14 June, 2023
Members of Tourism Eire’s French Advertising and marketing Partnership Group (MPG) are visiting Eire’s Historical East this week. The MPG is made up of main French tour operators, on-line journey companies (OTAs), in addition to air and sea carriers, and is the official car for Tourism Eire to seek the advice of with its key tourism companions in France.
The go to was a superb alternative for Tourism Eire to showcase Eire’s Historical East to the senior journey representatives from France who make up the MPG. Their programme included guided excursions of Rosslare Europort, the Irish Nationwide Heritage Park, Dunbrody Famine Ship Expertise, Kilkenny Citadel, St Canice’s Cathedral and Spherical Tower and the Smithwick’s Expertise Kilkenny, in addition to a strolling tour of Kilkenny metropolis. The group additionally visited Inexperienced Acres restaurant in Wexford and Butler Home, Zuni Restaurant and Langtons Lodge, all in Kilkenny. They stayed at Clayton Whites Lodge and Lodge Kilkenny.
Elmagh Killeen, Tourism Eire’s Appearing Director of Markets, stated: “We’re delighted that the members of our French Advertising and marketing Partnership Group have taken the time to return and go to Eire’s Historical East. Seeing is believing – so visits like this are extraordinarily essential to proceed to construct consciousness of Eire and our glorious tourism providing amongst key French companions.
“France is the fourth-largest marketplace for abroad tourism to the island of Eire. In 2019, we welcomed 557,000 French guests, who spent €283 million throughout their time right here.”
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on the Dunbrody Famine Ship Expertise throughout the French Advertising and marketing Partnership
Group’s go to to Eire’s Historical East are Sean Connick, AVEA; Gary
Farrington, Expedia Group; Jonathan Lament, Syltours; Arnaud Devanlay, Evaneos;
Caitriona Butler, Irish Ferries; Ana Luis, Tourism Eire; Giovanni Ciocari,
Aer Lingus; Sophie Triboulet, Air France; Ian Baillie, Stena Line; Julian
Patchett, Brittany Ferries; and Christine Blanc, Tourism Eire.
Notes to Editors:
- Tourism Eire is the organisation accountable for selling the island of Eire abroad as a number one vacation vacation spot.
- In 2019, we welcomed 11.3 million abroad guests to the island of Eire, delivering income of over €5.9 billion.
- Tourism Eire’s worldwide web site is www.eire.com, 33 market websites out there in 30 completely different international locations in 11 language variations world wide.
