MARCH 2020 PAGE 7 POSTCARDS FROM THE TRAVEL SCENE


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opflight launched their 2020 Italian brochure with the help of celebrity chef Catherine Fulvio at Ballyknocken House, Co Wicklow. . The event was part of Italian Food Week. Catherine is a great ambassador of Italian food and has published many books specialising in Italian cuisine. The event featured an Italian master- class hosted by Catherine and attended by key members of the travel trade,


travel trade press and travel journalists. Guests included Italian ambassador, Serpi, his wife, deputy ambassador Do- nato Scioscioli and Ilenia Cocco of the Italian Tourist board ENIT. This is a special year for ENIT as


they celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the foundation of the organisation. Picture shows Maurice Shiels, Michelle Anderson, Catherine Fulvio and Shauna Kelly,


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ed Carnation Hotels and The Travel Corporation’s Luxury Gold brand teamed up to ar- range an exclusive dinner at L’Ecrivain to meet up with Sally Gray, General Sales Manager of the Red Carnation Hotel Collection South Africa Highlighting The Travel Corpora-


tion’s ongoing commitment to sustain- ability, the company’s country manager for Ireland, Sharon Jordan, revealed that


thanks to TTC’s policy of e-ticketing and the planting of one tree per issue of each online ticket, over 700,000 trees have been planted in the past year from business across their 42 brands. Guests were also invited to hang on to their menus, which were printed on seeded paper, so they could bring them home and plant them and wait for the surprise! Brian Hynes of The Travel Corpora- tion is ictured with Sally Gray.


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he Atlantic Joint Venture part- ners hosted key travel trade at the Alex Hotel in Dublin.


AJV consists of seven airlines United,


Air Canada, Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings and cover 600 destinations with over 10,000 daily flights carrying 20m passengers each year.


In her update on the night, United Airline’s country sales manager for


Ireland, Martina Coogan, announced that from June 6th United will be flying from Dublin to San Francisco - the route will be flown using the Dreamliner 787 aircraft and will include Polaris Busi- ness Class. Picture shows Helen Fyfe of the Lufthansa Group, Blaithin O’Don- nell of Air Canada, Clareanna Phillips of United Airlines and Martina Coogan of United Airlines waiting to surprise attendees with flights after the table quiz


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n 2018 68,742 Irish visited Thailand and from January to September of this year that figure stands at 51,685 - so we’re looking at a 1.48pc increase. Spend is up 3pc. Key travel agents were able to swap


their scarves, jackets and umbrellas for Thai massage, cocktails, giant inflatable kangaroos and an evening dedicated to destinations in the Asia Pacific region at 4 Dame Lane as Tourism Thailand,


Qantas, Fiji, Bangkok, China Airways and Australian Tourism among others rolled into Dublin with the PATA Road- show. “We’re really happy with how the Irish Market is performing” Chris Lee, Tourism Thailand’s Head of Market- ing for Ireland and the UK, told Travel Extra.Picture shows Andrew Hall of Qantas Air, Maureen Ledwith of Holi- day World and Chris Lee, Head of Mar- keting for Tourism Thailand


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he first Cruise Lines International Association Ireland Conference attracted 130 delegates and sup-


pliers to Moran’s Red Cow on Dublin’s Naas Road. It was the most comprehensive event


on cruise in Ireland. Morning presenta- tions were followed by a panel discus- sion where major cruise lines were each asked to pick an aspect of cruise sales that they would recommend to travel


agents to help boost their cruise sales. Picture shows panel discussion with


Jennifer Callister of Royal Caribbean, Rebecca Kelly of Princess Cruises and Suzanne Rowe of MSC with moderator Andy Harmer of CLIA. Cruise from Ireland has only now recovered to pre recession levels, In 2018 48,300 cruises were taken by Irish passengers, up 8.3pc for the second suc- cessive year.


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he Jonathan Swift private dining room at Dublin’s Ivy restaurant was the setting for a very laid back event courtesy of the Tourism Of- fice of Illinois.


Key members of the travel trade and


media were invited to hear all about the diverse tourism regions the state has to offer with representatives present from Choose Chicago, Dupage, The Heritage Corridor, Visit Springfield, Great Rivers


& Routes and Rockford Area Conven- tion and Visitors Bureau.


Chicago is also set to be one of the in demand destinations for the year ahead as it spends 12 months celebrating the music it is famed for. Picture shows Jill Maguire of American Sky pictured with Miriam Blumenthal of Dupage Conven- tion & Visitors Bureau, Kate Meehan of The Heritage Corridor and Mairead Keegan of Click & Go


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