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Autumn Sales Blitz

Fáilte Ireland will today host the first in a series of three custom-made workshops as part of a targeted 2019 sales drive to provide an opportunity for Irish tourism businesses to meet and pitch directly to overseas buyers from the UK, Canada and Long Haul markets.

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Over the next few weeks, nearly 200 Irish tourism businesses will engage in over 9,000 one-to-one meetings with approximately 65 top British, Canadian and Long Haul tour operators at workshops hosted by Fáilte Ireland in partnership with overseas marketing agency Tourism Ireland.

British make Irish deals

Twenty-six British coach and group tour operators are exploring Ireland – as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. They are here to attend a workshop in the Dunboyne Castle Hotel, where they met with Irish tourism enterprises to negotiate for their 2019 programmes.

The operators are pictured with Caroline Mulligan (second left) and Linda Duncan (back, right), both Tourism Ireland, at the tourist office in Carlingford.

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Georgina adds new award

Some of the nation’s leading hospitality businesses and personalities will be recognised on Tuesday September 25th 2018, at the annual Georgina Campbell Awards.

Established under the current branding 20 years ago, they were originally set up by Georgina Campbell for the Egon Ronay Guides nearly three decades ago.

This year sees the introduction of a ‘Spirit of the European Region of Gastronomy’award to celebrate the success of Galway/West of Ireland’s international recognition.

Belgians at Bunratty

A leading Belgian tour operator – BT Tours – and some of its top-producing travel agents have been visiting Ireland, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland.

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They are pictured at Bunratty Castle.

The aim of the visit was to showcase some of the many things to see and do in Ireland for Belgian holidaymakers and to really enthuse the travel agents about selling Ireland. Their busy itinerary included the Book of Kells, Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, Muckross House, the Rock of Cashel and Titanic Experience Cobh.

Hola to Spanish media

Top travel and lifestyle journalists from a number of high profile Spanish media outlets – including lifestyle magazines, a radio station and Catalonia’s leading daily newspaper – are visiting Ireland’s Ancient East, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland.

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