{"id":664021,"date":"2026-10-24T12:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664021\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T12:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:10:10","slug":"mayo-club-joins-tourism-ireland-in-drive-to-boost-golf-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664021\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo club joins Tourism Ireland in drive to boost golf tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792843810_43_imengine.public.prod.cmg.infomaker.io.jpeg\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Tourism and golf operators from the island of Ireland at IGTM Cannes, with Gerry Maguire, Carne Golf Links (11th right), Becca Tootill, Tourism Northern Ireland (10th left), Joe Murphy, F\u00e1ilte Ireland (right), and Paul O\u2019Dea (second left) and Emer MacDiarmada (second right), both Tourism Ireland. Photo: Tourism Ireland<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Sat 24 Oct 2026, 11:47 AM\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Tourism Ireland\u2019s drive to boost golf visitor numbers from around the world continues this week at the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM) in Cannes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Eighteen golf and tourism operators from Ireland \u2013 including Carne Golf Links, Belmullet \u2013 have joined Tourism Ireland at this important event for the global golf travel community, which brings together more than 1,300 golf travel professionals who design and sell golf holidays globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">The companies from Ireland are engaging in four days of one-to-one, pre-scheduled appointments as well as networking sessions with the golf travel professionals, when they will negotiate and exchange vital contracts for 2027. Over 1,000 commercial meetings will be conducted on the Ireland stand this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Aisling McDermott, Tourism Ireland\u2019s head of global partnerships, commented: \u201cIGTM is a fantastic opportunity to showcase our world-class golf offering to influential golf travel professionals from around the world, negotiate new business, and secure overseas golf visitors for Ireland in 2027 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">\u201cWith more than 1,000 commercial meetings taking place on the Ireland stand this week, our industry partners have an invaluable opportunity to connect directly with tour operators and buyers who create and sell golf holidays globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">\u201cOur message is that Ireland offers golfers the complete package, with some of the finest links and parkland courses in the world, spectacular scenery, exceptional hospitality and unique visitor experiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">\u201cWith the countdown now on for the Ryder Cup at Adare Manor, events like these provide a powerful platform to inspire golfers to choose Ireland for their next golfing holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Sat 24 Oct 2026, 11:47 AM\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tourism and golf operators from the island of Ireland at IGTM Cannes, with Gerry Maguire, Carne Golf Links&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-664021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}