"Let's talk about Ireland"

Earlier this year Tourism Ireland held a Destination Focus Group lunch in London where directors from Ford, Imagination and Oxford International were asked to discuss their impressions of Ireland.  After the event we spoke to Richard Foulkes, Director of Imagination; John Walker, Managing Director of Oxford International; and Patrick Delaney, [...]

We generally try to ignore industry buzz words. Though ‘staycation’ seems to be sticking, and we’ve even heard people using ‘awaycation’ (surely that’s just a holiday?). But the latest has caught our attention, as it has such relevance for Ireland: ‘bleisure’.

Today we speak to Patrick Delaney, Managing Director of Ovation Global DMC – an international destination management company who’s headquarters are in Dublin. Patrick talks about why meeting planners would want to come to Ireland and a little bit about the experiences what Ovation Global DMC have had arranging events in Ireland.

A recent news release from the Post Office suggested that Dublin might be 2010’s ‘dark horse’ in regards to the costs of a city break, according to their City Costs Barometer report for the year. According to the Post Office, Dublin is one of the cities in the Eurozone where prices have fallen, and in [...]

Ireland Means Business is here to open up a new world of business tourism ideas to you. We know that you will be pleasantly surprised by the breadth of fantastic event options available to you in Ireland.

The warm welcome and the love of the craic is just the beginning. At Tourism Ireland we know another Ireland, an Ireland that is impressive, efficient and effective; this is the real Ireland and we’re presenting it to the world.

This year Tourism Ireland is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with activities that ensure UK event organisers’ minds are firmly focused on the variety of business tourism opportunities that exist in Ireland, with plans that include a special St Patrick’s Day Lunch Reception at The Lanesborough in London and a promotion of Irish horse racing breaks at Cheltenham Racecourse.

An interview with Cailin Keaney, Sales and Marketing Manager of the Aviva Stadium.

Cailin presents the iconic Aviva Stadium and explains how it will become known worldwide as one of Ireland’s new world class venues, capable of hosting not only fantastic sporting events, but will also have advanced facitilites for business tourism events.

With International Confex now under our belts, we’re now well and truly into the business tourism trade show season.  These exhibitions are fantastic for us, providing plenty of opportunities to reach industry buyers and extol the virtues our ‘emerald isle’ offers them.
At Confex, along with having a big green stand that no one could miss [...]

Our second full interview is with Miriam Kennedy, CEO of the Dublin Convention Bureau.

We spoke to Miriam in the spectacular Gravity Bar at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, she told us that Dublin is the youngest city in Europe (impressive, huh?) and exactly why a business visitor would want to come to Dublin, now.