Conference Itinerary
Friday 24th May - Conference Dinner
7.30 pm Aherne’s Seafood Restaurant, Youghal
Guest Speaker Mr John Concannon,
Director of Market Development
Fálite Ireland
Saturday 25th May - Conference
9.30 am Registration at Walter Raleigh Hotel,
Youghal
10.00 am Opening Address Cllr Barbara Murray,
Mayor of the County of Cork
10.10 am John Perry, Minister of State at the
Department of Jobs, Enterprise
and Innovation
10.30 am Martin Riordan, Cork County Manager
‘Unlocking the Tourism Potential of
Spike Island’
10.50 am Stephen Ryan, Head of Marketing,
Fota Wildlife Park
‘Case Study Effective Online Marketing
Strategies’
11.10 am Coffee Break
11.30 am Michael Magner, Chairman of the Cork
Branch of the Irish Hotels Federation
‘The Role of IHF in The Gathering 2013’
11.50 am Kevin Cullinane, Marketing Manager,
Cork Airport
‘Positioning Cork Airport for Growth in a
Challenging Operating Environment’
12.10 pm Derry Cronin, Managing Director of the
Cronin Travel Group
‘Cork - so where to from here?’
12.30 pm Q & A
13.00 pm Closure and lunch