It’s Going to be “Glas Vegas” this St Patrick’s Day!
– Pyramids of Giza, Christ the Redeemer Statue, Little Mermaid and ‘Welcome’ Sign in Las Vegas to go green for the first time ever, as part of Tourism Ireland’s ‘Global Greening’ on 17 March – In a major coup for Irish tourism, an ancient wonder of the world – the Pyramids of Giza – and a […]
Tourism Ireland Looks Back on 2012…
The island of Ireland performed reasonably well from a tourism perspective in 2012, despite the challenging international economic environment. By the end of this year, Tourism Ireland expects that around 7.27 million people will have visited the island of Ireland from around the world, yielding around €3.51 billion in revenue. Niall Gibbons, chief executive […]
Tourism Ireland Reaches the ‘Magic Million’ Facebook Fans
Tourism Ireland has reached one million fans on Facebook around the world, making it the third most popular tourism board, after Australia and Spain, on the popular social networking site. Tourism Ireland has doubled its Facebook fanbase in the past twelve months – from 500,000 fans this time last year – and from just 81,000 fans in 2010. Reaching one million Facebook fans […]
A Taste of Portlaoise at ‘Flavours’ Event in London
Tourism organisations from around the island of Ireland – including the Killeshin Hotel – travelled to London recently to participate in Flavours of Ireland 2012. The B2B tourism workshop, organised by Tourism Ireland, saw 100 representatives of the top GB-based inbound tour operators come together to do business with 40 Irish tourism organisations. Now […]
‘Drive’ to Woo Tourists for Laois
Several tourism organisations from around Ireland – including The Gandon Inn in Emo – joined Tourism Ireland at The Goodwood Revival, which took place recently in Chichester, in southern England. The Goodwood Revival is one of the largest vintage car festival events in Great Britain. It attracts about 150,000 visitors each year, offering a […]
Top American Travel Agents Check Out Co Laois
Two groups of top travel agents from across the US visited Co Laois over the weekend, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, in conjunction with American Airlines and Aer Lingus. The agents – all representatives of top-producing American travel companies like Ensemble, Virtuoso, Signature Vacations and American Express – were here on […]
British Journalists Help ‘Putt’ Killenard on the Map
– 400,000+ British to read about Laois golf – Eleven golf writers from Britain visited Killenard last weekend, for a round of golf on the course at the Heritage Golf & Spa Resort. The journalists, who represented various regional newspapers with a combined circulation of over 400,000, sailed from Holyhead to Dublin with Irish Ferries – […]
US travel industry votes Ireland ‘Number One’ for client satisfaction second year in a row
For the second year running, Ireland has been voted the “destination with the highest client satisfaction” at last night’s WAVE awards in the US, beating off strong competition in the same category from other destinations including Great Britain, France, Italy and Greece. The gala awards ceremony, organised by TravelAge West magazine, took place in Beverly Hills, California, and was […]
Tourism Ireland Comment on CSO Figures for February-April 2012
Commenting on the CSO figures issued today for overseas visitors to Ireland for the three-month period February to April 2012, Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, said:“Visitor numbers to Ireland for the period February-April 2012 remain unchanged compared to the same period in 2011. The global economic landscape has certainly presented a challenging environment for […]
Tourism Ireland Comment on CSO Figures for January-March 2012
Commenting on the CSO figures issued today for overseas visitors to Ireland for the first quarter of 2012, Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, said:The results for the first quarter of 2012 are in line with expectations; the global economic landscape of recent months has certainly presented a challenging environment for travel and tourism […]