JOHN GALLIGAN Travel has teamed up with British over 50s operator SAGA Holidays to create a 14-night tour of Europe, which will incorporate a visit to the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria.

ETIHAD Airways will soon operate direct flights seven days (up from five) a week from Dublin to Abu Dhabi (the UAE capital) following what chief executive James Hogan has described as an “unprecedented positive reaction in the Irish market” to the recently launched service.

THE Northern Ireland Tourism Board has published a new brochure offering hundreds of options for the traveller short of time.

TOPFLIGHT’S combination holidays — coach tour and hotel stay for a week each — throughout Europe continue to be one of its most popular products.