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Fáilte Ireland is the operating name of the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland. This authority was established under the National Tourism Development Authority Act of 2003 to replace and build upon the functions of Bord Fáilte, its predecessor organisation. [ 1 ]
Renamed as the Department of Tourism and Trade [13] 21 January 1993 Transfer of Energy to the Department of Tourism, Transport and Communications [14] 11 July 1997 Transfer of Trade to the Department of Enterprise and Employment [15] 12 July 1997 Renamed as the Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation [16] 18 June 2002
Thomson Travel Group plc was a business formed by the Thomson Corporation of Canada, when it was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1998. It was acquired by Preussag AG , an industrial and transport conglomerate, in 2000.
Tourism Ireland (Irish: Turasóireacht Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Tourism Airlan [1] or Reengin Airlann) [2] is the marketing body responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas. Tourism Ireland was established as one of "six areas of co-operation" under the framework of the 1998 Belfast Agreement and became operational in January 2002.
The new activities led to the creation of the World Travel & Tourism Human Resources Centre in Vancouver and the World Travel & Tourism Taxation Policy Centre in the United States. [5] In 1997, the WTTC organised the first Global Travel and Tourism Summit in Vilamoura, Portugal. [4] Membership in the organisation reached 100 the same year. [4]
The Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport (Irish: An tAire Ealaíon, Meán, Cumarsáide, Cultúir agus Spóirt) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport.
It provides a service to the public for information on tourist destinations within Northern Ireland, public transport, accommodation, and the various tourist attractions throughout Northern Ireland. It was established in 1948 as part of the Development of Tourist Traffic Act (NI), and its remit was affirmed by the Tourism (NI) Order 1992. [ 1 ]
It was formed out of a merger between the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourism Council, and is a non-departmental public body responsible to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In April 2009, VisitEngland became more of a stand-alone body from VisitBritain, more on a par with the devolved entities, VisitScotland and ...