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Official website promoting Ireland to businesses misses out Waterford

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  • #32
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    I think you need to double check what the role of a council and tourism board is tbh, savic04.


  • #33
    savic04
    Registered Users Posts: 602 ✭✭✭savic04


    Can you explain it so to me then,

    What is the council role?
    What is it for?

    Thanks


  • #34
    Psychedelic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭Psychedelic


    foxylad2 wrote: »
    i was at a high level meeting - City Manager - Failte Irelands Gary Breen ere there - i raised the point about meetinireland and dobusinessinireland web sites - Gary Said Waterford had no conference centre - unlike Kilkenny.

    i said we have WIT, Theatre Royal, Tower Hetel etc
    He Said we do not have one single venue for a large scale meeting and then cater for lunch/dinner
    i said we have lots of smaller venues -
    He shot me down!

    Tower Hotel did have plans for a huge conference cenre - but in present economy - it will not happen
    It's just a poor excuse to exclude Waterford isn't it. If the criteria for being included on the website is having a single big venue, then surely there are other towns or places in Ireland that would fit that bill (e.g. I think Killarney has a big venue?).

    The other thing is, how many business conferences actually require the large size venues. He is basically saying the purpose of the website is to market to those who want to host major conferences, but that is also bullsiht because lots of small hotels are listed on the site.

    The other shocking thing about the website is the location of Waterford Airport on their map, which appears in the Comeragh Mountains:
    http://www.meetinireland.com/About-Ireland/Cities-Regions.aspx

    And in their access to Ireland from the UK page, Waterford Airport is not even shown, even though it is connected to Manchester, Birmingham and London:
    http://www.meetinireland.com/About-Ireland/Access/Great-Britain.aspx

    And from France even though we are connected to Lorient:
    http://www.meetinireland.com/Country-Sites/France/About-Ireland/Access.aspx


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