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Tourism Ireland is in Las Vegas this week for Virtuoso Travel Week, an exclusive luxury travel conference for members of Virtuoso, a global network of travel agencies specialising in luxury travel. Now in its 38th year, the week-long event brings together thousands of Virtuoso travel advisors with travel and tourism providers from over 100 countries. It involves one-to-one pre-scheduled appointments – providing a valuable opportunity for Tourism Ireland to meet, and do busin

Four tourism companies from the island of Ireland have joined Tourism Ireland in Palm Springs in California this week, for the annual Global Travel Marketplace West (GTM West). GTM West is a three-day event, involving a programme of bespoke one-to-one appointments and networking sessions. The event offers an excellent opportunity for the participating tourism businesses from Ireland to meet, do business with and present to top-producing travel advisors from the United States

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, the world’s largest celebration of traditional Irish music and culture, is taking place in Belfast for the first time ever this month.

New inbound tourism figures point to a “softening” of the market, tourism chiefs have warned. Latest monthly figures, from the CSO, show 670,300 tourists visited Ireland in June – 2% up year-on-year. They also spent more – with tourism revenue jumping 8%, year-on-year, to €697m; but stayed for less time. The Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC), however, said the June figures suggest "a softening market". "Visitor numbers were up 2% for the key month of June although t

Tourism Ireland has revealed the findings of its latest sentiment survey of potential overseas visitors. The research was commissioned to understand the current views of consumers in Ireland's top tourism markets regarding international travel and what would motivate them to choose the island of Ireland for a holiday. The findings were shared at a virtual event attended by hundreds of tourism and travel operators from the island of Ireland and overseas. Tourism Ireland partne

A 12-person media and travel trade delegation from China visited Ireland this week, as guests of China Eastern Airlines, Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. The group arrived on the inaugural flight of the new Shanghai to Dublin service, operated by China Eastern Airlines. The group arrived on the inaugural flight of the new Shanghai to Dublin service, operated by China Eastern Airlines. The travel trade’s itinerary included Causey Farm, Birr Castle Demesne, the Burren and Cl

Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke officially launched the Ireland Home of Halloween 2026 programme at the Hill of Uisneach, Co. Westmeath, last week. Now in its second year, Ireland Home of Halloween is a collaborative all-island programme led by Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland and Tourism Northern Ireland that celebrates the island's role as the birthplace of Halloween through festivals and visitor experiences inspired by Samhain traditions. The Ire