The first two schemes in the €50 million Tourism Business Continuity Programme 2022 open for applications this week. The Strategic Tourism Transport Business Continuity Scheme opens for applications today, 11th January 2022, and will support eligible tourism transport operators including Coach Tourism Operators, Tourism Chauffeur, Limousine Services and Escorted Private
Fáilte Ireland has unveiled the first viewing points along the Burren Discovery Trail, a new looped route off the Wild Atlantic Way designed to encourage visitors to explore more and stay longer in the Burren. Developed with an investment of €340,000 from Fáilte Ireland, the 95km Burren Discovery Trail takes visitors through the Burren Highlands […]
To help accelerate the recovery of Ireland’s tourism sector, Fáilte Ireland has announced its sponsorship of RTÉ Weather, which attracts an average daily audience of 400,000. The 3-year sponsorship is part of Fáilte Ireland’s Keep Discovering campaign and will commence on January 1st, 2022. The Keep Discovering message will be watched daily in hundreds of thousands of
Fáilte Ireland has released details of its €50 million Tourism Business Continuity Programme for 2022 at a virtual event for industry attended by over 2,500 tourism and hospitality providers. The €50 million allocation was secured by Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport, Gaeltacht and Media, Catherine Martin T.D. in Budget 2022 and Fáilte Ireland is […]
Over the next four days more than 1500 one-to-one sales appointments have been scheduled between 155 Irish leisure and UltraLuxe tourism suppliers, Irish-based tour operators and destination management companies (DMCs), to help drive demand for Ireland among international visitors in both the leisure and the UltraLuxe markets. These meetings, which will take place
Killarney has been successful in its bid to host the high-profile German DER Touristik Academy event in the INEC, between 3-6 April, 2022. The Academy is an educational and incentive event run by one of the largest tour operators in Mainland Europe and will be attended by 200 travel agents and influential travel journalists next […]
Minister Catherine Martin TD and Fáilte Ireland announced that €1.7 million worth of enhancement work will soon be completed on 10 Dublin visitor attractions which will create new immersive experiences that bring to life stories that have shaped Dublin’s history and heritage. The investment was made through Fáilte Ireland’s Dublin Surprising Stories Scheme and
Fáilte Ireland has confirmed that 85 international business events worth €48.5 million taking place between 2021 and 2027 have been secured for Ireland so far this year. Conferences such as Transport Research Arena 2024 in Dublin (€4.8m) and the International Federation for Home Economics World Congress 2024 in Galway (€2.4m) have been secured. The National Tourism
Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin TD and Fáilte Ireland announced ‘Winter in Dublin’ a new programme of events and experiences taking place across Dublin city and supported by Dublin City Council between October 2021 and February 2022. The Winter in Dublin programme is designed to attract visitors to the city and will feature comedy, live […]
Fáilte Ireland is welcoming the tourism specific and wider economic measures announced in Budget 2022. CEO of the National Tourism Development Authority, Paul Kelly states, “the record level of funding for the tourism sector secured by Minister Catherine Martin TD will make a positive impact on the recovery and economic growth of the industry and […]
Fáilte Ireland has launched a new tourism plan that will help drive and sustain tourism in the Burren and Cliffs of Moher. Entitled the ‘Visitor Experience Development Plan for the Burren and Cliffs of Moher’, the plan aims to create a sustainable tourism destination by extending the tourism season and spreading business across all parts […]
Fáilte Ireland will host the first in-person business conference since the easing of restrictions to announce Ireland is open for business tourism. Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin TD will officially open the in-person industry event in The Convention Centre Dublin at 2pm today. She will be joined by Fáilte Ireland CEO Paul Kelly who will […]
Public art, light installations and performance spaces to transform cities and towns under Fáilte Ireland’s Urban Animation Investment Scheme. Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin TD and Fáilte Ireland have announced the locations where projects of scale will be developed that will transform and re-imagine urban spaces. Following a competitive process, the pilot €5
The development of a landmark tourism project in East Clare has taken a significant step forward with the announcement of plans for a proposed new Inis Cealtra (Holy Island) visitor centre in the heart of Mountshannon village. The Inis Cealtra Visitor Experience project, which is being led by the Tourism Department of Clare County Council, will steer […]
Image courtesy of @wikicommons Fáilte Ireland announces details of new €55million business continuity scheme for the tourism sector and priorities for 2021 at industry event ‘Survive to Thrive’. On the 1st February, Fáilte Ireland announced the details of its new €55million Tourism Business Continuity Scheme. The announcement was made at a special virtual industry event
On 29th May 2019, Fáilte Ireland launched its massive new capital investment programme, Platforms for Growth. The programme will run from 2019 to 2022 and is worth €150 million, making it the biggest investment programme of this kind. It will focus on improving tourism by providing grants of €2.5million and upwards to large-scale visitor attractions. […]
Tourism Ireland and China’s largest mobile company Vivo, have collaborated on a new Wild Atlantic Way project – Be Wild. Last year, Ireland welcomed 90,000 Chinese visitors to the Ireland. The Be Wild project has a social media reach of 800m people; all potential new visitors to Ireland. The project is part of the fifth […]