The Convention Centre opened in Dublin recently amid great hope for tourism and the hotel industry in the area. To date the centre has confirmed dozens of high-end conferences up to 10 years in advance. The newly opened Gibson Hotel nearby are experiencing high volumes of bookings and real benefits from the Convention Centre, together with the nearby O2 and Grand Canal Theatre are being experienced throughout Dublin. Good news for the capital then.
Tourism Ireland invites you to join them in Dublin on Tuesday 21st September for Know Asian Markets – Grow Asian Markets, an opportunity to learn more about growing your business from India, China, the Middle East (GCC) and Japan in the years ahead.The World Tourism Organisation forecasts that the Asian-Pacific region is set to become one of the fastest growing outbound markets for tourism over the next ten years, with up to one third of total world tourism coming from this region by 2020.
Visitors from these markets to the island of Ireland stay twice as long as the average holidaymaker, have the highest spend per visit at €782/£524, enjoy a higher propensity to travel throughout the island, and make a significant economic contribution to numerous tourism sectors.
At the Know Asian Markets – Grow Asian Markets event, industry experts who are already working in these markets will provide insights on what the Asian consumer is looking for, and how you can adapt your product to attract this business. They will also provide advice on how to work more effectively with the Asian travel trade.
- Attendance is free.
- Maximum of 2 attendees from each company.
Leisure travel average daily rate has shown positive growth for the first time globally since the recession hit, increasing just over +1%, according to July’s The Pegasus View from Pegasus Solutions.
The monthly report, issued on the first anniversary of the inaugural The Pegasus View, draws data from billions of transactions processed by Pegasus, the world’s largest single processor of electronic hotel transactions for nearly 100,000 hotel customers worldwide.
Citing pent-up demand, July 2010’s The Pegasus View also indicates leisure bookings – those made online/through alternative distribution systems (ADS) – entered double-digit growth territory with an increase of more than +10% over last year. Together, the increase in booking volume and ADR helped revenue realize double-digit growth of nearly +12% over 2009.
“We were pleased to see the look-to-book ratio in the ADS slow its growth during July from the +50% we saw in May and June to +35%,” said Mike Kistner, chief executive officer of Pegasus Solutions.
