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Sustainability Awards Deadline Looms

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Food & Bev Live – one of Ireland’s largest foodservice industry events, celebrating excellence and innovation - returns to the Citywest, Dublin on the 4th and 5th February 2020, and in a first of its kind in Ireland, the show has launched the inaugural Irish Foodservice Supplier Awards – the IFSA’s.

But hurry- the deadlline for submitting entries is Friday 13th December

Championing best practice within the industry, the awards have been designed to acknowledge and reward product and service innovation within the foodservice industry, with a central focus on sustainability.

*With just a few weeks left to enter, make sure you don’t miss out! Visit: www.foodandbev.ie/the-ifsas.html

Lyrath profit surge

Pre-tax profits at the four-star Lyrath Hotel in Co Kil-kenny last year increased by 67pc to €834,979.

This followed revenues last year at Lyrath Demesne Ltd increasing by 8.5pc to €12.7m from €11.7m.

The pre-tax profits of €834,979 follow profits of €500,223 in 2017.

The 139-bedroom luxury hotel set on 170 acres enjoyed the growth in revenues and profits under the ownership of businessman Xavier McAuliffe, who has made a comeback to the group.

More flights-fewer seats from Dublin

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Dublin Airport will have 15 new services this winter but has reported total seat capacity is down 3% with 500,000 fewer seats available compared to last year.

DAA sys that this is the first winter since 2011 that has seen an overall a reduction in seat capacity at the airport and suggested the decline is due to factors such as some airlines withdrawing services for the winter while others have maintained their route network but have reduced the number of flights operating the service.

The company also said that while Ryanair is growing its business at Dublin this winter, the delivery delay to the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft has affected its growth plans.

'Tourism must deliver value', says Gibbons

The tourism industry must provide value for money to achieve ambitious growth targets, according to Tourism Ireland cceo Niall Gibbons..

He said that perceived value for money had deteriorated, particularly in mainland Europe and to a lesser extent in Britain.

“But, all in all, when you take the price of getting here, the price of accommodation and the price of the all-round holiday visit, there certainly is not a rip-off perception abroad,” h said.

"Our watch-word today is that the industry has to deliver value for money in the next three years otherwise we won't be able to deliver on the ambitious growth targets that we have set."

Tourism optimism post-Brexit

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to grow overseas tourism revenue to €6.54 billion (+13%) and visitor numbers to 12 million (+7%), by 2022.

Tourism Ireland launched details of its new three-year strategy for 2020-2022 and its marketing plans to promote the island of Ireland overseas next year, at an event attended by Tourism Minister Brendan Griffin and around 500 tourism industry leaders from around the country.

The 2020-2022 strategy has been designed to be both flexible and sustainable – while delivering further growth in overseas tourism and supporting the industry across the island of Ireland. Tourism Ireland aims to spread the benefits of tourism more broadly across the island on a year-round basis and to address the issues of capacity, to ensure the visitor experience continues to be world-class. The new strategy is built on a set of sustainable destination marketing principles.