Tourism Ireland completes US sales mission, another planned for April

Tourism Ireland leading a delegation from 13 Irish tourism businesses and 4 American tour operators has completed a "Best of Ireland" sales mission to Austin, Dallas, Phoenix and Denver. B2B events in each city featured interactive presentations about Ireland, along with meetings with US operators and agents.

Participating Irish businesses included:

Adams & Butler
Aran Island Ferries
Authentic Vacations
CIE Tours
Crindle Bespoke
Griffin Group
Hysterical Histories Cork
Ireland’s Blue Book
Isle Inn Tours
Katie Daly’s Ireland
Luxurious Ireland
Mount Congreve House & Gardens
National Trust – Giant’s Causeway and Carrick-a-Rede
O'Donoghue Ring Collection
Shannon Heritage
Titanic Belfast
Vintage Tea Trips

Tourism Ireland Head of North America Alison Metcalfe said:

“The United States remains an extremely important market for tourism to the island of Ireland – it’s our most important market in terms of revenue and our second-largest market in terms of visitor numbers. Our visitors from the United States tend to stay longer, spend more and tour extensively around our regions.”

The next "Best of Ireland" US sales mission will be visiting Cleveland, Cincinnati, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago in April.