

Norwegian Air's Growth Slows Further In May, Passenger Income In Line

Norwegian Air's income per passenger grew in line with expectations in May while overall capacity expansion continued to ease, the airline's monthly traffi...

Cape Town Targets New Air Routes To Lift South African Tourism

Cape Town plans to add routes to Australia and South America after reaching a deal with United Airlines for its first direct flight to the United States, t...