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New Report Shows Increase In Number Of Irish Residents Travelling To UK

A new analysis published by foreign exchange specialist FEXCO Corporate Payments has found that Irish demand for travel to the UK is booming. Researcher...

RAI Reports Says Tourism VAT Increase Will Cost Jobs

In light of a new economic impact report by economist Jim Power which assesses the impact that a 1% increase in the tourism VAT rate would have on the sect...

Taoiseach Advises Against Withdrawing Hospitality Industry's 9% VAT Rate

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that withdrawing the hospitality industry's special 9% VAT rate in the upcoming budget "could actually do damage"...

Fáilte Ireland Hosts Workshop To Pitch Ireland To Overseas Travel Agents

Fáilte Ireland hosted the first in a series of custom-made workshops yesterday (Monday September 18) as part of a targeted 2018 sales drive to enabl...

Titanic Belfast Records 22% Increase In Visitor Numbers

Titanic Belfast has announced that it's recorded an increase of 22% in visitor numbers since April of this year. The Belfast Telegraph reports that...

'Get Brexit Ready' Launched As Failte Ireland Warns Of 300,000 Less UK Visitors This Year

Fáilte Ireland has unveiled a suite of industry supports designed to help businesses that are at risk due to, or already struggling with, the loss o...

'Gathering No 2' Put On Hold Over Brexit Currency Concerns

A proposed second run of 'The Gathering' has reportedly been put on the back-burner over recent currency concerns in the aftermath of last year's Brexit vo...

Slump In UK Trade May Cost Irish Hospitality €70m This Year

According to a new report commissioned by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) and authored by Dublin City University economist Anthony Foley, the d...