While most of Europe goes on holiday in August, winemakers and viticulturists are anxiously keeping an eye on their grapes.  The weather in August can make or break a vintage but, given the unpredictable weather so far in 2019, anything could happen. France is expecting a smaller harvest than 2018 due to frost at flowering […]

Senior managers from Ctrip, China’s largest online travel agency, are visiting Ireland this week as as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. Headquartered in Shanghai, Ctrip has more than 250m customers. The aim of the visit is to showcase some of the things to see and do in Ireland for Chinese visitors, and to […]

Fáilte Ireland’s new investment programme has received a total of 141 applications, worth almost €1.3bn in total, according to newly released statistics. The programme supports large-scale visitor attractions across the country through the National Tourism Development Authority’s Platforms for Growth programme. This is the highest number of project proposals ever submitted to Fáilte Ireland in […]