Visit Belfast has outlined the development of its new strategy to support the city’s economic recovery post Covid-19. At a virtual event attended by Visit Belfast’s tourism industry partners and key city stakeholders, the outline strategy highlighted the importance of tourism to the local economy and the opportunity for regrowth... View Article
George Best Belfast City Airport has teamed up with People 1st, an award-winning employment and training agency, to find the next candidate for its popular apprenticeship programme. The High Flyers Apprenticeship Scheme, launched in 2013, offers apprenticeship placements across a range of disciplines to young people aged 17-24, and is... View Article
A Lisburn-based company has designed a revolutionary, reusable, all-in-one face and neck guard, designed to help protect against Covid-19 and already proving popular with hospitality workers. Hi Viso, the creation of Belfast entrepreneur James Leckey, offers full-face visibility making it suitable for client-facing settings and where social distancing cannot be... View Article
Covid-19 has resulted in untold financial hardship for businesses and the hospitality sector across Northern Ireland. However, a recent judgment handed down by the Supreme Court which allowed the appeal brought by the Financial Conduct Authority on behalf of policyholders of business interruption insurance, bodes well for the many shops,... View Article
Some 120 tourism enterprises from around the island of Ireland – including 35 from Northern Ireland – are joining Tourism Ireland virtually at Britain & Ireland Marketplace (BIM) today. BIM is an annual, B2B workshop, organised by the European Tourism Association (ETOA) to showcase Britain and the island of Ireland.... View Article
A new £26.1m Covid-19 support scheme for larger hospitality and tourism businesses and additional £4.1m scheme for tourist accommodation businesses, announced yesterday by Economy Minister Diane Dodds, have been welcomed by sector representatives. The Large Tourism and Hospitality Business Support Scheme (LTHBSS) will provide financial support to help operators in... View Article
Tourism Ireland shared its plans for restarting overseas tourism in 2021 yesterday at a virtual event, Ready for Recovery, attended by hundreds of tourism companies from around the island of Ireland and overseas. After a devastating 2020, with Covid-19 causing havoc for the travel and tourism industry across the globe,... View Article
Catering and facilities management company Mount Charles has secured a new contract with the Department of Health, based in Miesian Plaza on Baggot Street, Dublin. The contract sees the outsourcing giant provide catering services to all occupants situated over the building’s seven floors, including the Department of Health, Department of... View Article
Thirty-nine tourism businesses from Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland are joining Tourism Ireland for the International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) World Tour. ILTM World Tour is a virtual event for the global luxury travel industry, which is taking place over three weeks. The event, which kicked off last... View Article
A new technology created in Northern Ireland, Ilimex, is offering a potential solution to co-existing with Covid-19 and keeping public spaces and workplaces virus free while rebooting the economy. The Ilimex UV-C Air Steriliser, which completed a second phase of testing at Ulster University this month, has been proven to... View Article
