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New tourism brand launched in Italy

Tourism Ireland in Italy unveiled a new destination brand for NI and a new twinnig initiative at an event in Milan attended by around 100 travel and lifestyle journalists, bloggers bloogers0220 and influencers.

Pictured are Niamh Kinsella (fourth left), Tourism Ireland; with partners from the island of Ireland, at an event for journalists and bloggers in Milan.

The event was designed to entertain and inform the guests about Ireland and really bring the destination to life – presenting new themes and story ideas for 2020 to the media and influencers. It involved a full day of presentations, networking, as well as interactive sessions including a cooking demo by Tracey’s Farmhouse Kitchen in Killinchy and a whiskey tasting. Other organisations showcasing the best of the island of Ireland included Galway 2020, Kingdom Food Tours, the National Trust, Clonalis House and MoLI (Museum of Literature Ireland). Fun photo opportunities for the influencers and journalists helped stimulate sharing and conversation about Ireland on social channels during the event.

Tourism Ireland also took the opportunity to unveil the new destination brand for Northern Ireland – Embrace a Giant Spirit – in Italy. Tourism Ireland will be pulling out all the stops this year to highlight Northern Ireland, using this new brand to deliver ‘stand-out’ for Northern Ireland, in Italy and elsewhere around the world. Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands was also showcased at the event.

Ireland's €22m a day leisure spend

Irish people spend in the region of €22m every day eating out, trips to the cinema, attending events, socialising and pampering themselves according to an RTE tv documentary pub0118

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.'How Ireland Unwinds' will show , how more than 140,000 people will unwind in one of the country’s 7,000 pubs, where they’ll drink an estimated 300,000 pints and 65,000 shorts.

Irish people have the distinction of being the top moviegoers in Europe with 43,000 people going to the cinema in a single day.

We are also at the top of the table in the EU when it comes to eating out with €2m will be spent dining out in restaurants every day.

Another soaring catering business is the takeaway industry with the population forking out €1.4m on such food in a single day.

Ireland’s love affair with movie-going is well-known but the series reveals we splash out €300,000 on cinema tickets daily – and fork out €3.8m on snacks and drinks at the cinema a day.

Rosalie returns to Powerscourt

Powerscourt Hotel Resort & Spa has appointed Rosalie Delany as its new Director of Sales & Marketing..

Meath native, Rosalie brings with her, a wealth of knowledge and flair with years of experience on the Irish 5* hotel scene. Rosalie is a graduate of Hotel Management at DIT Cathal Brugha Street, (Diploma Hotel Management) and has a foundation in business studies with time spent at both Dundalk Institute of Technology and Dublin Business School (formally LBS) before being bitten by the hospitality bug.

After completing her college training, Rosalie began her hotel career with the O’Callaghan Hotel Group moving on to work with some of the most prestigious names in the country including the former Ritz Carlton Wicklow, over 4 years at The Shelbourne Dublin and from there headed east as Director of Sales & Marketing at Mount Juliet Kilkenny. Moving back to Dublin Rosalie joined the MHL Hotel Collection where she started as Assistant Director of Sales & Marketing at InterContinental Dublin.

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William and Kate for Galway

Prince William and his wife Kate are set to travel to Galway when they visit Ireland next month.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will travel to Ireland for a three-day trip at the beginning of March.

An official itinerary for their visit has not been released, but it is understood they will visit Galway. which is European Capital of Culture this year.

The mayor of Galway city, Mike Cubbard, said it would be a huge boost if they visit the city.

"They can portray our images here of Galway across the globe and, I suppose, link the story of Galway as the European Capital city of Culture this year. That could be a huge thing for us for tourism'.

Dublin company earned €1.2m pa from collapsed restaurant

A Dublin company legally owned by a retired accountant and his wife and linked to British celebrity chef, Heston Blumenthal, was receiving payments of €1.2 million a year from a high-end Australian restaurant that has now collapsed owing millions to its workers.

The Irish Times reports that the Cabinteely, Dublin 18 company, Bacon & Egg Ice Cream Ltd, held intellectual property rights linked to the Dinner by Heston Blumenthal restaurant, in Melbourne, Australia.

The Dublin company, which is named after one of Mr Blumenthal’s signature recipes, is owned by retired Dublin accountant, Roger Copsey and his wife, Pauline, according to filings in the Companies Registration Office.

The company is “primarily engaged in the exploitation of intellectual property rights”, according to the notes to its accounts.