ITOA - Member Profile The Incoming Tour Operators Association Ireland consists of 34 members and 6 overseas member companies who promote the various elements of the Irish Tourism Product for marketing overseas.
ITOA represents almost all incoming Tour Operators. It is comprised of:
Professional Conference Organisers (PCOs) – Companies with skills and expertise in the conference industry that manage all aspects of large international conferences and congresses. Destination Management Companies (DMCs) – Companies providing full management services for meetings and incentive programmes in a destination. DMCs design, plan, and deliver programmes for corporate meeting or incentive sectors. Ground Handler or Handling Agencies – Typically, a company that provides full comprehensive land arrangements or specific partial services of an overall land programme for group tours, individual travel and other large movements of passengers such as cruise ships. These companies generally also act as the representative to the international client.
In 2005 alone, ITOA handled over 500,000 visitors, who contributed over €400m in tourism revenue to the economy. 
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The ITOA is represented on the Executive Committee and Council of ITIC by John Healy, Director of Abbey Tours. He is also Deputy Chairman of ITIC & Chairman of ITIC's Finance Committee. |
April 2009
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