EVENT VIDEOS

VISION 2030

EVENT GALLERY

EVENT AGENDA

EVENT SPEAKERS

EVENT VIDEOS

Overview of ITIC’s ‘Big Impact – Small Footprint’
conference which took place on 18 Sept 2023

Review of 2023 tourism season to date and
Just Transition Fund game changer for the Midlands

25th anniversary of The Good Friday Agreement with focus on tourism’s contribution

Ruth Andrews receives Tourism Industry Special Recognition Award

Presentation to Bertie Ahern to mark 25th anniversary of The Good Friday Agreement

VISION 2030 REPORT

Ireland’s tourism industry can be ambitious about its future whilst delivering on its environmental sustainability obligations. That is the vision outlined in this strategy by the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) – by 2030 the industry can be worth €15 billion to the national economy, can employ up to 350,000 people across the country, and will be delivering €3.5 billion tax receipts to the exchequer each year.

This key report recommends 38 actions to maximize potential outcomes.

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Conference Agenda

10:00
Conference opened by MC and Broadcaster Dearbhail McDonald

10:05
Opening address by ITIC Chair Elaina Fitzgerald Kane and launch of Vision 2030: An Industry Strategy for Tourism Growth

10:15
Video: State of the Tourism Season & Just Transition Gamechanger for Midlands

10:20
Minister Catherine Martin in discussion with Dearbhail

10:45
Broadcaster and personality Patrick Kielty discusses the transformative power of tourism as a force for good with Dearbhail

11:30
Coffee break

12:00
Panel: Where is Irish tourism now?
Dearbhail in discussion with Paul Kelly (Fáilte Ireland), Siobhan McManamy (Tourism Ireland), Jim Power (Economist) and Sean O’Driscoll (iNua Collection)

12:45
Special Recognition Award for tourism industry hero

13:00
Lunch

14:00
Panel: Can Irish tourism meet its sustainability responsibilities?
Dearbhail in discussion with Anita Mendiratta (UNWTO), Sarah Dempsey (AIB), and Geraldine Enright (Cliffs of Moher)

14:40
Video: How the Good Friday Agreement changed tourism on the island and lessons for the future

14:45
Dearbhail in discussion with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern

15:30
The Last Word: Dearbhail talks to ITIC CEO Eoghan O’Mara Walsh

15:40
Conference concludes

Speakers

Dearbhail McDonald

Moderator

Elaina Fitzgerald Kane

Chairperson, ITIC

Catherine Martin TD

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltact, Sport & Media

Paul Kelly

CEO, Fáilte Ireland

Siobhan McManamy

Interim CEO, Tourism Ireland

Jim Power

Economist – Jim Power Economics

Sean O’Driscoll

CEO, The iNUA Collection

Patrick Kielty

Comedian, Broadcaster

Anita Mendiratta

Founder & President, Anita Mendiratta & Associates

Sarah Dempsey

Group Head of ESG Communications and Partnerships in AIB Group plc.

Geraldine Enright

Director, Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience
Chair, AVEA

Bertie Ahern

Former Taoiseach

Eoghan O’Mara Walsh

CEO, ITIC