February 2025
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Cassidy Travel, Club Travel and Magic Vacations win Travel Agencies of the Year at the Irish Travel Industry Awards 2025
NI Travel News attended the Irish Travel Industry Awards in association with MSC Cruises. The winners were announced and presented with their awards at a ceremony in the historic Round Room of the Mansion House, Dublin on Thursday 23rd January. Over 500 travel professionals attended the Awards Ceremony, despite bad weather conditions, with host Eoghan Corry, travel journalist.
The Irish Travel Industry Awards bring together suppliers and agents from across Ireland’s travel industry. The awards, being run for the thirteenth time, are an initiative of the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA), in association with MSC Cruises, supported by Travel Centres and Worldchoice.
This annual event showcased the year’s excellence within the industry. The difficult job of judging the Member Award Winners was carried out by an independent judging panel comprised of Tom Shanahan, Maria Gildea and Richard Cullen.
Agency of the Year with over ten employees,
Cassidy Travel won ITAA Travel Magic Vacations
won ITAA Travel Agency of the Year with under ten employees,
and
Club Travel won the ITAA Corporate Travel Management Company (TMC) of the Year Award. Joe Tully of Tullys Travel was presented with the Contribution to the Travel Industry Award,
whilst Dave
Brand USA Marks 10th UK & Ireland MegaFam And Announces Dates For 2025
BRAND USA, Airways the destination
marketing organisation for the United States, in partnership with Aer Lingus, American Airlines and British
has announced
dates for the 2025 U.K. and Ireland MegaFam: 11 to 19 May 2025. The annual event will mark the
tenth iteration of the U.K. & Ireland MegaFam, bringing together 60 agents from the market to experience a number of itineraries in the USA. The multi destination familiarisation trip is an opportunity for agents to connect with leading local businesses on the ground, and gain valuable first hand destination knowledge.
Smith of TUI won the Robbie Smart on the Road Hero Award.
Speaking at the awards, Angela
Walsh, President of the ITAA, said “At these awards, the ITAA has the opportunity to acknowledge and honour the exceptional work done by those in the travel industry. The awards are in their thirteenth year, and we are delighted to once again have the chance to come together to celebrate our great industry. I applaud the well- deserved accomplishment of all the winners here tonight – congratulations to you all. I also want to recognise the work and achievements of all who were shortlisted, your contributions to the trade over the past year have been essential to making our industry what it is.”
The event is organised on behalf of
the ITAA by Business Exhibitions and sponsored by MSC Cruises, Bedsonline, Bookabed/TBO, Cork Airport, Emirates, Hertz,
Hurtigruten, jetBlue, Princess Cruises,
Iberostar, Riviera
Travel, Shannon Airport, the Spanish Tourism Office, Trust Payments, Uniworld River Cruises and Mediahuis. Congratulations to all the ITAA
AGENTS came together to celebrate the festive period with Travel Solutions at the end of 2024.
Kim Fortune from Hays Travel, Abbeycentre was presented with two seats to Istanbul, courtesy of Turkish Airline. Presenting the prize, Diane Poole from Travel Solutions thanked Turkish Airlines for their support saying, “We appreciate the support for Travel
NI Agent Wins Turkish Airlines Flights at Travel Solutions’ Christmas Party
Solutions and the Northern Ireland travel agents from our airline partner, Turkish Airlines, and we know that Kim will have a great flight with Turkish Airlines and a great holiday in Istanbul”.
Exsus Travel Welcomes Michelle Mittens as a Worldwide Travel Expert
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EXSUS Travel has announced the addition of Michelle Mittens to their expert team as a Worldwide Travel Expert. With over a decade of experience in both the hospitality and travel industries, Michelle brings a wealth of knowledge and a true passion for global exploration, making her the perfect addition to Exsus’ growing team.
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