| Cork Convention Bureau |
 Cork Convention Bureau (CCB) joined with association-sector specialists from Convention Bureaux and Convention Centres across the UK and Ireland to share ideas on how to promote their destinations to national and international conference organisers, at an inaugural meeting in 'NewcastleGateshead'. . Read more...
 CCB recently assisted Miriam Silke, CEO of the College of Psychiatry in bringing the annual association conference to the Clarion Hotel Cork, where over 250 delegates attended.
(Pictured left) Miriam Silke, College of Psychiatry & Evelyn O'Sullivan, CCB |
| Cork to Promote Lonely Planet Accolade |
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 Cork City Council is to invest €80k in a major regional advertising campaign to boost awareness of the City's inclusion in the Lonely Planet 'Best in Travel 2010'.The advertising and PR campaign includes:
■ innovative iPhone application ■ top City tourist attraction brochure
■ high-profile billboard campaign ■ media relations campaign Read more... |
| Dine in Cork - April 30th - May 8th |
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Devised by the Restaurants Association of Ireland, supported by Cork City Council and the Evening Echo.
'Dine In Cork-Restaurant Week' will see over 40 of Cork's top restaurants offering a special promotional rate of €25 per person for traditional 3 course dinner menus. Click here for full details |
| Clipper Shopping Promotion for Cork City Centre |
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The Clipper Round the World yacht race will arrive into Cork Harbour July 1st this year. Race organisers have designated a shore day in Cork City for the 3,000 strong yacht crews, their families, traveling media etc. on Thursday July 7th.
Cork Marketing Partnership are currently coordinating a unique opportunity for city centre shops, restaurants, pubs and businesses to avail of these 3,000 potential new customers. Read more... |
| New routes for Cork |
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 Cork Marketing Partnership welcomes the news that Manx2.com is to launch Cork to Galway flights from July 2nd 2010.
Designed to reconnect Cork, Southern Ireland's largest county, with Galway in the heart of the West, Manx2.com will operate 14 flights a week reducing travel times from three hours to just 40 minutes. Read more... |
| Marshalled Taxi Rank hours reduced |
 Cork City Cares is limiting operation of the Marshalled Taxi Rank and will now operate over strategic and busy weekends where there is a significant increase in demand e.g. Festivals and Celebrations. This will facilitate the development of new and additional initiatives by Cork City Cares as we continue in striving to deliver a vibrant night time environment on the island of Cork city centre. Read more... |
| Major Tourism Conference comes to Youghal - May 13th & 14th |
 Maximising the direct value to the economy of heritage tourism and the serious decline of both domestic and international visitors to Ireland will be the main topics of discussion at the upcoming Tourism Conference in Youghal, Co. Cork, on 13th and 14th May 2010. The Conference will see over 100 tourism industry officials and members of Local Authorities, Economic Development Officers, as well as all public and private bodies involved in maximising the tourism potential of heritage towns descend on the East Cork town. Read more... |
| Competition - courtesy of GoCar Cork |
 Great competition to win cooking lessons with Darina Allen in Ballymaloe, brought to you from GoCar.
Click here to go to GoCar Ireland Facebook page, become a fan, then just click Sweepstakes to enter. As easy as hiring a GoCar!!!
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