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Six Galway tourism businesses were honoured at the CIÉ Tours Annual Awards of Excellence. CIÉ Tours, the largest carrier of US visitors to Ireland every year, held its annual awards of excellence, celebrating Irish hoteliers and tourist experience operators who have been singled out by the 30,000 visitors who came to Ireland with CIÉ Tours in 2025.

Six Galway tourism businesses have been recognised at the CIÉ Tours Annual Awards of Excellence.

Hoteliers from across the country recently met with TDs and Senators to discuss the key challenges facing Irish tourism and the necessary measures the Irish Hotels Federation is calling for to ensure the successful long-term development of Ireland’s largest indigenous industry, supporting over 270,000 livelihoods – including 22,000 in Galway.

Hoteliers from across the country recently met with TDs and Senators to discuss the key challenges facing Irish tourism and the necessary measures the Irish Hotels Federation is calling for to ensure the successful long-term development of Ireland’s largest indigenous industry, supporting over 270,000 livelihoods – including 22,000 in Galway.

Galway was on show last week at one of the largest travel trade fairs in the world, ITB in Berlin. Tourism companies from across Ireland – including Killary Fjord Boat Tours and Connemara Adventure Tours – joined Tourism Ireland at the fair, to grow our share of the important German travel market.

Eleven (11) tourism companies from Ireland – including Aran Island Ferries and Killary Fjord Boat Tours – joined Tourism Ireland’s Lunch & Learn events in France this week. The events took place in the cities of Bordeaux and Toulouse.

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, launched Ireland’s first INSTO Observatory at ATU yesterday marking a historic moment for the nation’s tourism industry and signalling a commitment to sustainable practices in the sector.

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A large group of tourism businesses met last week in Maigh Cuilinn to explore opportunities for collaboration and to discuss the promotion of Connemara and the Islands as a tourist destination. There was a good mix of accommodation, visitor centres, activity providers, tour providers and members of the retail sector present on the day. The theme of the event was ‘Stronger Together - Ní neart go cur le chéile.’

New Late Late Show presenter, Patrick Kielty and former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, were among the notable luminaries who addressed a large gathering during a landmark major tourism conference in the Radisson Blu Hotel Athlone on Monday.