The Cork Branch of the Irish Hotel Federation (IHF) has launched the first of a series of events which will help the organisation protect the jobs of the four thousand workers across the 60 member hotels in Cork. Following on from the recent success of the Guinness Cork Jazz festival which brought 40,000 visitors to Cork City and county, the planned events aim to make 2013 an even better year for hoteliers.The first initiative in this new fund-raising drive by the hotels will see the return of the annual dinner dance for the first time since 2008. The much-anticipated black tie event will be held in Radisson Blu Hotel, Little Island, Cork, on Monday 26 November. Tickets €50.

Friday 16 November, 2012, 2.00 p.m. to 5.15 p.m
Room G10, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, UCC, College Road, Cork

Cloud computing - internet-based delivery of IT services – is a growth industry and many Irish businesses are operating as either cloud providers or cloud clients.  This conference, presented in association with UCC’s LLM in Intellectual Property and E Law, will discuss regulation of  cloud computing.

 ‘Social Media Seminar for Businesses’ with Dr. Theo Lynn of DCU Business School.  The seminar will take place on Tuesday November 20^th from 9.00am – 4.30pm with the opportunity to network with other businesses in attendance at 4.30pm.