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Tourism Ireland hosted a conference in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, looking at the drivers and the impact of technology changes on tourism. Some 200 senior travel 

professionals 

attended.

 

Pictured are keynote speakerGerde Leonhard with Tourism Ireland chairman Joan O'Shaughnessy and ceo Niall Gibbons.

  The conference aims to create an understanding among people working in the tourism sector about the impact of emerging technologies on their businesses. It  also examined how to take full advantage of new technologies to grow business. Discussions centred  on the nature and drivers of technological change – including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, accelerated computing, data and MarTech, as well as changes in consumer behaviour. 

The keynote speaker was futurist Gerd Leonhard – a leading voice on a wide range of topics, including digital transformation and the opportunities and challenges it presents.

A major investigation is under way into a catering company which was found to be employing illegal immigrants when raided by the Garda and social welfare staff last week. the 'Irish Times' reports to-day. 

Stolen vehicles were also found to be used to make deliveries.

One employee was found to have been overpaid €75,000 in social welfare payments when a background check was performed on him.

There were two arrests at the scene and a follow-up inquiry is now focused on suspected illegal immigration and social welfare crime.

The company directors, who are Irish and foreign nationals, are under investigation and a quantity of immigration-related documentation has been seized.

 

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin T.D., welcomed 35 of the world’s top international golf tour operators to Killarney for Fáilte Ireland’s 2018 Golf Ireland 

Convention, a showcase of the country’s  golfing experiences.

Pictured  are Martin Donnelly, Fáilte Ireland, Aine Mangan, IAGTO, Minister Brendan Griffin, Paul Mockler, Fáilte Ireland and Carlton Carugati, IAGTO.

 The convention, organised in partnership with Tourism Ireland and IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators), is a forum for key overseas golf operators to meet directly with more than 60 Irish golf industry members and to negotiate overseas business for 2018 and 2019.

The director’s cut of one of Ireland’s most memorable and best-loved tourism ads has been shared for the first time ever , to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Cranb

erries seminal debut album,'Everybody Else is Doing it, So Why Can’t We'.

 Tourism Ireland is marking the anniversary by sharing this never-before-seen, four minute-long director’s cut of the ad from 1996, made famous by its stunning aerial shots of the island of Ireland and its soundtrack – the single 'Dreams' by The Cranberries.

 This ad holds a special place in the history of Ireland’s tourism advertising. Launched in 1996, it was the first ever TV ad to market the island of Ireland as a whole, featuring sweeping shots of stunning locations like the Giant’s Causeway, the Skelligs and the Cliffs of Moher – all set to the inimitable voice of The Cranberries’ lead singer, the late Dolores O’Riordan.