From shipping containers to luxury cruise holidays, George Barter has seen the growth & diversification of the Irish travel industry since the 1960’s. At the Irish Travel Awards, George was presented with the ‘Special Contribution to the Irish Travel Industry Award’, a bestowal after an entire career at the reins of a company that began …
The results are in from the ITP post conference survey and on the whole the event has been hailed a success. Its only two months ago but planning has started for next year’s event which will be held in Madrid in September and hosted by Grupo Viajabien the ITP partner for Spain. Travel time or …
Arrow Travel was established in Hong Kong in 1967 so this year they celebrated their 50th anniversary. Since then, Hong Kong has seen significant change as it has transformed itself from a British colony to a Chinese SAR or Special Administrative Region. It is now 20 years into its transition period before being fully assimilated …
East Express Travel in Iran has been an ITP partner for nine years. Their main area of business is Corporate Travel but through their sister company, Beautiful World of Travel, they have also been able to fulfil incoming and group requests to this steadily developing market. Iranian visa applications for most European nationalities can normally …
You may have heard these acronyms being banded around at various trade events and seen articles in various trade publications. If you attended the ITP conference in Oman you would have seen a presentation by Ole Mortensen on GDPR. I can tell you that PCI DSS is just as important hence why I am raising …
Madrid, Monday 25th September 2017. World Rugby and Sports Travel & Hospitality Ltd (STH) just announced the official travel agents from all over the world to offer tickets and exclusive travel packages for the Rugby World Cup, which will take place in Japan between the 20th September and 2th November 2019. Viajabien is between this …
In July, market leader BeStar joined the ITP network giving ITP an established presence in Central Asia with three locations in Kazakhstan and one on Uzbekistan. BeStar’s works with clients to achieve the key objective of combining value with quality, supported by a wide range of travel technology including on-line booking and provision of management …
Algosaibi Travel has partnered with ITP for over six years and has been operating since 1954. Over the last sixty years the company has evolved as a full-fledged travel service organization specializing in corporate, leisure, online, destination management services and holistic travel related services in the region. With such an array of opportunities Algosaibi Travel …
ITP partners in Denmark have gone through a transformation by merging in to one new entity. The combined companies of Mangaard Travel, Holstebro Travel and Top Reiser Travel, who have been ITP partners for over fourteen years are now called Rejseparnerne A/S. The three travel companies have always had a close relationship in Denmark and …
ITP is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Dugan to the ITP Advisory Board of Directors. Simon is Director of Sales and Account Management with ITP’s UK TMC partner, Ian Allan Travel, and his appointment follows Paul Allan’s resignation, Paul having recently been appointed to the role of Chairman of the GTMC (Guild of …