16 October 2024 Last weekend, the Kerry Convention Bureau (KCB) proudly showcased Kerry as a globally recognised sustainable business events destination, where inspiration, innovation, and excellence meet warm hospitality. The event welcomed eight influential Meetings, Incentives, Conference, and Exhibition (MICE) planners from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Highlighting the region’s accessibility via Kerry, Cork, and Dublin Airports, along with Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail, this meetings focused familiarisation programme allowed attendees to experience firsthand what Kerry has to offer for business events through a two-day educational itinerary. This initiative also facilitated valuable connections between the event planners and local business event […]

Kerry has maintained its ranking in the Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index) Top 30 to be officially recognised as the leading Sustainable Tourism destination in Ireland, number 13 in the world overall, and number six in Europe out of 65 destinations, across the globe. The GDS-Index is the world’s leading sustainability performance benchmarking and improvement programme, designed to make business and leisure tourism industry more sustainable. Its mission is to engage, inspire and enable destinations to become more sustainable places to visit, meet and thrive in. Originally established to help destinations, event planners and business events suppliers to drive and recognise sustainable […]

With the welcome release of the final phases of the Irish Governments COVID19 recovery roadmap and following the easing of restrictions around indoor events, Kerry Convention Bureau is looking forward to working with event planners to #MakeItIreland and #MeetInKerryAgain. Kerry Convention Bureau are excited to mark this new phase of recovery with the launch of our new video and refreshed website. Kerry is MICE Ready; both KCB and our Kerry wide membership of accommodation, venues, attractions and activity providers are on hand to assist with all event enquiries. Contact us today for an informal chat about your event requirements.

The EOE conference is the annual event of the European Institute for Outdoor Adventure Education and Experiential Learning. This was the first occasion that the event was held in Ireland. This year’s conference was hosted by Institute of Technology Tralee. IT Tralee holds the UNESCO Chair in Inclusive PE, Sport, Recreation and Fitness.

The EOE Network is a vibrant association of outdoor education practitioners and academics from around Europe, with other delegates attending from across the globe. The three-day conference reflected that mix with practitioner case studies, practical workshops and academic presentations.