Targeting German holidaymakers for Offaly

Tourism Ireland in Germany kicked off its 2023 programme of promotions at CMT (holiday exhibition) in Stuttgart this week. Tourism Ireland is joined at CMT by nine tourism businesses from Ireland – including Silverline Cruisers (based in Banagher). CMT is one of the biggest travel fairs in Germany, attracting around 300,000 visitors – or potential holidaymakers for […]

Tullamore D.E.W. says ‘bonjour’ in Nice

~ Tourism Ireland targets French travel agents at B2B workshop ~   Twelve (12) Irish tourism companies, including the Tullamore D.E.W. Visitor Centre, travelled to Nice this week – to take part in a B2B workshop and networking event, organised by Tourism Ireland. They met with local travel agents, to inform and educate them about […]

Top German Travel Journalists Cruise Into Offaly

Leading travel journalists and influencers from Germany enjoyed a cruise on the River Shannon and a visit to Co Offaly – as guests of Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland and German cruising tour operator, Le Boat.   The visiting group included a popular YouTube cruise personality, a photographer and travel journalists, with a combined audience of about […]

Italian Travel Agents Find Offaly ‘Eccellente’!

Representatives of one of Italy’s leading tour operators, Francorosso, together with 20 of its top-producing travel agents, are visiting Offaly and Ireland’s Ancient East – as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland.   The group is here on a fact-finding visit, to sample at first-hand the superb experiences on offer in Offaly and Ireland’s […]

Offaly Delegation Visits Tourism Ireland In New York

Representatives of Offaly County Council, who are in New York for the St Patrick’s Day period, met with senior executives from Tourism Ireland. They were briefed on Tourism Ireland’s extensive promotional programme in the United States for 2018, which is in full swing right now.   The United States is the second-largest market for tourism to […]

New Zealand Travel Agents Visit Offaly

A group of travel agents from New Zealand has been enjoying an action-packed visit around Offaly and Ireland this week, as guests of Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland and Qatar Airways. The aim of the visit was to showcase some of the many experiences on offer here for New Zealanders, so that when they return home, […]

Belgian Travel Agents Wowed By Offaly

Twenty Belgian travel agents have been exploring Co Offaly and Ireland this week – as guests of Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland and Gallia, a leading Belgian tour operator.   The travel agents were here to experience at first-hand the wealth of things to see and do in Offaly and Ireland for Belgian holidaymakers. One of the highlights of their time […]

Minister Charlie Flanagan Lends A Hand To Boost Tourism From Italy

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan TD, has been visiting Italy, as part of a ‘Promote Ireland’ programme around St Patrick’s Day. The minister’s busy schedule included attending the ‘Greening’ of the famous Colosseum in Rome – which joined Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening initiative once again this year, to celebrate the island of Ireland […]

Offaly Tourism Operator Joins Tourism Ireland At World’s Largest Travel Fair In Berlin

The largest travel trade fair in the world, ITB in Berlin, took place last week. Eighteen (18) Irish and German tourism companies – including Silverline Cruisers (based in Banagher) – joined Tourism Ireland at the fair, in a bid to grow Ireland’s share of the German travel market, one of the largest outbound travel markets […]

Birr Wows American Travel Professionals

Representatives of Pleasant Holidays – one of the largest tour operators in the United States – together with five of its top-selling travel agents, have been visiting Co Offaly and Ireland’s Ancient East, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland.   Pleasant Holidays launched Ireland as a new destination in January of this year, […]

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