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 [...]

2022 Figures show Visitors to Ireland’s Visitor Attraction Sector Down 42% on Pre-Covid levels Visitor numbers to Ireland’s leading visitor attractions in 2022 returned to only 58% of what they were in pre-pandemic times, [...]

AVEA announces 2023 Annual Conference will be in Co. Clare Tourism chiefs, international experts, and over 200 delegates from visitor attractions expected in Ennistymon and the Burren UNESCO Geopark for two-day conference in October. [...]

Geraldine Enright takes over from Seán Connick as AVEA Chair At the Annual General Meeting of AVEA on 17th October 2022, Geraldine Enright, who is Director at the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre, was [...]

Minister Catherine Martin TD delivers opening address to AVEA Conference AVEA held its Annual Conference on 17th and 18th October in Wexford Town. The event, which was attended by over 180 delegates including AVEA [...]