Fun in the sun at Emerald Park for May Member Forum What a great day we had at Emerald Park, Ireland’s only theme park and zoo, for our May Member Forum. The sun shone [...]

AVEA Spring Forum at the Game of Thrones Studio Tour With thanks to Sam Harding and his team at the Game of Thrones Studio Tour in Co Down, members had a most enjoyable visit. [...]

Collaboration for further Tourism growth explored at Visitor Experience and Attractions conference Top Tourism decision-makers meet in Hillsborough Castle Tuesday, 19 November, 2024: Over 60 top tourism and visitor attraction decision-makers are gathering in [...]

AVEA Member Forum in Strokestown Park House and Famine Museum Our end-of-summer Forum took place in Co Roscommon at the invitation of the Irish Heritage Trust and the team at Strokestown Park House. We [...]

AVEA Spring Forum at the National Botanic Gardens Thanks to our host Felicity Gaffney, members had a most enjoyable visit to the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. The lecture theatre is superbly set up [...]

AVEA February Member Forum at Malahide Castle Almost 80 members attended the AVEA Spring Forum, on a lovely sunny day in Malahide. We had presentations from Ciarán Staunton of Fingal County Council on the [...]

Welcome address – Geraldine Enright, AVEA Chair Delegates, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 6th annual conference of AVEA, the Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions. I was appointed Chair [...]

AVEA Annual Conference attended by over 200 delegates The Falls Hotel in Ennistymon played host to AVEA’s 2023 conference. The carbon-neutral hotel was a superb setting for a conference themed on a future sustainable [...]

AI set to transform Ireland’s Tourism Industry By 2030, Gen Z will represent 27% of global income and are the decision-makers of the future. Catherine Flanagan, CEO of Ireland’s Association of Visitor Experiences [...]