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When Azamara Quest embarked from Dublin last week, Travel Extra s Gerry O Hare (right) was on hand to sample the Black Bush and ensure that it docked correctly in Dublin and his native Belfast, which was being visited by Azamara for the first time. The visit continues the welcome Aza policy of bringing passengers into Dublin to embarking on a cruise, rather than just sailing in for a day. The fascinating five masted sailing ship The Wind Surf came to Dun Laoghaire. The apartment ship for the mega-rich, The World came to Galway a fortnight ago. On Wednesday of next week Cunard s QE2 comes to Dublin. The next step? Cruise terminals vacation rentals in wisconsin in Dublin and Cork, and really establish a foothold for Ireland in the burgeoning vacation rentals in wisconsin cruise industry, rather than asking our day-trippers vacation rentals in wisconsin to climb down a rickety gang plank. A start: Belfast is getting a new wharf. Pictured below is Azamara Club cruise hotel director  Philip   Herbert with the Azamara Quest in Belfast.
Ryanair put its 29.8 shareholding up Aer Lingus up for sale but added a proviso that the only acceptable buyers would be European-based airlines (not equity vacation rentals in wisconsin holding groups) who had already purchased 50.1pc of the shares from other shareholders, vacation rentals in wisconsin although the Ryanair statement is not quite clear on this matter vacation rentals in wisconsin . This pretty much rules out anybody buying the shareholding, while muting one of two arguments coming down the tracks from the London based competition commissioners in a ruling due in September, that Ryanair s share block would prevent anyone else buying the airline.
Commentators, including Travel Extra s Eoghan Corry (listen to audio) , were unimpressed. Donal O Neill of Goodbodys said Ryanair is just  getting in ahead of time  to say whatever arguments you put forward are inaccurate. Cliff Taylor said that Ryanair's move  killed the argument vacation rentals in wisconsin  that the Ryanair holding could act as a block to another acquirer of Aer Lingus. The Irish Times speculated that the London vacation rentals in wisconsin Competition Commissioner may publish its Ryanair-Aer Lingus findings  in August, several weeks before the September deadline . On Friday, J ustice vacation rentals in wisconsin Sean Ryan  ruled that  Aer Lingus  had not established substantial grounds for a judicial review designed to delay a renewed  Ryanair takeover bid  because it  had not shown that a reading of the takeover rules by the ITP was wrong or even questionable vacation rentals in wisconsin .
Next winter s  Trans-Atlantic vacation rentals in wisconsin schedules  are taking shape. Delta will use a B763 instead of a B757 for the winter to JFK and a mix of B764 and B763 to Atlanta. Atlanta will be suspended between Jan 12 and March 9. When it returns a B764 will be replaced by a B763 until March 30 when the A332 is scheduled to start on the route, two months ahead of what happened this summer. United's Washington service will go from five weekly to four weekly for four weeks in January and February, a week less than 2013. American Airlines will fly four times weekly to JFK.
A bemused looking Leo Varadkar launched vacation rentals in wisconsin a new mobile phone app for Fáilte Ireland's Dubline tourism trail along a route from College Green to Kilmainham visiting vacation rentals in wisconsin Dublin vacation rentals in wisconsin landmarks. Pictures shows L aurence Foster who plays Dickens in Dublin, Deirdre Byrne of Fáilte Ireland, Lesley-Anne Carey of Christchurch; and Minister vacation rentals in wisconsin Varadkar. Stories along the trail include
Strongbow's mini-me : Beside the colossal grave of Strongbow lies a peculiarity that has confused historians for centuries a tiny grave of a man cut in half. leading to many tales about Strongbow s sidekick in death.
The fight for City Hall : In 1916 Sean Connolly lead a small detachment into City Hall to occupy the building. Hemmed in by snipers, the story of the occupation is one of drama and tragedy as the small group of rebels struggled against the odds.
Liberty Belles Once a month 12 childhood friends from the liberties meet to reminisce and chat. about their childhoods in 1940's Dublin the church dances, discovering how babies are made, and their many misadventures.
St Werburgh s  'From riches to rags': Once the wealthiest of churches and the place of worship for the ascendancy, everything changed suddenly for St Werburgh s in the 1798 rebellion and it swiftly fell from grace to become one of the poorest parishes in Dublin.
A trip to see Once and a visit to the London Eye were among the highlights for first anniversary press trip to Southend this week with Aer Lingus Regional, operated vacation rentals in wisconsin by Aer Arann . The trip was designed to showcase the airport s ease of access to London vacation rentals in wisconsin city centre and turned out to be more west end than east end. Since its launch in May 2012, 55,000 passengers have used the Dublin vacation rentals in wisconsin to London Southend service, scheduled to facilitate a day return for business passengers, departing Dublin at 7:15am, arriving in London Southend at 8.50am and returning from London Southend at 19.30pm. Aer Lingus Regional aims to grow the route by 20pc in the next 12 months. The trip also featured a National Gallery tour with Tracy Jones including the Vermeer Exhibition and lunch at the National Dining Rooms in the National Gallery. The group dined at Browns vacation rentals in wisconsin restaurant, vacation rentals in wisconsin Covent Garden and stayed vacation rentals in wisconsin in the Westminster Park Plaza.  Picture shows Joanne Ahern of the Metro Herald, Marie Carberry of Travel Extra, Laura Coates of the Leinster Leader and Elaine Rockett of the Irish Daily Star. The photo was taken by Sarah Regan of PR360. Not in picture: David Coleman of the Irish Daily Mirror.
What to do with a drowsy air passenger next to you? Steve Cullum filmed himself gently but unsuccessfully attempting to move the drowsy woman and posted the footage on YouTube , where it has been viewed 300,000 times
Irish hoteliers , particularly those resentful of clauses in some OTA contracts, vacation rentals in wisconsin are watching this week's developments in Germany with interest. Germany vacation rentals in wisconsin s antitrust watchdog  renewed its complaint  on Thursday that Hotel Reservation Service  Robert Ragge GmbH 's pricing agreements with hotels may harm competition and violates European and German competition law. The best-price clause in HRS's agreements with hotels guarantees that the company would get the best hotel price, the highest room availability and the best cancellation policies. The Federal Cartel Office originally issued a statement of objections against HRS in early 2012 and said Thursday that the new complaint would give the company a chance to reconsider its position on its best price clause, which bars hotels from offering better deals to customers who book directly through the hotel or competing websites. Earlier this month French hospitality workers union UMIH (L Union des Metiers et des Industries de l Hotellerie) accused  Expedia  and  Booking.com  of unfairly blocking hotels from offering lower rates through other reservation services, asking vacation rentals in wisconsin the French antitrust watchdog to investigate. The British watchdog is monitoring ICHG for similar anti-competitive practices with OTAs. Irish Hotels vacation rentals in wisconsin Federation President vacation rentals in wisconsin Michael vacation rentals in wisconsin Vaughan (above right) says the IHF are currently examining OTA contracts with a view to following suit.
Taiwanese  youths Lin Ping-Yi and Wang Wei-Tung had a rousing send off last Sunday on their  90-day motorcycle journey  through 24 countries across Europe. Lin got the opportunity to travel to Ireland under the Ireland-Taiwan Working Holiday Program, in effect since January 1st. Their trip takes them through Ireland, England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, vacation rentals in wisconsin Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, vacation rentals in wisconsin Italy, Morocco, France, Spain and Portugal. See who we met at the event or connect with the album on Facebook .
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Tourism Ireland hosted a group from one of India's largest conglomerates, Godrej , to Kilkenny. The group included 80 of the company's senior management team and their families, who travel to a different overseas destination each year on an incentive trip.
DAA will open the refurbished Anna Livia lounge  (above) in Terminal 1 tomorrow. The lounge, located beside the Security Screening area in Terminal 1, has increased in size with a new business and children's area, an enhanced vacation rentals in wisconsin food offering with cereals, fresh fruit and soup on offer (following customer feedback).  Entry for economy passengers remains at €20.
More participants have been signed up for the FlightFest international aviation flypast through vacation rentals in wisconsin Dublin city centre on September 15th designed to celebrate the 26,000 jobs and €4.1bn contribution of the aviation industry to the Irish economy. Large commercial aircraft from Ireland and abroad will take part in the fly past, including the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320, A321, A300, A330 and A340 aircraft The Irish Air Corps and the England s Royal Air Force will participate as well as a variety of helicopters and vintage aircraft such as the Vulcan vacation rentals in wisconsin XH558, B-17 Flying Fortress vacation rentals in wisconsin and Catalina PBY-5A vacation rentals in wisconsin Flying Boat. All of the major Irish airlines are supporting FlightFest, including Aer Lingus, Ryanair, CityJet, Air Contractors, and Aer Arann (Aer Lingus Regional), as well as international airlines such as Ethiad Airways. Large section of the quays will be pedestrianised, with many family attractions and festivities available, contributing to a carnival atmosphere that will showcase Irish aviation