Now this is big news. The Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, has lit up green for our Global Greening 2019. Isn’t it fab!
#StPatricksDay2019
#GlobalGreening
Lovely to see US actor Patrick Duffy (remember Bobby Ewing ?) and his partner Linda Purl (remember Fonzie's girlfriend Ashley in Happy Days?) visiting Ireland this week. Tourism Ireland are working with Patrick to trace his roots in Mayo - a film will air in 2023 in the USA.
‘Ireland - China: Standing strong together’ Now that’s what I call respect. Beijing’s Silk Market lights up for
#GlobalGreening
#StPatricksDay2020
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After 21 great years with Tourism Ireland, 14 of them as Chief Executive, I have informed the Chairman of my intention to step down from my role in April 2023. Being CEO of Tourism Ireland has been an honour and a privilege. Thank you all for all the wonderful support.
Ireland’s vaccine record is really impressive.
90% of 12+ population fully vaccinated
92.5% of adults (18+) fully vaccinated
84% of 18-29 age-group fully vaccinated
Well done
@muirtheimhne
@paulreiddublin
and everyone involved in this fantastic achievement.
Small world story-5 mins before I’m due to go live with Richard Quest on CNN this week - Geraldine Finnegan from
@CNN
says,my mother is a Gibbons from Mayo - 24hrs later we discover that our grandfathers were brothers - here’s the family pic from 1913-only took 105 years to meet!
Did you watch Normal People? Thanks
@ElementPictures
+
@lennyabrahamson
for their generosity in agreeing to make this behind-the-scenes film with us. Keeps the beauty of Ireland to the fore. Dublin and Sligo look great. Thanks
@normalpeople
#NormalPeople
Hello everyone, thank you all for your good wishes over the last month.I have been undergoing medical treatment which I’m glad to say is now complete.The road to recovery has begun.Caught this lovely sunrise on the Irish Sea last week at 5.15am,a reminder of brighter days ahead.
Our Director of Overseas Markets, Siobhan McManamy has been appointed Acting Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland from 9 May until 31 August 2022. This will allow me time to receive essential medical treatment. Thanks for your good wishes - look forward to being back in September.
The Parting Glass! Many thanks to Patricia Treacy, who played at President Biden’s inauguration, for sending this. It was recorded in Old St Patrick’s church, Chicago,built in 1854 by Irish immigrants. I love this tune and you will too. Congrats and thanks Patricia.
After a hectic few days, the final
#StPatricksDay
act of 2021 was to light a green candle for all those who work in hospitality across the globe whose lives have been turned upside down. Brighter days ahead.
We have teamed up with Ubisoft, the creator of the popular video game Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla, in a new campaign to promote the island of Ireland. The video game, called Wrath of the Druids, means we will reach a new audience of gamers around the world.
It’s official - were back! Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirms international travel to Ireland will return on 19 July in accordance with clear safety protocols. EU Digital Certificate adopted in Ireland.
Congratulations and best wishes to our friends and colleagues at
@AerLingus
who have restarted the San Francisco to Dublin non-stop service today. Great to be reconnected with the west coast of the USA again. 🇺🇸 ☘️ 🇺🇸 ☘️ 🇺🇸 ☘️
Delighted to be appointed to the Tourism Recovery Taskforce established by Minister
@Ross_Shane1
and
@BGriffinTD
to lead the recovery of the tourism sector in Ireland. Brighter days ahead.
An honour to be elected the 131st President of Dublin Chamber this evening. Delighted the Taoiseach spoke at our AGM dinner. Founded in 1783, the Chamber represents 1,300 companies that employ over 300,000 nationally.
@DubCham
@campaignforleo
My Dad died 33 years ago today in London. Little did I think then I would be leading a Dublin Chamber delegation to 10 Downing Street. Thanks to everyone who travelled. and
@cooperationirl
for their support.Delighted to fly the flag for British Irish co-operation today.
@DubCham
A diaspora story with a happy ending 110 years on! My grandmother Margaret Brennan said farewell to her sister,Annie,in Mayo in 1910. They never saw each other again. Annie arrived in Ellis Island with $20 and started a new life. I found my lost cousins in New Jersey this week.
My final day in Tourism Ireland. Thanks to everyone for supporting me on the journey. I wish you all happiness and good health. Next stop,
@NEOM
- Made to change.
WATCH: We are thrilled to announce our sponsorship of an exciting new giant-screen documentary film – narrated by Liam Neeson – called ‘Ireland’. The film will be seen by millions of viewers in IMAX and giant-screen theatres across the United States from February 2022!
I was delighted to welcome Bill Murray to Druids Glen in Wicklow today. It will be part of a series called ‘The Links Life’ to be broadcast later this year. ‘Actor Bill Murray’s new golf documentary putting Irish courses on the map’
@Independent_ie
Hopefully you won’t ever have to hear me say this again, but as Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland I’m telling you ‘DON’T TRAVEL THIS EASTER WEEKEND AND STAY AT HOME’.
@TourismIreland
,a cross border body supporting everyone on the island of Ireland
@HSELive
@NHSuk
@paulreiddublin
Delighted to see President Macron make his first visit to Ireland . We shall have the ‘green carpet’ out to welcome him. Thanks to everyone for ‘lighting up’ for France tonight . Many thanks Trinity College
@tcddublin
@tcdalumni
@vincentguerend
@IrelandMonica
Thank you so much to all my followers and friends for keeping connected on social media. Never been a more important time to keep communications flowing. Thanks again. ‘Tourism Ireland boss Niall Gibbons ‘most influential’ Irish CEO on LinkedIn
Delighted to catch up with Imelda May on Grafton Street in Dublin today. Imelda is helping with the tourism recovery effort working on a programme with us to be broadcast on Sky Arts later in the year. Very exciting - watch this space.
@ImeldaOfficial
Thrilled to write this cover story on the greatest little island in the world for National Geographic Traveller. In shops now.
@NatGeoTravelUK
#NGTUK
#LoveIreland
Yay. Tourism Ireland have just won the ‘Best stand for doing business’ at World Travel Market in London. Well done to our team in Great Britain.
@WTM_London
Happy New Year everyone. The tourism clock goes back to zero today. Looking to welcome 10,800,000 visitors to the island of Ireland this year. That’s about 29,600 visitors every day. Let’s get cracking.
I took this photo of my daughter Jane 23 years ago when the Good Friday Agreement was done. ‘Goodbye to the Bloody Days’ was the headline. Here she is looking great 23 years on. It was nice to share the story with Senator George Mitchell who brokered the deal. Happy Easter .
Big day tomorrow, Monday. We launch our marketing campaigns for 2019 promoting Ireland as a great holiday destination. A brand new campaign, record results and a hard working team are a great combination for continued success. The stage is set....
This is a great honour. Thanks to all my followers around the globe for their support, the Tourism Ireland team for the great content and my family for their endless patience. ‘Tourism Ireland’s Niall Gibbons named ‘most influential’ Irish CEO on LinkedIn’
Amidst all the difficulty and uncertainty for our industry,it was great to see that we won the ‘best destination’ award in New York for the seventh year in a row from the readers of Travel Weekly.Well done
@metcalfealison1
and our team in the USA.
Amazing setting at the Irish Embassy in London for our re-opening dinner this evening in London. It’s the first event held here since March 2020. It’s an honour to be the first event.
@AdrianGONeill
@dfatirl
@TourismIreland
This can mean only one thing - St. Patrick’s week. I’ll be tweeting from the USA this week at a very important time in the calendar as we seek to cement old relationships and build new ones for the benefit of our tourism industry.
#StPatricksDay2019
#GlobalGreening
Big news - great to be in London where Red Carnation, owners of Ashford Castle, have announced plans for a new 5 star hotel in Dublin. Congrats
@red_carnation
The golf and views in Ireland are amazing. I took this video at Ballybunion in Kerry today. Great to hear American accents again on the golf course. Look forward to welcoming many more people to Ireland in the months ahead.
@BallybunionGN
@TeachDeBroc
I have to say congratulations and well done to the Gardaí.
@gardainfo
. I watched this brilliant video and am convinced they are working for
@TourismIreland
. This is the welcome all international visitors will get when it’s safe to travel again. Stay safe and well everyone.
Farewell and best wishes to the longest serving Irish diplomat in history.Michael Collins,our Ambassador in Germany retires after 46.5 years in the diplomatic service.
@TourismIreland
wish Michael and his wife Marie every happiness in the future
@dfatirl
‘I left Ireland when I was a boy, I was 11, so over the many decades now going back, there’s always something to discover.’ Great to have James Bond (aka Pierce Brosnan) help us keep the lights on for Ireland abroad. Thanks to
@PierceBrosnan
and
@IFTA
for their support.
Minister for Finance announces reduction in VAT for hospitality from 13.5% to 9% from 1 November 2020 until 31 December 2021. Well done Minister
@Paschald
. Good news for tourism and hospitality.
For me, this feels like putting away the decorations after Christmas. But seriously, a big thanks to everyone for making this a great St. Patrick’s week. One of our core values in Tourism Ireland is Collaboration - ‘Together we achieve more’ - no better week to see it in action.
Delighted to see that luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent have launched a new Ireland tourism product. ‘A taste of Ireland’ includes a 10 day self drive trip in Dublin, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry, Galway and Kildare. Another step in a positive direction.
We are grateful to Ireland supporters across the world who, despite unprecedented challenges,are marking St Patrick’s Day and remembering Ireland in a very positive light.Hope our Global Greening will bring a little positivity and hope to people everywhere
Amazing set up at the IMAX theatre in Manhattan for the screening this evening of ‘Ireland’ narrated by Liam Neeson. This is the largest screen in North America measuring eight stories tall.
Now this is big news for Ireland. The Japan v Ireland rugby match will be the most watched sporting event in Japan this year. Great profile for Ireland. Well done
@IrishEmbJapanEN
Best wishes to all my hospitality friends and colleagues who are re-opening their businesses in Ireland tomorrow, 29th June. It’s been a tough few months, we still have a long way to go but you can be assured of our continued 100% support.
@Irishtourismind
@IHFcomms
@RAI_ie
The Sydney Opera House, St. Patricks Day 2021. Back to where it all began in 2010. Thanks to everyone who has helped to make this global greening project an amazing phenomenon. Over 700 icons in 66 countries this year. Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Yay. Lonely Planet have named the Burren Ecotourism Network in their ‘Best in Travel 2021’. It puts the area in the top 30 places to travel in the world and is a great credit to the local community who have worked so hard. Well deserved recognition.
Allez Irlande! We are capitalising on the big match between Ireland and France this week with publicity stunts on the streets of Paris. TikTok sensation Cairde are dancing their way to the Stade de France which will be lighting up green too. Allez les verts. ☘️☘️🇫🇷🇫🇷
@_cairde
‘Brilliantly bohemian, Galway is arguably Ireland’s most engaging city’. Now 4th best in the world thanks to - Best in Travel - Top 10 cities to visit in 2020 - Lonely Planet
Thanks to Bill Murray and his family for visiting Ireland. Trip not over yet but great to see and hear such a positive reaction around the country from the visit.
Just off the phone with old friend, Ambassador
@DanMulhall
, who finishes a stellar 44 year career with the Department of Foreign Affairs today.Dan has been a close friend and ally for tourism. Best wishes and thanks to Dan,Greta and their family from all of us in tourism.
Another blow to air connectivity for the entire island of Ireland. Thoughts are with the Stobart/Aer Lingus teams today. ‘Stobart Air ceases trading, Aer Lingus regional flights on 12 routes cancelled’
via
@IrishTimes
‘I will return’- I hope you like our new video which is playing out around the globe reminding people of the magic of Ireland. Fill your heart with Ireland via
@YouTube
Been on Zoom video with the
@TourismIreland
team around the globe this week. A shout out here for our Head of Italy, Niamh Kinsella, based in Milan. The team there have endured the toughest few weeks you could imagine but still keep the spirits high. Well done
@NiamhKinsella7
So I have promised
@JohnKingCNN
that we will have a green carpet out when he comes to Ireland to map his ancestors. Irish Times friend
@SiCarswell
was quick off the mark! ‘It begins in Doonloughan’ - CNN’s John King maps his Irish ancestry
Cafes and restaurants in cities like Brussels & Paris are being allowed to take over road & path space to help them reopen. Would you like to see the same in Dublin?
#BetterDublin
Here’s our brand new video with Mark Hamill advising everyone to ‘escape the dark side along Earth’s Wild Atlantic Way- it's the perfect place to get away from it all’. This is now live across our markets promoting Ireland around the globe.
Great to see Dublin Bay Cruises start today,8 June. It’s been a tough time for the industry but great to see things moving again. Well done to Eugene Garrihy + the team. Best wishes for the summer season.
@DublinBayCruise
@g_eugenegarrihy
@DoireannGarrihy
Our new campaign ‘Fill your heart with Ireland’ is already been seen in the USA with these wrapped buses travelling the streets of New York and Los Angeles. Great to see
@metcalfealison1
@DanMulhall
‘It’s easy to see why so many people find the lure of this beautiful country so difficult to resist. And we received such wonderful hospitality...’What a ringing endorsement for Irish tourism from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the Museum of Literature Ireland, tonight.
Great news - congrats to Richard Corrigan being awarded ‘Restauranteur of the Year’ in the UK. An amazing achievement by an Irishman abroad.
@CorrigansFood
Today was my final overseas office visit as CEO of Tourism Ireland. It was great to meet and say farewell to my colleagues in New York, led by Alison Metcalfe. They have done a superb job over my 14 years as CEO making the island of Ireland a ‘must see’ destination.
This is fantastic. We worked with
@Disney
and Kenneth Branagh to produce this wonderful video highlighting our amazing island as a film destination. Disney today have released Artemis Fowl, a sci-fi movie based on the novel of the same name by Eoin Colfer.
Delighted to meet Vice President Biden on his visit to Ireland in 2016. The Ireland - USA relationship is such a special one. Congratulations and best wishes to the President elect and delighted that he has Mayo roots too. ☘️ ☘️ ☘️ 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
It’s hard to beat traditional Irish music when abroad. Great atmosphere at the Irish Embassy in Japan for the pre match reception.
@IrishEmbJapanEN
I was honoured to be recognised by Lord Mayor of Belfast, Christina Black, for my contribution to the city over the last 21 years. It’s great to see the tourism renaissance that has transformed Belfast, a positive outcome from the 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement.
Trinity Ball Nostalgia from 1988. 32 years ago today we were on the front page of the
@IrishTimes
with this pic taken while in the queue at front gate. Sad no Trinity Ball last night but better to stay at home - safe and well. Have a good weekend everyone.
@tcddublin
@tcdalumni
Today, 27 September, is World Tourism Day. My thoughts are with the 325,000+ workers in the hospitality industry across the island of Ireland whose lives have been turned upside down this year. A small reminder here of what makes us great!
Delighted to hear Air Canada will fly Vancouver - Dublin four times weekly from 1 June 2022 and also Montreal - Dublin three times weekly from 2 June 2022. Despite short term uncertainties, good to see a strong picture emerging from Canada for summer 2022.
I was honoured to attend the White House yesterday for the Shamrock ceremony. Great to see President Biden and Vice President Harris along with our own Taoiseach (Prime Minister) renew the close friendship between our countries.
I rushed to the local bookstore to buy the new book ‘Peppa Pig goes to Ireland’ . We can’t claim any credit for this in Tourism Ireland but it’s a heart warming story in the current travel climate. There isn’t even a mention of NPHET or quarantine.