The AIPCO Covid-19 Response

Below you can find links to AIPCO Covid-19 Press releases, follow our Twitter feed and download our Position Document.

These posts detail AIPCO, and the industry’s position as a whole, along with the proposed course of action over the coming months.

Wish you were here – for us.

We need to be here to deliver €800m each year in International visitor revenue. 200,000 jobs are relying on you - the Government. #MakingTourismHappen @cathmartingreen @LeoVaradkar @PaschalD#IrelandGoesGreen@MichealMartinTD @mmcgrathTD @EamonRyan

AIPCO call for €17m rescue package as we are decimated by pandemic, unable to trade due to restrictions.

No income expected until 2022. Our sector supports 20,000 jobs and delivered €160 million in additional returns to the exchequer 2019. Read the full article in the Irish Times here

Saving Irish Tourism – 5 key policies needed to secure Irish tourism

AIPCO urgently call to open Ireland *safely* to international tourism. That means pushing for alternatives to quarantining and ‘green lists’. Irish Tourism Industry urges Government to address safe international access for visitors. Sign the petitionTourism people...

AIPCO truly welcome the pre-flight testing centres to support international travel and Business Tourism

Dublin and Cork airports look at setting up pre-flight Covid testing centres. Pre-departure testing could be available at both airports from next month. Read the full article from The Irish Times here

Events are our lifeblood, professionally managed safely & successfully.

The tourism industry is calling on the Government to make its plans for international travel clear as soon as possible. Why are business conferences/events restricted to 100 considering thousands pass through retail environments? 100-person indoor events limit render...

Nicola McGrane Interview on “The Hard Shoulder” Newstalk – 19 June

Listen to the interview here

Ronan Flood Interview with RTE1 Business News Gill Stedman – 18 June

To hear the full interview click here

Government Must Listen To Conference Sector in New Covid Help Plan

Leading Event Organisers group says appeals are falling on deaf ears AIPCO says the voice of the conference industry needs to be heard in the upcoming review of sectors needing assistance to cope with the impact of COVID-19. Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced last...