| Cork Marketing Partnership - Summer Marketing Campaign |
 The Cork Marketing Partnership Summer 2009 marketing campaign achieved record TV viewings, website hits and entries to radio promotions.
Visitors, guests and customers repeatedly sited the TV campaign as the prompt which influenced their decision to come to Cork and see what is going on.
Events and Festivals have reported better than anticipated out-turns on ticket sales. Accommodation levels, whilst challenging in the first 6 months of the year, have seen recovery in the number of booking since June. |
| Cork Convention Bureau |
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Cork Convention Bureau: Selling Cork Internationally Cork Convention Bureau will attend a series of international trade shows across Europe this autumn promoting Cork as an international conference location.
Pictured here at the recent IMEX event in Germany is Ann Cronin, Business Development Manager at Cork Convention Bureau (2nd from left).
 Conference Business from the UK So far this year Cork Convention Bureau has hosted 30 top UK conference & incentive buyers in Cork. Each of these buyers provided positive feedback on Cork as a unique first class conference destination, and we look forward to securing new business from the UK market.
To find out more information on Cork Convention Bureau, please click here. |
| Cork Better Building Awards 2009 |
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 Cork Marketing Partnership reminds businesses the closing date for entries to the 2009 Better Building Awards is looming: Friday, August 28th. All businesses in Cork City Centre, heritage and conservation projects within the Cork City boundary and Tourism facilities in the greater Cork area are invited to enter the 2009 Awards (no cost involved).
The 2009 Awards were launched at the Bodega @ St Peter's Market earlier this month and 2,500 brochures have been distributed throughout the city, entries can also be made on line at Cork Better Building Awards. The number of entries received to date already exceeded the 2008 Awards as business line up to display their pride in their buildings.
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| Cork City Cares |
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 Cork Marketing Partnership congratulates the Pubs of Cork city centre together with their sponsors Carlsberg and 96FM in the staging of the inaugural Decades Festival in 38 pubs across Cork city centre on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd August 2009.
With a city-wide latebar licence on Friday and Saturday night every pub will be making a special effort to create an illusion of times past with both staff and venue dressed to reflect their decade and customers encouraged to dress up, making Cork one big fancy dress party for the weekend!
 Cork City Cares wishes very best of luck to the Festival and all the participating vintners and as always we would urge that all patrons,
"Planning your night out .......plan your way home",
Ireland's only Marshalled Taxi Rank on Friday and Saturday evenings 12midnight - 3am outside Brown Thomas on Patrick Street, Cork. |
| Retail Boost For Cork |
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 Cork Marketing Partnership welcomes the expansion of the region's retail offer. The autumn launch of new city retail developments at Half Moon Street, Opera Avenue and Dunnes Stores, Patrick Street creates an impressive new asset with which to sell the region.
Among the high profile retailers confirmed are: H&M, Topshop, Boots and Next.
Check out our new ' Cork Business News' page for further updates and articles on Cork Businesses. |
| 300 Million Viewers To See Tour Of Ireland Hit Cork |
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 Over 300 million TV viewers are set to tune in to see Cork showcased in this year's Tour of Ireland cycle race, on Sunday August 23rd, 2009.
The race line up features the two biggest names in world cycling - seven times winner of the Tour de France Lance Armstrong (Team Astana) and eight times Tour de France stage winner Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia-HTC).
The finish line of this world class event takes place on MacCurtain Street, from 1:15pm on Sunday August 23rd. Click here for the best places to watch. |
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