Dublin’s Guinness Storehouse completes CTW Training

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On 29th October 2018
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The Guinness Storehouse in Dublin – Ireland’s most popular tourist attraction – has been certified as a CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Quality Organisation after completing COTRI’s CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Training programme as part of Fáilte Ireland’s campaign. Following a national campaign that has seen many high-profile businesses undertaking CTW training, the Guinness Storehouse has […]

Ireland’s Castlemartyr Resort completes CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Training

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On 28th September 2018
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The luxury 5 star Castlemartyr Spa & Golf Resort situated in Co. Cork has become the latest prominent Irish business to see its staff complete COTRI’s CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Training programme. The training was delivered by official COTRI Country Partner for Ireland the Centre for Competitiveness as part of Fáilte Ireland’s wider national strategy […]

Irish COTRI Country Partner Dr. Tony Lenehan discusses CTW Training with Radio Kerry

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On 3rd July 2018
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Dr. Tony Lenehan, COTRI Country Partner for Ireland, appeared on Radio Kerry’s In Business programme discussing the CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Training he recently held at the 5-star Aghadoe Heights Hotel and Spa in Killarney. Dr. Lenehan was also joined later in the broadcast by hotel General Manager Niall Coffey, who expressed his delight at […]

CTW Certified Cairnryan-Belfast Stena Line Route Featured in BBC News Segment on Chinese Outbound Tourism

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On 30th August 2017
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Stena Line’s ferry connection serving the route between Cairnryan in Scotland and Belfast, Northern Ireland has been featured on a BBC Newsline segment on the topic of Chinese outbound tourism. The company recently became the first ferry operator in Europe to be awarded with COTRI’s CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Quality Host certification after 29 of […]

Ireland’s Cobh Tourism Certified as Chinese Tourist Welcome Quality Organisation

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 5th April 2017
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Cobh Tourism has become the first organisation in the Republic of Ireland to be awarded with COTRI’s CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Quality Organisation status following the participation of 34 local tourism businesses in the CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Training Programme, led by COTRI Country Partner Dr. Tony Lenehan, Executive Director the of Centre for Competitiveness. […]

Titanic Belfast, Ireland’s First Attraction to Complete China Tourist Welcome Training, Is Named Best Tourist Site in Europe.

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 7th September 2016
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The Titanic Belfast visitor attraction, an interactive museum built upon the former Harland & Wolff shipyard where the RMS Titanic was built, has been named as “Europe’s Leading Travel Attraction” at the World Travel Awards in Sardinia, Italy on September 4th, 2016. At the ceremony, nicknamed the “Tourism Oscars”, Titanic Belfast beat a host of […]

Tourism Ireland Wraps Up Sales Mission to China as Tourist Arrival Numbers Continue to Grow

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 25th May 2016
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Tourism Ireland completed a trade mission to China last week that led 15 companies through Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzen and Hong Kong between the 15th and 20th of May. The delegation held a number of presentations, workshops and networking events as a means of engaging with local tourism industry players that are both currently promoting Ireland’s […]