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		<title>Travel advice site is here to stay</title>
		<link>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/02/01/travel-advice-site-is-here-to-stay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that people who had a good customer service experience in a hotel told one or two people, while those who had a bad one told 10. Today, the numbers that can be reached by either camp with a few key strokes is closer to 50 million. Read full article in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TripAdvisor ruling welcomed</title>
		<link>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/02/01/tripadvisor-ruling-welcomed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Irish Hotels Federation has welcomed a ruling published by the British Advertising Standards Authority this morning which prohibits travel website TripAdvisor from claiming or even implying the hotel reviews it carries are “honest, real or trusted”. Read the full article in the Irish Times.]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel group staff urged to write positive web reviews</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the State’s largest hotel chains planned a campaign involving “a bank” of people aimed at generating false positive reviews on the influential TripAdvisor website. Read the full article from the Irish Times.]]></description>
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		<title>DAA Press Release on Emirates Capacity Expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/02/01/daa-press-release-on-emirates-capacity-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/02/01/daa-press-release-on-emirates-capacity-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DAA Welcomes Emirates’ 52% Capacity Expansion Just Three Weeks After Dublin-Dubai Route Launch Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has welcomed Emirates Airline’s decision to significantly increase capacity on its new Dublin-Dubai route. Emirates will increase the number of available seats on the route by 52% from July when it introduces a larger Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GB on road to recovery?</title>
		<link>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/31/gb-on-road-to-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/31/gb-on-road-to-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following 3 years of massive decline in British visitor numbers, growth returned in 2011. Is this the start of the much hoped for recovery? ITIC spoke with Vanessa Markey, Head of Great Britain for Tourism Ireland. Click on the video below to hear what she had to say. January 31st 2012]]></description>
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		<title>The Gathering, among other things!</title>
		<link>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/31/the-gathering-among-other-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Governments brainchild for next year is The Gathering, which it hopes can bring 350,000 visitors to Ireland, generating up to €200 million for the economy in 2013. Read the full interview with Minister Leo Varadkar from the Sunday Business Post.]]></description>
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		<title>Shannon Airport decisions by Easter</title>
		<link>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/31/shannon-airport-decisions-by-easter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/31/shannon-airport-decisions-by-easter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major decisions will be taken by Easter to change the fortunes of troubled Shannon Airport, Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has pledged. Read the full article from the Irish Examiner.]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday at home rather than abroad</title>
		<link>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/31/holiday-at-home-rather-than-abroad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/31/holiday-at-home-rather-than-abroad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A plea to Irish people planning holidays this year to Occupy Ireland rather than holiday abroad is being made in an effort to boost the Irish tourism industry. If one in three people were to swap their trip in the sun for one at home it could create 40,000 jobs, said Mike Webster chief executive of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism Ireland Chief interview</title>
		<link>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/31/tourism-ireland-chief-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/31/tourism-ireland-chief-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite recession, bailouts and unemployment, tourism chief is optimistic growth will be feature of industry this year. Its probably fair to say that Niall Gibbons does not have an easy job. As head of Tourism Ireland, Mr Gibbons is tasked with marketing the island of Ireland to potential visitors from overseas. Read the full interview [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will North American visitor numbers grow further in 2012?</title>
		<link>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/24/will-north-american-visitor-numbers-grow-further-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.itic.ie/blog/2012/01/24/will-north-american-visitor-numbers-grow-further-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visitor numbers from North America bounced back by a healthy6%+ margin last year.  But most of that growth came in the first 9 months. Have things picked up again, and will the 5.5% growth target for 2012 be achieved? ITIC spoke with Joe Byrne, Tourism Ireland&#8217;s Chief in New York, to find out.  Click on [...]]]></description>
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