Transatlantic travel Low-cost carrier Norwegian is to fly daily between Shannon Airport and New York from winter 2018, the airport has announced. The airline, which began services at Shannon in July 2017, is increasing its New York Stewart International Airport to a daily service from October 28. Seats are on …
Read More »Amazing Azamara: Escape the cruise crowds on a floating boutique hotel
Want to escape the cruise crowds? Try a boutique line with just two ships, says Nicola Brady. Just beyond my dining table, the fading sun is dappling on the ocean, bouncing off the waves as they part in our path. I’m two glasses into an excellent Sauvignon Blanc, have finished …
Read More »Food for the soul in Munster Vales, Ireland’s newest tourism region
Home holidays One could forgive the rest of the country, especially the hospitality trade, for becoming a little bit chippy about the 24 carat gold coast that is the Wild Atlantic Way. Backed by a multi-year and multi-million euro advertising campaign and savvy use of social media and YouTube as …
Read More »New flights announced from Dublin to Beijing – Ireland’s first direct route to mainland China Hainan Airlines route to commence June 12
Hainan Airlines has confirmed new flights between Dublin and Beijing, with a service from Dublin Airport set for take-off on June 12. Hainan, China’s largest independent airline, will fly the route four times a week using an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, it says. Not all of the flights are direct. While …
Read More »23 Restaurants in SA that serve a mean eggs Benedict
Cape Town Kleinsky’s, Sea Point This bustling delicatessen serves a mean breakfast with dishes focusing on traditional Jewish New York cuisine. But do not despair if you need your bacon and eggs, you can get bacon here as well as lamb bacon, smoked salmon, pastrami or spinach for vegetarians. One …
Read More »Woman opens up about what it’s like to fly ‘as a very fat person’
The airline industry is under a lot of scrutiny this year following a number of high-profile incidents ranging from a mother being forced to give up her toddler’s seat earlier this month to a man being forcibly dragged off a plane in April. But one issue that has been prevalent for a number of …
Read More »Etihad Airways increases frequency to Egypt and Nigeria
Cape Town – National airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Etihad Airways will increase flights to Africa’s largest economies, Egypt and Nigeria to meet the growing surge in demand, come 01 October. The airline made the announcement on Wednesday, 12 July bringing the number up to 35 flights per …
Read More »Balearic Islands ask EU for alcohol limit on flights
Local authorities in the Balearic Islands have asked for a limit to be put on drinking alcohol on planes and in airports as they try to crack down on anti-social behaviour. Pilar Carbonell, head of tourism across the islands, including Mallorca and Ibiza, has pleaded with Spain and the European …
Read More »Mississippi crash: Sixteen dead in Marines Corps plane incident
At least 16 people have died after a US military plane crashed in the southern state of Mississippi at around 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Monday. The crash happened in LeFlore County, about 100 miles (160km) north of Jackson, the state capital. All 16 victims were on the Marine …
Read More »Travel in time to Ancient Greece by visiting Ithaca
Offering us a place, a way of life, we thought had long gone. A raw, unspoilt countryside, where donkeys still toil the land and farmers not only pick their own produce but sell it off the back of their trucks. Where uninviting beaches with large pebbles are uninhabited yet have …
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