The winners of a tourist photography competition, which challenged amateur photographers to capture the 'Wonders of Ireland', were revealed today (Tuesday, 18th August 2009). The announcement was made by Gulliver Ireland, the cost effective provider of reservations and tourism information, at the launch of the GoIreland.com Photography Awards 2009.
Held in association with John Hinde Ireland, the GoIreland....
Bed & Breakfast (B&B) owners and tourists will benefit from a new low-cost, high quality guidebook, which contains lists of every approved B&B in Ireland, according to Dr Stewart Stephens, Managing Director of Gulliver Ireland.
He was speaking at the launch of the new Irish Homes Bed & Breakfast Guidebook 2009. The guidebook is published by Global ...
Gulliver Ireland, Ireland’s leading cost effective provider of reservations and tourism information that is part of FEXCO, announced that it has won the Irish Internet Association (IIA) 2009 Net Visionary ‘ Online Tourism’ Award for its website, www.goireland.com.
The award was made for consistently promoting Ireland as a t...
Wexford Hotel Wins Overall Gulliver Ireland Award
The Gulliver Ireland Tourism Accommodation Awards 2008 winners were announced today 14th of May 2009 with the overall award won by the Ferrycarrig Hotel in Co. Wexford.
The Judging Panel selected the Wexford hotel for its exceptional online marketing performance through the Gulliver booking system and o...
Gulliver Ireland Hotel Sector Review 2009
Online hotel bookings grew by 11 per cent last year where domestic tourists made six out of every ten online hotel bookings, according to the Gulliver Ireland Hotel Sector Review 2009. The Review was launched today [Tuesday, 3rd of March] to coincide with the 2009 Irish Hotel Federation Annual Conference.
Gulliver Ireland, the cost effective provider of reservations and tourism information, announced today (Monday, 28th July 2008) the launch of a photographic search for the definitive 'Wonders of Ireland' that particularly fascinate people and will stand the test of time.
Launched by the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism Martin Cullen, T.D., the GoIreland.com Phot...
Gulliver Ireland Announces Tourism Property Award Winners
The winners of the Gulliver Ireland Tourism Accommodation Awards 2007 were announced today (Thursday, 1st May 2008), with the Temple Bar Hotel in Dublin securing the overall award.
Now in their fourth year, the Gu...
GoIreland.com to Consolidate Positioning as Ireland's Largest Tourist Accommodation Website
Gulliver Ireland, the owner of one of Ireland's longest established travel websites, GoIreland.com, announced today (Monday, 14th April 2008) that it has relaunched the website to consolidate its positioning as the largest tourist accommodation website on the island of Ireland. Gul...
Domestic Tourist Hotel Bookings are Double UK Visitor and Four Times US Visitor Booking Levels
Domestic tourists continued to be the largest source of hotel bookers last year. They doubled the number of UK visitor hotel bookings and were four times higher than US visitor bookings, according to the newly-published Gulliver Ireland Hotel Sector Review 2008. The Review ...
Further Growth in Regional Online Tourism Bookings - Gulliver Ireland Tourism Market Review
Tourism regions and businesses should adopt a practical seven-step strategy to address the critical regional disparities which pose the biggest challenge facing Irish tourism, according to a leading tourism sector stakeholder today (Tuesday, 19th February 2008). ...
Irish Examiner 31st July 2007
REMAKES of classic Irish landscape scenes as promoted by the postcard company John Hinde could see the new face of Ireland on postcards everywhere next year.
It will also provide “valuable feedback” on perceptions of Ireland today, Minister for Tourism Séamus Brennan said at the launch of the competition yesterday.
This is the third year of the competition run by Gulliver Ireland, Failte Ireland’s on-line booking...
The Kingdom 17th July 2007
KERRY is still in the top three destinations for Irish home holiday visitors, it has been confirmed.
Figures released by Killorglin based reservations and tourism information service, Gulliver, Kerry has remained at a steady seven to 10 per cent throughout the decade and comes third in the list of most popular visitor destinations, after Dublin and Galway.
The company, part of the Fexco group, has handled more than 1.2 million bookings...
Irish Examiner (Business Supplement) 13th July 2007
Why Gulliver is a giant in the tourism trade
Stewart Stephens tell Geoff Percival how Gulliver.ie has successfully become the biggest booking agency for hotels and B&Bs in Ireland
The online tourist accommodation website Gulliver is celebrating its 10th anniversary by becoming the most-used outlet for room bookings in Ireland.
More hotel and Bed and Breakfasts (B&B) bookings are made through Gulliver Ire...
Irish Times 10th July 2007
Irish people in search of home-holidays and short breaks now make up the largest group of people booking rooms through the reservation service for tourist-board approved accommodation. Hotels have outstripped town centre B&Bs (known as townhouses) as the most booked accommodation.
The findings from Gulliver Ireland, the online and tourist office booking service, show that last year more than 130,000 hotel, B&B and guesthouse booki...
Sunday business post 1st July 2007
Galway has something for everyone: from arts festivals and horseracing, the city is awash with things to do, writes Margaret O' Brien
One of the major developments in the Galway tourism market over the past five years is the growth of the domestic tourist market.
Last year, the region attracted 1.4 million overseas visitors, according to Fiona Monaghan, the newly appointed general manage of Fáilte Ireland West. The area als...
Sunday Business Post 27th May 2007
Cork is fast becoming a hot-spot showing big increases in all areas, writes Ruth Wildgust
The number of over-seas tourists to Cork increased by 37 per cent from 999,000 in 2001 to almost 1.4million in 2006 - according to Fáilte Ireland's policy, research and information department.
Revenue generated by these visitors rose 156 per cent over the same period, from less than €250 million to nearly €640 million. Tourist numbers and ...
Irish examiner (business supplement) 9th February 2007
Clarion tops: The Clarion Hotel in Dublin Airport was overall winner of the third Gulliver Ireland Tourism Accommodation Awards 2006. The awards recognise online marketing excellence demonstrated by Hotel, Guesthouse, B & B and Self-catering accommodation suppliers around the country through their partnership with Gulliver Ireland.
The awards announcement was made as Gulliver-owned GoIreland.com repor...
Irish Examiner Money & Jobs Business Supplement 25th June 2004
The online booking industry is a relative new comer on the tourist scene. Fed by the internet it has gone through strong growth in the last five years. The advantage for clients is that at the touch of a button a wide spread of accommodation instantly appears before them.
The strength of the system for accommodation providers is that their property is displayed on a wider window that either a broc...
Irish Times 4th November 2003
The value of tourist bed nights sold in the first nine months of the year grew by 7 per cent to €18.3 million, according to Gulliver Ireland, the company that manages the Republic's largest accommodation booking system.
Gulliver yesterday reported that 600,000 bed nights were sold in January-September this year. In a statement, the company said this represented 95,000 bookings, valued at €18.3 million. It said this was a 7 per cent rise...
Irish Independent4th November 2003
GULLIVER Ireland, an internet-based booking agent controlled by financial services group Fexco, yesterday announced a 7pc rise in booking results for the nine-month period to September 2003.
The web-based operator reported that 600,000 bednights were sold during the January to September period this year. This represents 95,000 bookings with a total value of some €18.3m.
Gulliver claims to be the world’s most widely used ...