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Castlemartyr Hotel has posted  a loss of €564,700 last year.

 New accounts filed by Castlemartyr Country Hotel Resort Ltd cover the 12 months to the end of March 2018. Revenues increased 7% to €10.1m in the period.

In the accounts, the directors state that they plan changes in marketing and refurbishment to increase sales and help put the company into the black.

British businessman Martin Shaw bought the 220-acre resort for €14m in September 2015.

 

 For the fourth year in a row, some of Dublin’s best-known buildings are lighting up in red to mark the 2019 Chinese New Year and welcome the Year of the Pig, which officiall

y begins tomorrow (Chinese New Year’s Day is Tuesday, 5 February). The illumination has been organised by the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival in conjunction with Dublin City Council.

 Pictured are HE Dr Yue Xiaoyong, Chinese Ambassador to Ireland; opera singer Neria Wang; and Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, at the illumination of The Mansion House..

Since the announcement of visa-free travel for Emiratis to Ireland in early 2018, a major travel company in the Middle East – dnata Travel – has experienced a +63.5% increase in year-on-year travel from the UAE to Ireland. 

A new report for 2018, compiled by dnata Travel, shows a +55% increase in travel arrangements to Ireland made within 14 days in advance of travelling and a +9% increase in bookings made within three days of travel, indicating the benefit of visa restrictions being lifted. In addition, the report reveals a +9% increase in solo travellers, with bednights and average booking spend also experiencing a year-on-year growth.

The Gleneagle Group was the only hotl company to win at the inaiugural Irish Tourism Awards.

The Killarney-based group took the award for 'Best Inniovative Place to Stay'.

 Other awards winners included 

Best International Marketing Initiative- Pharos Reizen van ANWB

Best International Access Initiative-  Aer Lingus

Best Wild Atlantic Way Tourism Experience (Over 50,000 Visitors)- Cliffs of Moher Centre

Best Wild Atlantic Way Tourism Experience (Under 50,000 Visitors)- A Taste of West Cork Food Festival

Best Ireland’s Ancient East Tourism Experience (Over 25,000 Visitors)-  House of Waterford Crystal

Best Ireland’s Ancient East Tourism Experience (Under 25,000 Visitors

Winner)-  Driftwood by Vagabond Tours of Ireland

Best Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands Tourism Experience- Lough Key Forest & Activity Park

Best Dublin Tourism Experience (Over 100,000 Visitors)- The Little Museum of Dublin

Best Dublin Tourism Experience (Under 100,000 Visitors)- Pearse Lyons Distillery

Best Festival / Event Experience- St. Patrick’s Festival

Best Food / Beverage Experience- Galway Food Tours

Best Meet in Ireland Business Tourism Innovation-  Odyssey International DMC

Best Environmental Tourism Innovation-  Vagabond Tours of Ireland

Best Innovative Place to Stay-  The Gleneagle Group

Best Entrepreneurial Tourism Innovation- EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum