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3. City to City: Flybe Launches New Route Into the Heart of London
14. Canada Dry! Hopes of Belfast-Canada Route Fading as Two New Dublin Services Get Airborne
17. City That Reveals Itself Slowly: Havana has as Many Layers as a Spanish Onion
21-24. Three East Coast City Options: Philadelphia, Atlantic City and Brandywine/ Valley Forge Have It All
30-31. Southern India a Place Apart: writes Natasha Warcholak
36. Island Where Lennon Found Lost Chord: Reports Robin Nowacki
MOST travel industry leaders are optimistic the market will grow this year, with 69 per cent of those who attended a trade forum recently saying they expected people to travel more than in 2013. Only one per cent of those who attended the ninth Barclays Travel Forum in London said they thought people would travel less. Perhaps surprisingly, the upcoming World Cup in Brazil which kicks off in June, has had little impact on bookings, according to those who took part in the snap survey. Almost 40 per cent said the month-long tournament had made no difference to bookings while 20 per cent said business was down two to three per cent down.
In terms of leisure travel, 36 per cent of the audience said Europe would grow the most, while almost a quarter (24 per cent) thought it would be South America, another quarter said Asia and 13 per cent
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said North America.
Political unrest was the single economic factor most likely to dampen demand for travel, according to 49 per cent of the audience, while 15 per cent thought low discretionary spend was a greater concern. The majority of those at the Forum were also optimistic about business travel, with 78 per cent of those who took part in survey saying they thought there would be an increase in demand this year. However, 22 per cent were expecting a major increase. There was also concern about the lack of capacity at London's airports. 31 per cent felt it was already having a negative economic impact and a whopping 60 per cent said that while it wasn't having an impact yet, they expected it would in the future.
When asked where they would like to see additional capacity, most of those said they favoured Heathrow.
Titan-ic range of tours and cruises
TITAN has released its new 2015/16 Early Booking Bonanza brochure which showcases a selection of Titan tours, rail journeys, cruises and river cruises with the best possible prices on 2015 and 2016 departures.
The brochure features 139 awe-inspiring tours (62 more than 2013!) including three brand new itineraries. Israel – Discover the Promised Land starts from £1499pp for eight days and has savings of up to up to £150pp. Adding to their already comprehensive Latin American programme, South American Discovery is a 19 day
adventure from £2889pp saving clients up to £900pp and Great South American Odyssey including Iguazu Falls has savings of up to £150pp and is from £4349pp.
With early booking discounts on every featured tour, complimentary airport lounge access available on holiday itineraries from selected terminals, and hundreds of reduced or zero single supplement places across a range of tours, in addition to a host of added value benefits, every Titan holiday includes their renowned VIP Home Departure Services standard or free return regional flights, including those from NI.
Airline looking to recruit pilots in Ireland ONE of the world's largest and fastest
a Pilot Roadshow in mid-June.
growing airlines is looking to recruit pilots in Ireland.
Turkish Airlines, which operates a daily service from Dublin to Istanbul and to well over 200 destinations worldwide, is running
The Turkish Airlines Pilot Roadshow is being held on June 12 and 13 in the Maldron Hotel, Dublin Airport.
Further details can be had from
www.turkishairlines.com
Winnner of Fred. Olsen competition...
A SCARVA reader has scooped the NI Travel News’ April/May issue’s competition prize of a 10-night cruise for two from Belfast.
JUSTIN GREW and a companion will sail from Belfast and visit Morocco, Spain and Portugal onboard Fred. Olsen’s Boudiccia.
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