January 2025
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NI Travel News’ Jonathan Adair joined Hays Travel staff at this years Hays Travel’s Annual Overseas Retail Conference. Taking place from 11th to 15th November,
Hays Travel Branch
Managers and head office staff boarded a chartered flight on 11th from Newcastle International Airport to Antalya. They were joined by other departing flights from Manchester International, Birmingham International, and Bristol airports,
accommodating other Hays Travel staff to this years conference. This was thanks to long-term partner and headline sponsor Jet2holidays. Hays Travel welcomed
over 700
delegates to the Ela Excellence Resort Belek, Turkey, for its annual Overseas Retail
Conference, which featured a
packed schedule. This included guest speakers, expert panel discussions, supplier showcases, and networking events which explored the theme ‘In it for the Long Haul’ – spanning not just the growth in travel to far-off destinations, but also building loyalty in colleagues, customers, and partners.
Joining the action-packed agenda was top travel operators, supplier partners, and Headline and Gold sponsors. Headline and gold sponsors supporting the conferences were Holiday Extras, Jet2holidays,
Mastercard, Princess,
Silversea, Attraction World and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Spanish Tour
Operators Explore Northern Ireland
Eleven (11) representatives from top Spanish tour operator Special Tours have been exploring Northern Ireland, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Tourism Northern Ireland.
The group of travel professionals specialise in curating cultural travel experiences for their clients and are important partners for Tourism Ireland in Madrid, as they bring valuable Spanish tourists to the island of Ireland each
year. Tourism Ireland aims to familiarise them with our superb tourism offering during their time here, given that this is a key time to influence the
addition of new tourism products to their programmes for 2025 and beyond.
easyJet Holidays Strengthens Partnership with Greek Ministry of Tourism
EASYJET holidays has made a formal commitment to invest in Greek tourism development over the next four years. The tour operator currently operates to 14 destinations including Kos, Corfu, Crete and Rhodes.
The easyJet group is cooperating with the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Tourism and the Greek National Tourist Office in a four year partnership commencing this winter season. This cooperation will include online and offline marketing by easyJet holidays for Greece touristic destinations, and support from MOT on campaigns launched, and authorisation to use its promotional material. easyJet is the biggest carrier from the UK to Greece and operates just under 1.6m seats to Greece annually from all its markets with 136 routes to 14 Greek destinations. The agreement was officially signed
at World Travel Market (WTM) in EXCEL London,
where Garry Wilson, easyJet
holidays CEO, and Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni engaged in productive discussions and formalised the agreement.
easyJet holidays and Hellenic Republic Ministry of Tourism will be holding periodic meetings during the long-term commitment to evaluate, discuss and review the ongoing partnership.
Garry Wilson, easyJet holidays CEO,
said: “I’m delighted to sign our official commitment to cooperate with the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Tourism and Greek National Tourist Office until 2028. Greece is one of our most loved destinations, so we’re pleased to support its growth ambitions. I look forward to seeing a successful outcome to our partnership.” Mrs Olga Kefalogianni, Greece Minister
of Tourism, said: “The memorandum of understanding
with easyJet and easyJet
holidays underscores Greece’s commitment to forging impactful partnerships with organisations that share our ethos and forward-looking vision.
sustainable development in tourism.”
strategic plan aims to deepen collaboration, enhance mutual growth,
This three-year and drive
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