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Irish Tourism Enterprises ‘Meet’ In London Tourism Ireland, along with 11 Irish tourism enterprises, recently attended The Meetings Show, which took place at Olympia in London. Now in its second year, The Meetings Show attracts more than 3,600 conference and meeting professionals and event planners from around the UK and Europe. The three-day event provided the Irish tourism companies with an opportunity to do business face-to-face with the influential decision-makers in attendance through a series of prescheduled appointments and networking opportunities.
(l-r): Pat Delaney, SoolELLA; Caitriona Lavery, Hastings Hotels; Rachael McGuickin, Visit Belfast; Paul Kennedy, The Meetings Show; Joyce McElroy, Tourism Ireland; Ciara Gallagher, Fáilte Ireland; former boxer Barry McGuigan; Sarah Dallas, Tifco Hotel Group; Shane McGuigan; Mary Keating, Tourism Ireland; Donna Brogan, Dublin Convention Bureau; Evelyn O’Sullivan, Cork Convention Bureau; and John O’Neill, Lough Erne Resort, at The Meetings Show in London.
Business Buzz in Germany Twelve Irish tourism enterprises travelled to Germany to take part in a business tourism workshop and networking event in Düsseldorf, which was organised by Tourism Ireland to highlight the island of Ireland as a world-class conference and business tourism destination. The Irish delegation met and did business with more than 60 senior representatives of German companies involved in the MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and events) industry who are responsible for organising international conferences, meetings and large-scale incentive events around the world for their clients.
Taking part in Tourism Ireland’s business tourism workshop and networking event in Düsseldorf, Germany, were (l-r): Aoife Kernan, Tourism Ireland; Christoph Haustein, TIFCO Hotel Group; Paula Carroll, Ashford Castle; Cathy Joyce, Citywest Hotel; Bronagh McKee, Ballsbridge Hotel; Stefanie Bück, Advantage ico; Susan Sheahan, Clyde Court Hotel; Karina Dunne, Druids Glen Resort; Michelle Blake, The Marker Hotel; Julia Rozenberg, Aer Lingus; Gina Passi, Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire; John Callely, Odyssey International; and Áine Comerford, Waterford Castle Hotel & Golf Resort.
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