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Adare Manor named ‘Ireland’s Leading Hotel’ in the World Travel Awards 2020 for second year running, and Adare Manor Clubhouse wins ‘World’s Best’ Title at World Golf Awards. Adare Manor, one of Ireland’s leading five-star castle resorts, is delighted to confirm that - for the second consecutive year - the resort has been named ‘Ireland’s Leading Hotel’ in the globally...

The Slieve Donard Resort & Spa in Newcastle, County Down has been named Northern Ireland’s Best Golf Hotel at this year's prestigious World Golf Awards. The hotel's neighbouring Royal County Down Golf Club picked up the award for Northern Ireland’s best golf course.Ireland picked up the accolade of Best Golf Destination in Europe. Now in its seventh year, the World Golf...

Outdoor Tourism Comes Alive In Kilkenny With The Launch Of ‘Outdoor Kilkenny’ Kilkenny Tourism has joined forces with Kilkenny County Council and Trail Kilkenny to launch a new outdoor tourism initiative. ‘Outdoor Kilkenny’ is a new brand and website promoting all outdoor attractions that Kilkenny has to offer; from cycling, walking trails, culture, adventure and activity centres, ‘Outdoor Kilkenny’ is...

I'm going to talk briefly about the tourism impact of Covid-19, the industry supports that have already been put in place by Fáilte Ireland and the challenges that lie ahead, but first, it is worth reminding ourselves of the vital importance of tourism to Ireland. Tourism accounts for 260,000 or 1 in 9 jobs and was worth almost €8billion to...

The Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, Catherine Martin T.D., has today (Tuesday 18th August) launched a new €26million COVID-19 Adaptation Fund to help tourism and hospitality businesses offset some of the costs incurred in adapting their premises or operations for re-opening.

At its meeting on August 18th the Authority of Fáilte Ireland selected Paul Carty to serve as Interim Chair of the National Tourism Development Authority. Paul is an existing Member of the Authority since July 2017 and he will now serve as Interim Chair until Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin appoints a successor.

Fáilte Ireland and RTÉ have joined forces to show the nation that there’s ‘No Place Like Home’ when it comes to holidays. Building on the success of Fáilte Ireland’s current domestic marketing campaign, ‘Ireland, Make a Break for it’, a new RTÉ television series ‘No Place Like Home’, in association with Fáilte Ireland, will air this Sunday August 9th at 6:30pm on RTÉ One running each Sunday for four weeks.

Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, unveiled its brand new €6million domestic and Northern Ireland marketing campaign entitled ‘Keep Discovering’ to help grow domestic holidays in Ireland. According to Fáilte Ireland’s CEO Paul Kelly, only just over half (56%) of Irish people currently take a break in Ireland. “By putting ‘discovery’ at the heart of our new campaign we hope...