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