Rory O’Connell’s new show to visit Lisbon

  Press release date: May 20th 2019 Rory O’Connell’s brand new series ‘A Long Weekend in…with Rory O’Connell’ on RTÉ One, sees the popular Cork chef enjoying the culture as well as the cuisine of eight European cities – Palma de Mallorca, Vienna, Lisbon, Madrid, Bath, Nantes, Copenhagen and Edinburgh. In the new eight-part series,…

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The Outcome of the UNWTO Mayors Forum for Sustainable Urban Tourism

Press release date: April 8th 2019 The 5th of April saw the inaugural UNWTO Mayors Forum for Sustainable Urban Tourism – ‘Cities for all: building cities for citizens and visitors’, transpire in Lisbon, Portugal. In a time of intense debate over the growing number of tourists as well as the livability and sustainability of cities,…

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Portugal awarded Best Summer Destination

Pictured is Susana Cardoso (Director of the Portuguese National Tourist Office in Ireland) with Caitriona Toner from American Airlines. Press release date: 30th January 2019 Portugal has been awarded the Best Summer Destination at the 2019 Irish Travel Industry Awards. The Irish Travel Industry Awards, now in their ninth-year, are the premier awards for suppliers…

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Inaugural Cork to Lisbon flight takes to the skies

There was excitement today in Cork Airport as Aer Lingus and Visit Portugal celebrated the launch of a new twice-weekly service between Cork Airport and Lisbon. The sold-out inaugural flight took off this afternoon to great fan-fare. The new service will operate twice-weekly on Mondays and Fridays. The announcement of the route was made together with the…

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