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Brussels Business Buzz

Six tourism companies from the island of Ireland travelled to Brussels recently, for a networking ‘Meet in Ireland’ event.

Pictured are Aoife Glenn, Belfast Waterfront and Ulster Hall; Catherine Bodley, O’Callaghan Hotels; Christoph Haustein, TIFCO Hotel Group; Gráinne Ní Ghiollagain, Croke Park Hotel and Conference Centre; Sarah Fleming, Visit Belfast; Danielle Neyts, Tourism Ireland; Letitia Wade, Fáilte Ireland; Orla Kraft, Tourism Ireland; and Rachel Deegan, Shannon Region Conference & Sports Bureau.

The headquarters of more than 2,000 associations are in Brussels, making the city an important source of association conferences and business tourism for Ireland.

Waste Management Workshops

Waste Management Workshops will be held by Green Hospitality during April and May in Tralee, Cork, Castlebar and Galway

These frer half day workshops are designed to provide hospitality businesses with information that will enable them to;

-Reduce waste costs by managing/minimising waste

-Understand Compliance– a focus on FOG/WEEE

-Identify Cost Saving Opportunities – focus on Food Waste

-Understand Packaging Waste and your responsibilities

Hotelympia medal for David

David Fountain, head chef at PayPal Dundalk, won a bronze medal at the Sodexo UK and Ireland Chef of the Year Final at Hotelympia, the UK’s biggest foodservice event, in Londo.

David (centre) is pictured with Chris Bray, CEO Sports & Leisure, Sodexo UK & Ireland and chef Raymond Blanc OBE.

'Masters' campaign for Irish tourism

As the 80th US Masters gets under way in Augusta Tourism Ireland has launched a new golf campaign in the United States, which includes a new 30-second ad which will air to an estimated 8 million households over the coming days on the NBC Golf Channel. A further 1.2 million people will see the ad on www.golfchannel.com.

Tourism Ireland aims to build on its successful ‘Home of Champions’ campaign, reminding golfers across the US about our fantastic golf courses where our champions – including Rory McIlroy, Pádraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell, Shane Lowry and Darren Clarke – honed and perfected their skills. This evening (7 April), Tourism Ireland will host its annual ‘Meet the Irish’ media event at the US Masters – highlighting our world-class golf to influential golf journalists from right around the United States.

Westbury Joins Virtuoso

The Doyle Collection’s Dublin flagship, The Westbury, has joined Virtuoso, a luxury network. It becomes the third hotel in Dublin, and the thirteenth in Ireland to jin the group.

Virtuoso travel advisors draw upon first-hand experience and connections to partner with clients in order to craft the perfect vacation. The network currently spans across North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.