Richard E Grant launched Tourism Ireland’s €9m autumn campaign targetting late-season travellers including two new online videos for a promotion with Smooth Radio in Britain. Picture shows Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland; Tourism Minister Shane Ross and Richard E Grant with Trinity College campanile.
Ten years on, Culture night in Dublin next Friday offers free bus services between the 280 venues. Each of the centres are open 5pm – 11pm. Many are not open to the public during the rest of the year. See here for full programme.
Connect16 business tourism showcase, launched on 7th September 2016, on in the RDS on the 28th September 2016, Business tourism in Ireland is currently worth €669m per year, growing on average 7pc year on year. Connect16 estimate business tourism to be worth 700m in 2017.
Two down, four to go: Thursday’s and Friday’s Dublin Bus strikes are over, but there are more planned for the 15th, 16th, 23rd, 24th of September.
Picture shows Eoghan Sadlier of Brown Thomas; Aisling McDermott of Tourism Ireland and Ruthie Coleman of The Merrion Hotel Dublin at the briefing for Tourism Ireland’s upcoming sales mission with eight Irish tourism companies to four cities the UAE and India.
A survey commissioned by the Higher Education Authority of students on Erasmus has found that 80pc of those Erasmus students surveyed, staying in Ireland, had at least one visitor. Using Failte Ireland estimates of the average tourist’s spend, Erasmus students’ visitors may contribute as much as €14m to economy. France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands contribute the most visitors
Belmond Grand Hibernian luxury train broke down on its first journey. The issue was revealed to be a problem with a door on one of the carriages and the train was taken to Drogheda for repair works, while the passengers continued to Belfast by road.
It’s beginning to look a lot like. The Brehon hotel in Killarney launched their Christmas programme.
Picture shows Noelle Cawley of Fáilte Ireland with Robert Guertin and Pete Craig, North West Coasteering and US bloggers Marko and Alex Ayling the Vagabrothers, at Mullaghmore in Co Sligo.
