Not that I want any competition or anything... but Marie-Therese in the Marketing Institute tells us that the closing date for entries in the All Ireland Marketing Awards is next Thursday, 22nd March. The All-Ireland Marketing Awards of 2007 feature a broad range of categories, reflecting all the major areas of the profession of marketing, and all of these are open to companies, teams and individuals based anywhere on the island of Ireland. Finalists will be chosen from all the entries in each category to go to the final stage of judging where presentations are made to a panel of judges, and winners in each category will be selected.
These comprehensive awards are the nation's premier means of recognising business excellence. They were established by The Marketing Institute of Ireland to highlight the achievements of Irish marketing and sales professionals, and reward their major contribution to economic growth and competitiveness of our island. They also serve to promote excellence and best practice in all the marketing disciplines, especially highlighting the central relationship between good marketing and profit performance.
The All Ireland Marketing Awards team is delighted to welcome The Irish Independent as their exclusive media partner. These awards will no doubt attract considerable interest from the media, both national and international, but the winners will remain a closely guarded secret until they are announced at the All-Ireland Marketing Awards Gala Dinner on 17th May 2007 in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin.
Closing Date for Entries: 22nd March 2007
Judging / Presentations: April 2007
Awards Gala Ceremony: 17th May 2007
Visit the AIM Website for further information on categories and how to enter, or contact Marie Therese Campbell at the Marketing Institute on 01
216 0150. www.aimawards.ie
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NEO Member Finola Sloyan of Costa Del Sol Events has recently launched the deliciously decadent yet surprisingly healthy sounding Mediterranean Cooking, Yoga, Wine and Tapas Tasting Retreats. The retreats take place in Andalucia in the Casa La Concha, West of Marbella. The first retreat starts on the 22nd of March, for 3 days, and it sounds just the ticket for refreshing yourself before the Spring madness really gets underway.
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Not only have First Choice Travel bought up Deirdre Bounds' company i-to-i Travel, but Abbey Tours have also been on the acquisition trail. Abbey Travel have bought O'Mara Travel in what appears to be a nice friendly merger. John Healy and O'Mara Travel's inbound operations team of staff will join Abbey Tours in Abbey Street, whilst Eoghan O'Mara Walsh will remain with O'Mara Travel continuing to operate their other lines of business which include
Club Med Worldwide holidays, European River Cruising and associated companies Heritage Island and Heritage Ireland Ltd.
Abbey Tours Managing Director Brian Mc Colgan said:
“We are delighted to acquire the business of such a well established and reputable company. We have known O’Mara as a competitor for many years and are very much aware of their excellent reputation. This is an important strategic move for Abbey Tours, we will benefit from entry in to new and complementary markets, as well as securing the considerable expertise of the O Mara management team and staff. This year we expect to handle over 100,000 visitors to Ireland, there is plenty of scope to further develop overseas markets and that is the primary objective of Abbey Tours.’’
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Conference delegates to Dublin can now avail of the Dublin Pass at reduced rates!
Dublin Convention Bureau and Dublin Tourism have teamed up to offer the Dublin Pass at a special rate to conference delegates visiting Ireland’s capital city. Essentially a passport to Dublin, the Dublin Pass is an initiative of Dublin Tourism and offers free entry to 32 of the city’s top visitor attractions including the Guinness Storehouse, Kilmainham Gaol and the GAA Museum and Croke Park Stadium Tour.
The Dublin Pass also provides added value deals in terms of the many special offers and discounts that are available with the Pass at some of Dublin’s best shops, restaurants, cafés, theatres, entertainment venues and tours. Throw in a free one way transfer from the airport on the comfortable and efficient Aircoach service, a free 84 page, full colour, guidebook to Dublin and the facility to enjoy VIP status and skip the queues at certain attractions and it soon becomes clear that the Dublin Pass makes great sense both from a conference organiser’s and a conference delegate’s point of view! Conference organizers interested in offering the Dublin Pass to their delegates should contact: Catherine McCluskey,
Dublin Tourism,
T: +353 01 8722077,
E: conference@dublinpass.ie
Welcome to DCB New Members
2007 is already looking very promising for Dublin Convention Bureau with five new members joining the not-for-profit destination marketing organization since the New Year. Jean Evans, CEO, said ‘We are very pleased that several new venues and properties have decided to come on board, especially coupled with the fact that our retention rates of existing members have also increased. This allows us to confidently offer our clients the very best suppliers in the city in terms of quality, customer focus and professionalism and is a win-win situation for everyone concerned. New members include Kildare Village (we love it!), the Park Plaza Tyrrelstown, the Camden Court Hotel, The Emmaus Conference Centre (a unique venue located in 10 acres of rural mature grounds
near Swords in the north of Dublin) and Custom Ireland (a well established destination management company).
ICCA Research, Sales & Marketing Programme 2007 rebranding
After twelve successful ICCRM's (International Congress and Convention Researchers Meetings), ICCA has found that the event had evolved from being purely focused on research and moved into related sales and marketing subjects. The delegate mix has also undergone a transformation, with more sales and marketing managers and executives in attendance. In order to reflect this evolution the ICCRM has been rebranded into the ICCA Research, Sales & Marketing Programme which will take place this year from the 5-7th July at Citywest Hotel & Conference Centre, Dublin, Ireland.
The 2007 programme will include more educational contributions from association and corporate meeting planners, practical case studies, teamwork exercises, and detailed sessions on bidding for international association meetings and will be moderated by Ulrike Jacobsen, Deputy Director of the Vienna Convention Bureau. A lively social programme has also been designed to allow delegates to sample the legendary Irish hospitality and includes a welcome dinner at Citywest Hotel & Conference Centre, a networking dinner at traditional Irish pub Johnnie Fox’s and a farewell party at the Guinness Storehouse. Visit the ICCA website: www.iccaworld.com/dbs/programme2007
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