Travel News June 2014
TRAVEL TRADE POKER NIGHT 37
Travel Trade Poker Night comes up trumps for charity
MEMBERS of the local Travel Industry came up trumps at the Northern Ireland Travel Trade's Poker Night recently when a staggering £5,090 was raised for the Big Travel Trade Build in Beius, Romania on September 21-28.
Andrew Adair from Breakaway Travel played his hand well to snap up the top prize in the poker tournament with Scott Parker of Ferherty Travel taking second place.
Andrew Adair, Breakaway Travel, second right, was the winner of the Travel Trade Charity Poker Night with Scott Parker,. Feherty Travel, runnerup. Also pictured are two of the Poker Night organisers, Jonathan Adair and Brendan Mallon, right and left of picture. The money raised went to the Big Travel Trade Build in Beius, Romania
LEFT: Julie Magill of Travel Solutions, one of the sponsors of the charity Poker Night with one of the organisers, Aaron Fletcher of Oasis Travel
Andrea Doree of Travel Solutions took home the top darts prize while the popular quiz had a number of different winners. There were also lots of ballot prizes throughout the evening, announced on the night by Leo Callow. There was also a secret auction of sporting memorabilia on the evening by Peter Wood, which
attracted a great response for the charity. Table sponsors on the night were: Amadeus, British Airways, Blue Insurances, Thriftway, Travel Cube, NI Travel News, Travel Solutions, and Etihad Airways.
Jonathan Adair of the Travel Trade Big Build said: "I want to give a big thank you for all the support for the Poker Night, from the donations of prizes from all parts of the travel Industry, and the wonderful support on the night from the competitors and their generous contributions. “ A special thank you also goes to Joanne Hawthrone of Thriftway Travel, Brendan Mallon of Bookabed, John Boyde of Thriftway Travel and Aaron Fletcher of Oasis Travel who helped organise this year's event."
RIGHT: Scott Parker of Feherty Travel,
runnerup at the Charity Travel Trade Poker Night with Volker Lorenz of Amadeus, one of the sponsors
Peter Friedrich of Travelcube, one of the sponsors of the Travel Trade Poker Night, left, with Travel Counsellor Paula Eminegger and Trevor Ardies, Rosetta Travel
Concentration on the face of Keith Smyth NIR Travel with Tracie Duffy, Crumlin Travel and Neill Walker, Feherty Travel
Brenda Morgan of British Airways with Una Hewitt enjoy the Charity Poker Night
A trio of Travel Counsellors at the Poker Night in aid of the Big Travel Trade Build in Romania, from left, Tracy Lowry, Stephanie Rea and Colleen Matovu
Corporate Travel’s David Taylor with Sarah Cunningham of Dunlop Travel, Newcastle
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