Eye on Tourism
VISIT BELFAST EYES AMBITIOUS NEW PLANS IN 2013 (1)
Visit Belfast recently outlined its ambitious plans for 2013 at a major briefing event at the city’s Hilton Belfast Hotel which was attended by key stakeholders and leaders from the tourism, hospitality and retail sectors and the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alderman Gavin Robinson. Visit Belfast Chief Executive, Gerry Lennon, outlined the significant contribution it made to Belfast’s tourism growth in 2012 which amounted to more than £60 million for the local economy. (2)
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(1) Attending the event were (front row) Judith Webb from Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Rachael Downing, Mary Jo McCanny, and Anne McMullan from BVCB, (back row) Peter McCausland from BVCB corporate sponsor Value Cabs; Paddy McKenna commercial manager, Diageo NI, and Paul McCausland, also from Value Cabs. (2) Paddy McKenna, Commercial Manager, Diageo NI, Gerry Lennon, Chief Executive of BVCB, Gemma Bell, Corporate Relations, Diageo NI, and BVCB Chair Ciaran Rogan, join Belfast Lord Mayor Alderman Gavin Robinson as BVCB presented its ambitious, forward-looking plans to members from Belfast’s tourism, hospitality and retail sectors. Diageo NI is a key, longstanding corporate sponsor of BVCB. (3) Ciaran Rogan, Visit Belfast Chair, addresses members at the briefing event. (4) Alison Stobie from North Down Borough Council and Judith Webb from Northern Ireland Tourist Board. (5) Peter Gilroy and Mike Todd attend Visit Belfast’s Members Briefing event at the Hilton Waterfront. (6) Siobhan O’Sullivan from the Fitzwilliam Hotel and Mark Walker from the Hilton Hotel were among the representatives from Belfast’s tourism, hospitality and retail sectors attending the event. (7) Ian Baillie, Marketing Manager, Stena Line, joins Joanne O’Hagan, Marketing and Communications Manager at Visit Belfast, Anne McMullan, Visit Belfast’s Director of Marketing and Communications, and Wendi Kane, Culture and Arts Development Officer at Belfast City Council.