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Gibbons heads Chamber

Niall Gibbons, ceo of Tourism Ireland has been elected as chairman of Dublin Chamber.

He is pictured at the Chamber's annual dinner with An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. gibbons

Chefs from Kilkenny and Carlow gathered for a mentoring workshop to support the National Commis Chef Apprenticeship Programme, which is supported by Fáilte Ireland and other tourism industry bodies such as the Irish Hotels Federation and the Restaurants Association of Ireland. The Fáilte Ireland run workshop was held in the Kilkenny Ormonde

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Hotel to assist existing industry mentors who have apprentice commis chefs in training, to employ the necessary practical coaching and mentoring skills.

Paul Hayden, Head of Tourism Careers at Fáilte Ireland said that the workshop is part of an industry led initiative for the Commis Chef Apprenticeship Programme. Mr Hayden emphasised:

Booking.com tops channels

SiteMinder, the Galway-based guest acquisition platform, thas published its annual lists of the channels that brought the highest total booking revenue to hotels in Ireland and other top travel destinations around the world in 2018.

Based on total gross revenue made for SiteMinder’s hotel customers in Ireland, the top 12 booking channels in 2018 were:

1.Booking.com, 2.Hotel websites (direct bookings) 3.Expedia,4.Hotelbeds (incl. GTA + Tourico), 5.Global distribution systems 6.HRS - Hotel Reservation Service 7.Hostelworld Group, 8.Roomex, 9.Lastminute.com, 10.Agoda,

Varying from direct hotel websites to a new host of third-party channels, the diversity of the lists this year reflects a rise in consumer choice that is forcing hotels to compete for business on more booking channels than ever before.

'Nationwide' features Carlow

The fascinating stories behind Carlow’s historic houses, including Huntington Castle, Altamont House, Duckett’s Grove and Borris House, will brought to life on RTÉ’s

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Nationwide programme on Monday at 7pm.

Fáilte Ireland’s Jenny De Saulles, who heads up the Ireland’s Ancient East team, will also feature in the programme to discuss the important role Carlow’s great houses play in attracting overseas visitors to the region.

Speaking about Carlow’s historic houses, Jenny De Saulles said:

Ireland invades Viking land

Ireland was promoted to leading tour operators and travel agents from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland – at Tourism Ireland’s 2019 Nordic trade workshop, which to

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ok place in Copenhagen.

Pictured are Peter Nash, Tourism Ireland; HE Clíona Manahan, Irish Ambassador to Denmark; Aileen Hickey, Tourism Ireland; Chris Lundshøj and Eimear Ryan, both Ryanair.

Twenty-seven tourism companies from the island of Ireland took part in the workshop, meeting and doing business with the Nordic tour operators, to encourage them to extend their Ireland offering, or to include Ireland for the first time, in their brochures and programmes.

Aileen Hickey, Tourism Ireland’s Manager Nordic Region, said: