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In the first part of ITTN's exclusive series onboard NCL's Aqua, Shane Cullen interviews Aaron Fletcher (Business Development Manager - Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland) and Gary Anslow (Senior Director of Sales - UK & Ireland). Get a bite-sized insight into the travel industry's first impressions of NCL's brand new ship, Norwegian Aqua - a Prima Class ship and the third ship in the series. Find out what makes Aqua stand out, returning favourites and new additions as yo

ITTN's Shane Cullen was hosted at the CLIA Conference 2025 with the opening ceremony in Southampton. This is the 17th annual CLIA Conference with a tag line of “Beyond Expectations”. Andy Harmer (Managing Director of CLIA UK & Ireland) addressed the audience, highlighting that CLIA recorded record numbers of travel agent members with almost 4,300 agency members and 10,000 individuals now using CLIA's resources and training. The Centre of Everything CLIA - Andy Harmer Explain

ITTN'S Sharon Jordan was one of the lucky Irish guests (Michelle Anderson and Lorraine Kenny of Sunway, Gearoid Mannion of Travel Counsellors, Jean Cusack of Icon Travel, and Dean Quigley of Cassidy Travel) onboard Club Med 2 - Club Med's only cruise product - which, if you haven't heard of before, is a 5-masted computer-controlled staysail schooner and is operated as a cruise ship. It combined the power of seven computer-operated sails, and watching these sails go up is s

ITTN's Sharon Jordan has just landed in Marseille where she will be welcomed aboard CLUB MED 2 . The group is made up of Jean Cusack of Icon Travel, Michele Anderson and Lorraine Kenny of Sunway Holidays, Gearoid Mannion of Travel Counsellors, and Dean Quigley of Cassidy Travel . Club Med 2 , is a majestic 5-masted yacht, built in 1992 and renovated in 2024. This yacht is part of the Club Med Exclusive Collection , and is a 187 meter luxury sailing yacht which promises eleg

ITTN's Shane Cullen is onboard Crystal Cruises with Danny Giles (Sales Manager - North UK, Scotland, NI & Ireland) and members of the Irish travel trade onboard. Over 35 agents from Ireland & the UK are onboard Crystal Serenity. The group enjoyed a 3-night ultra luxury sailing from Barcelona porting at Marseille and Sète in the South of France. Crystal Cruises has two newly renovated, spacious ships with expansive suites, exceptional dining and an almost 1:1 staff member to g

The Crystal Cruises fam trip is hosted by Danny Giles, Sales Manager - Crystal Cruises - North UK, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Ireland with ITTN's Shane Cullen and members of the Irish travel trade onboard. Over 35 agents from the UK, Scotland and Ireland are onboard Crystal Serenity. The group will be enjoying a 3-night Ultra Luxury sailing from Barcelona. The trip includes dining in the award-winning UMI UMA restaurant created by legendary Master Chef Nobuyuki (Nobu) Matsu

It may have been Easter but, that didn't stop our good friends in APT Travelmarvel christening not one, but two , river ships in Europe this past week. Kicking off the first of the big events was the Porto-based Travelmarvel ship MS Estrela . Christened under a rare sighting of the sun by industry stalwart Lucy Huxley, Editor in Chief, Travel Weekly. ITTN and a 13 strong group from the Irish trade along with our UK counterparts were thrilled to be in attendance and congr

Suzanne Rowe , Head of Sales Ireland, is off to Miami today for the launch of MSC World America, along with a host of trade professionals! Joining her on this exciting trip are competition winners, Ainie Grainger , Cassidy Travel and Diane Evans , Sunway Holidays, as well as Click & Go’s Paul Hackett and Cassidy Travel’s Sharon Harney . MSC World America ushers in a new world of cruising, going far beyond the typical vacation experience with new venues, new entertainment an

Jo-Ann Raleigh (ASM Ireland & GSA for Avalon Waterways) hosted agents to Amsterdam on Sunday to gain a first-hand experience of the 5-star Avalon Waterways product. Avalon Waterways operates a fleet of 17 river cruise ships in Europe, featuring Panorama Suites with open-air balconies and panoramic windows. Agents visited the Avalon View and were highly impressed with the elegant styling of the ship as well as the spacious Panorama Suites, which make up 80% of all onboar

ITTN’s Shane Cullen is onboard the unveiling of Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Aqua , the newest addition to the cruise line’s fleet along with many trade and media from across the UK and Ireland. Norwegian Aqua is the first ship in the new Prima Plus Class, a design that promises to push the boundaries of what a cruise ship can offer. It is c.320 meters long and will host 3,571 guests at double occupancy. While definitely a large ship, it is comfortably so and easy to n

ITTN’s Louise Ducrocq had the incredible opportunity to sail the Danube from Budapest to Vienna on Riviera's MS William Wordsworth ship, alongside a lively crew of Irish travel trade members - Annette Hynes from Fahy Travel, Michelle Phelan from Barter's Travelnet, Caroline O'Toole from JWT TRAVEL, Carol Anne O'Neill from Worldchoice and Niall McDonnell from Killiney Travel. We started off strong sailing off from what I believe to be one of Europe's most beautiful c

ITTN has teamed up with our good friends Emerald Cruises , to offer one lucky agent an incredible opportunity to experience 5* luxury river cruising first-hand. The two-night FAM trip aboard Emerald Luna , will sail from Budapest to Vienna from 10-12 March 2025 and the lucky winner will join select agents from across Europe & Ireland. Plus, ITTN will be onboard to report on all the action, ensuring this FAM is one to remember! Entering the competition is easy... Simply w