Sports Tourism conference secures the FAI AGM for 2016
Sports Tourism conference secures the F A I A G M for 2016 Nenagh Role Model for Sports Tourism This weekend saw Nenagh as a focus point for other towns around Ireland to learn how Nenagh has developed a niche market in sports tourism. The conference which was held at the Abbey Court Hotel saw [...]
Haiti Connect & NUI Galway hold Ireland’s first CrisisCamp!
Haiti Connect & NUI Galway hold Ireland’s first CrisisCamp! NUI Galway’s Discipline of Information Technology will be hosting Ireland’s first CrisisCamp on Sunday 26 February. It is being organised by Haiti Connect, a charitable trust based in Co. Galway. CrisisCamps are a series of global workshops organised by members of CrisisCommons a global community of [...]
New Through Connections Available from Waterford Airport
New Through Connections Available from Waterford Airport Flybe connects Paris, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh and Glasgow through Birmingham route Passengers flying from Waterford Airport can now book a flight to Paris (CDG), Dusseldorf, Edinburgh and Glasgow as an through connections via Birmingham with Flybe. Waterford Airport this week welcomed the announcement as Flybe added the routes to [...]
Tourism Ireland Offers Chinese Tourists a Cead Mile Failte to Ring in The Year of The Dragon
Five groups of Chinese tourists arrive in Ireland this week, to ring in the ‘Year of the Dragon’ Irish-style. They will be travelling around the island of Ireland – from the Cliffs of Moher, to Dublin, to the Giant’s Causeway – to celebrate the Chinese New Year here. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 Chinese [...]
Starring Role For Cashel In Tourism Ireland’s New Global Advertising Campaign
Cashel has been highlighted in Tourism Ireland’s brand new global advertising campaign ‘Jump into Ireland’. Tourism Ireland has kicked off 2012 with the roll-out of the new campaign to promote the island of Ireland overseas over the next three years. Footage for one of the new TV ads was shot at the Rock of Cashel. [...]
Nenagh Silent Film Festival initiative gains momentum
The Nenagh Silent Film Festival (NSFF) initiative has begun to gain momentum with several interested parties coming on board to show support since the initial public meeting during early December. Some of the familiar faces who have quickly shown their support for this venture include Alan Kelly TD, Tony Tormey (Paul Brennan: Fair City), Councillors [...]
Tourism Ireland’s Review Of 2011
2011: The Year When Overseas Tourism Returned to Growth – Following some of the most difficult years for travel and tourism, the island of Ireland has seen signs of a welcome return to growth in overseas visitors in 2011. By the end of this year, Tourism Ireland expects that almost 7.4 million people will have [...]
Hat Trick For Tourism Ireland At Direct Marketing Awards In London
Tourism Ireland scored a hat trick when it scooped three awards at the prestigious 2011 DMA Awards in London recently. Beating off stiff competition, Tourism Ireland won awards for its innovative social media campaign, called “Nick and Sam’s Ireland Road Trip”, in the following categories: - Gold: in the travel and holidays category; - Bronze: [...]
Holidaying or eating out this Christmas support Local Food
Good Food Ireland calls on the Irish public if eating out or holidaying this Christmas to eat in restaurants and stay in hotels that are committed to using Irish food. A study by the New Economics Foundation in London (www.neweconomics.org) found that every £10 spent at a local food business is worth £25 for the [...]
A Taste Of Tipperary At BBC Good Food Show In Birmingham
Food producers and tourism operators from across the island of Ireland flew the flag for Irish food recently, on the Tourism Ireland stand at the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham. On the stand were members of Good Food Ireland, hotels, b+bs and guesthouses, food producers and restaurants, all representing some of the very best [...]
