Kerry has retained its place in the Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index) Top 20 for the fifth consecutive year, firmly establishing the county as Ireland’s leading Sustainable Tourism destination, ranking 19 out of 100 international destinations. The GDS-Index is the world’s leading sustainability performance benchmarking and improvement programme, designed to make business and leisure tourism industry more sustainable. Its mission is to engage, inspire and enable destinations to become more sustainable places to visit, meet and thrive in.

Last weekend, Kerry Convention Bureau showcased Kerry as a unique and inspiring business events destination to 14 influential Meetings, Incentives, Conference and Exhibition (MICE) event planners, hailing from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Held in partnership with SITE (Society for Incentive Travel Excellence) and Fáilte Ireland, the immersive destination showcase provided the opportunity for the invited event planners to come and experience a taster of what Kerry has to offer for incentive events over an action packed two- day, two-night educational programme and connect them with local business event suppliers. With an itinerary featuring established Kerry business events infrastructure of […]

We are thrilled to share Episode Two of our Kerry Ambassador Programme Podcast Series, created in partnership with Radio Kerry and presented by Mary Gallagher. The podcast series will delve deep in to the stories of some of our founding #KerryAmbassadors, and you'll hear in their own words all about their passion for Kerry, the positions they hold and why they were keen to become involved in our new and pioneering county initiative, designed to drive economic growth through business events and raise Kerry’s profile as a global business hub.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Kerry Ambassador Programme Podcast Series, created in partnership with Radio Kerry and presented by Mary Gallagher. The podcast series will delve deep in to the stories of some of our founding #KerryAmbassadors, and you'll hear in their own words all about their passion for Kerry, the positions they hold and why they were keen to become involved in our new and pioneering county initiative, designed to drive economic growth through business events and raise Kerry’s profile as a global business hub.

Kerry Convention Bureau (KCB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Breffní Ingerton, Director of Business Tourism for the Gleneagle Group, as its new Chairperson. The announcement was made by outgoing Chairperson Mike Buckley, Managing Director of Kerry Coaches Ltd, who has served in the role for almost seven years. Speaking at a virtual #MeetInKerry St. Patrick’s Day event, attended by over 40 KCB members, last week Mr. Buckley said: “On behalf of the KCB Board we are delighted to welcome Breffní into the role of Chairperson. Breffní is an experienced industry professional, she is extremely knowledgeable with a wealth of business tourism, festivals and events experience. She is highly regarded in the industry both at home and abroad.”

The sun has been shining unabated in Ireland since Coronavirus came to town in mid March. It’s been the best Spring / early Summer in living memory with endless sunny days and temperatures hitting 20 degrees plus (that’s around 70 for our US friends).

Perfect weather, you might say, for delivering the ultimate incentive travel reward in one of the world’s most magnificent and popular destinations.

Except, of course …