Tagged: Tourism & News
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First look at the new, revamped Ireland.com News
29.11.2012 Social media, breadth-taking photography and content will be at the heart of the newly revitalised Ireland.com website which Tourism Ireland acquired from The Irish Times in...Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Social Media, Ireland, Tourism, Smartphones, Tablet, Touchscreen , Video, Marketing, Northern Ireland -
Cork start-up In Hand Guides secures €400,000 investment News
03.10.2012 In Hand Guides, the Cork start-up that is developing handheld embedded audio devices, has secured a €400,000 syndicated investment to help focus on its expansion into new markets.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, R&D, Private Irish Business, Investments, Digital Media, Apps, Financial -
Tourism Ireland launches competition to win a Twitter tour News
21.05.2012 Tourism Ireland’s British base has kicked off a new business tourism promotion offering senior executives a chance to win a tour of Ireland by Twitter. -
British couple go on Irish holiday directed by social media News
13.06.2012 In a new campaign by Tourism Ireland, Facebook and Twitter users are being asked to decide where Tyler and Amy Slade will stay and what they will do on their Irish holiday. -
Welsh town Monmouth to be world’s first ‘Wikipedia town’ News
18.05.2012 From being the birthplace of King Henry V in 1387 to being a tech innovation hub for Wikipedia in 2012, the small town of Monmouth in Wales is set to become the world’s first... -
Dermot Desmond invests in radio telescope for Ireland News
15.05.2012 One day Ireland could be a hub for scientific research into the early universe after the Big Bang in order to glean more insights about its evolution. Irish businessman and...Tags: IBM, Ireland, Dermot Desmond, Science, Education, Space, Earth, Astronomy, Tourism, Engineering -
Titanic II to sail the oceans in 2016? News
30.04.2012 An Australian billionaire businessman by the name of Clive Palmer says he is to build a replica of the Titanic, the ship that sank in the North Atlantic 100 years ago on 15...Tags: Tourism, Engineering, -
E-commerce grant open to south and east Cork businesses News
13.04.2012 Businesses in south and east Cork that operate in the food, craft and tourism sectors can now apply for funding so they can set up e-commerce websites. South and East Cork Area...Categories: Web, Social Media, Online Business, Internet, Enterprise, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Scientists predict US$2trn cost to ocean economies News
21.03.2012 Scientists at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) have released a new study that has placed the effects of climate change on the world’s ocean ecosystems under the... -
Discoverireland.ie gleans ‘site of the year’ award News
01.02.2012 Discoverireland.ie has been named global winner in the Kentico "Site of the Year" contest. Discoverireland.ie also took the top spot in the Best Travel Site category.Categories: Digital Business, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Media, Web, Web 2.0, Web Design, Web Development -
Waterford start-up ZolkC gets €500k investment injection News
13.01.2012 ZolkC, which is changing how we interact with tourist attractions, has just gleaned a significant investment worth €500,000 to ramp up its interactive handheld multimedia...Categories: Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Engineering, Funding, Investments, Mobile, Software, Software & Web Development -
Increase in demand for IT professionals at the end of 2011 - report News
10.01.2012 The total number of technology jobs advertised online increased in the fourth quarter of 2011 in areas such as Dublin, Cork and Galway, according to the Irishjobs.ie Jobs Index. -
Nimble Tours creates mobile apps for tourism News
16.12.2011 Dublin-based start-up Nimble Tours is launching its service to build customised interactive mobile apps for tours. The launch is part of the DCU Business School and LINK’s 12... -
Irish village first to create its own mobile app News
29.11.2011 The fishing village of Dunmore East, poised along Ireland’s Copper Coast, is the first village in Ireland to create its own mobile phone app. Local businesses pooled resources...Tags: Retail, Ireland, GPS, Digital Economy, digital, Tourism, Recession, App, Google Maps, Android, iPhone, Apple, Entrepreneurship, Smartphone -
World sites from Ireland to Brazil aim to get on UN Geoparks list News
16.09.2011 From the breathtaking Cliffs of Moher in Ireland to Tuscany's Alpi Apuane mountain range, a glacier-covered volcano in Iceland and a mineral-rich outcrop in Brazil and the Aras... -
Travelshake launches Facebook microsite app for tourism industry News
05.09.2011 Irish start-up Travelshake has created a Facebook app to let businesses within the tourism industry make a marketing microsite with their Facebook page. -
Dublin culture in a mobile world News
08.03.2011 Grainne Millar, the head of cultural development for Temple Bar Cultural Trust, talks about the benefits of the recently launched Dublin Culture Trail, an online and mobile... -
Tech, tourism and food will drive steady economic growth News
22.08.2011 Technology, tourism and agri-food are the three sectors that will drive steady and sustained economic growth over the next decade, according to a new ‘Business in 2021’ report... -
Company reveals plans for space hotel News
16.08.2011 Russian company Orbital Technologies unveiled plans this week for a hotel in space that could cost visitors about stg£100,000 for a five-day stay. That's in addition to the... -
Why Michael O’Leary should run your website News
12.08.2011 The best websites are run by autocrats with a crystal clear understanding of what their customers really want and won’t allow that to be diluted one iota to pander to...