The NITN Events team were beyond excited to get on the road for the 2nd NITN Events On Tour Roadshow of 2023. We had the ‘Banter Bus’ sponsored by Travel Solutions filled with amazing suppliers representing different airlines, hoteliers, cruise lines and tourist boards joining NI Travel News on the 3 day roadshow across Northern Ireland. The group where ready to meet local agents from 3 prime locations.
Our fantastic suppliers were:
- Constantinou Bros Hotels
- Mangia’s Resorts & Clubs
- Thanos Hotels
- Group Blaumar
- Palladium Hotel Group
- Visit Salou
- City Of Derry Airport
- Explora Journeys
- Virgin Voyages
- Visit Atlantic City & New Jersey
- Northern Ireland Travel News
Our returning headline sponsor was Jet2holidays who spoiled all the agents with a fun, interactive quiz, and tasty hospitality at each stop of the tour! A MASSIVE THANK YOU to Jet2holidays.
Hitting the week off we made our first stop at the Waterfoot Hotel in Derry/ Londonderry where we hit the ground running. Welcoming all our agents, the speed networking kicked off! Visit the link below to spot yourself in our picture gallery:
https://nitravelnews.com/galleries/nitn-events-on-tour-september-roadshow-23-derry-londonderry/
A great big CONGRATULATIONS to all our Derry / Londonderry prize winners which were:
- Constantinou Bros- 7 Nights B&B Athena Beach Hotel Paphos, Cyprus: Grace Wallace – Now let’s Travel.
- Mangias’s Resorts and Clubs- 3 Nights for 2 B&B: Maria Pazienza – Atlantic Travel
- Thanos Hotels- 3 Nights in a Sea View room including breakfast in the Annabelle Hotel: Tricia O’Dohery – Inteletravel
- Group Blaumar- 2 Nights Half Board, 2x Adults & 2x Children in Hotel Blaumar 4* Superior: Margaret- Liberty Travel
- Palladium- A place on a Palladium Fam Trip: Leona Stewart- Limavady Travel
- Visit Salou- Mini Cruise Excursion in Cambrils: Caroline Kerr- Atlantic Travel
- City Of Derry Airport- Luxury Hamper: Shelly Leacock- JF Travel
- Explora – A bottle of Moet: Lucy McCook – Northcoast Travel
- Virgin Voyages- A bottle of Moet: Hazel Simpson- Limavady Travel
- Visit Atlantic City & New Jersey – Hotel Chocolat Goodies: Noreen Cullen- Atlantic Travel
- NITN – 1 ticket to the 31st Travel & Tourism Awards: Mollie Ercel- Inteletravel
Next stop on the tour was to the Armagh City Hotel, which was a new location for 2023! We welcomed agents from all around the area to network with our suppliers and have the chance to win fantastic prizes while enjoying entertainment and hospitality hosted by Jet2holidays! After a welcome from NITN’s- Jonathan Adair the agents were off to a speedy networking session to gain as much knowledge as possible before relaxing and enjoying their night! Visit the link below to see yourself in our Armagh On Tour gallery! –
https://nitravelnews.com/galleries/nitn-events-on-tour-september-roadshow-23-armagh/
CHECK OUT OUR LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS FROM ARMAGH-
- Constantinou Bros- 7 Nights B&B Athena Beach Hotel Paphos, Cyprus: Elaine Ferguson- Travel Counsellors
- Mangias’s Resorts and Clubs- 3 Nights for 2 B&B: Margaret McBrian- Carefree Travel
- Thanos Hotels- 3 Nights in a Sea View room including breakfast in the Annabelle Hotel: Jill Moffett- Hays Travel
- Group Blaumar- 2 Nights Half Board, 2x Adults & 2x Children in Hotel Blaumar 4* Superior: Holly Gillespie- One World Travel
- Palladium- A place on a Palladium Fam Trip: Imelda Conway- Inteletravel
- Visit Salou- Mini Cruise Excursion in Cambrils: Shirley Woods- O’Hanrahan Travel
- City Of Derry Airport- Luxury Hamper: Leanne Magill- Hays Travel
- Explora – A bottle of Moet: Clara McBrien- Carefree Travel
- Virgin Voyages- A bottle of Moet: Aaron Duke- Clubworld Travel
- Visit Atlantic City & New Jersey – Hotel Chocolat Goodies: Abbie Stockton – Hays Travel
- NITN – 1 ticket to the 31st Travel & Tourism Awards: Abbie Stockton – Hays Travel
The last stop of the tour was Belfast, and we certainly had a fantastic end to the On Tour 2023 event. Agents arrived at the new location of The Malone Hotel and had a drink to start their night before chatting with our suppliers and catching up on all things new. After a massive thank you to all our suppliers from NITN’s Jonathan Adair, Gareth Lecky from Jet2holidays entertained us for the last time with an interactive quiz and presented the GRAND PRIZE of flight tickets to MAXINE BRACEWELL from TravelMax. Check out our Belfast gallery from ON Tour via the link below:
https://nitravelnews.com/galleries/nitn-events-on-tour-september-roadshow-23-belfast/
OUR LIST OF BELFAST PRIZE WINNERS:
- Constantinou Bros- 7 Nights B&B Athena Beach Hotel Paphos, Cyprus: Bronagh Carabine- Arrow Travel
- Mangias’s Resorts and Clubs- 3 Nights for 2 B&B: Ciara McShane- Inteletravel
- Thanos Hotels- 3 Nights in a Sea View room including breakfast in the Annabelle Hotel: Annie Manley- Hays Travel
- Group Blaumar- 2 Nights Half Board, 2x Adults & 2x Children in Hotel Blaumar 4* Superior: Sean Corrigan – Stewart Travel
- Palladium- A place on a Palladium Fam Trip: Jenna Hughes – Hays Travel
- Visit Salou- Mini Cruise Excursion in Cambrils: Helen McConnell – Dunlop Travel
- Explora – A bottle of Moet: Sarah Mulholland- Reliable Travel
- Virgin Voyages- A bottle of Moet: Caroline Harris – Inteletravel
- Visit Atlantic City & New Jersey – Hotel Chocolat Goodies: Julie Harris – Island Holidays
- NITN – 1 ticket to the 31st Travel & Tourism Awards: Sarah Cunningham- Dunlop Travel
On behalf of the NITN team we want to say a MASSIVE thank you to all our amazing Suppliers, Sponsors, Venues and Agents who assisted to make the BEST ON TOUR YET! Thank you! Agents- keep an eye out on our socials to register for our upcoming events! If you wish for any more information email the events team:
Chelsea Cousins: Events Manager chelsea@nitravelnews.com
Emma McAllister: Events Executive emma@nitravelnews.com
Abbie Stothers: Events Coordinator abbie@nitravelnews.com
