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Tourism Ireland Welcomes 7.8% Growth In Overseas Visitors

Commenting on new figures published by the CSO for overseas arrivals for January to August 2018, Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, said, “[These...

Norwegian To Expand Transatlantic Services At Dublin And Shannon

Scandinavian carrier Norwegian has revealed that it in the past 14 months, it has carried 250,000 passengers on its transatlantic services out of Dublin....

Ireland Showcased To UK Inbound Tour Operators

UK inbound tour operators are on a fact-finding visit of Ireland this week as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. They are also attending...

Tourism Ireland Launches New Italian Marketing Campaign

14,500 travel agents around Italy are seeing promotions for the island of Ireland right in a campaign aimed specifically at travel agents launched by Touri...

Tourism Minister Promotes Ireland In New York

Tourism Minister Brendan Griffin was in New York last week to meet with several influential media outlets and attend a Tourism Ireland roundtable meeting,...

Sources Say 9% Tourism VAT Rate Will Rise With Budget

The Sunday Times reports that Paschal Donohoe is set to increase the 9% VAT rate on hotels and restaurants by a minimum of two percentage points in this ye...

Thomas Cook Suffers As Heatwave Keeps Customers At Home

British holiday company Thomas Cook cut its 2018 profit forecast, blaming a heatwave in northern Europe for hitting demand in the most profitable part of t...