AUTUMN’S Donegal Tourism Seminar will take place tomorrow in the Garden Suite at Harvey’s Point Hotel.
Tourism and travel experts are set to share their expertise on emerging travel trends, tourism strategies and marketing techniques.
Barney McLaughlin Head of Tourism at Donegal County Council said the seminar is all about enabling greater collaboration and networking among tourism providers in Donegal.
Guest speakers include Founder and Managing Director of TravelMedia.ie Michael Collins; General Manager of the Shandon Hotel & Spa, Carolynne Harrison; Social Media & Digital Expert Greg Fry; Wild Atlantic Way Manager at Fáilte Ireland Joan Crawford; and Managing Director & Publisher of National Geographic Traveller (UK) Matthew Jackson.
This seminar is one of a series of seminars hosted twice a year by Donegal County Council’s Tourism Unit.
“We believe that it is important for the Tourism Sector in Donegal to be kept fully informed of the changing needs of the global travel and tourism industry,” said Mr McLaughlin.
“Donegal is competing in an increasingly competitive environment and in many cases we are punching above our weight when it comes to destination brand recognition. Accolades such as ‘the coolest place on the planet’ by National Geographic Traveller (UK) and the ‘Medias favourite place in Ireland’ an award bestowed on Donegal at the Media Travel Awards in Dublin earlier this year, are extremely important for a location such as Donegal.”
“We now need to make sure that we maximise the opportunities presented to us by these prestigious accolades and the tourism trade in Donegal is critical to ensuring that this happens. Our visitors are becoming more and more discerning and we need to ensure that Donegal is well positioned to meet the expectations of our visitors”.
This seminar will take place in Harvey’s Point Hotel, Lough Eske, Donegal Town at 9.30am on Thursday.