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13 Dec 2025

Kilkenny businesses take opportunity to meet influential luxury and leisure operators

Fáilte Ireland connects Ireland's Ancient East tourism businesses with leisure and luxury travel operators to boost competitiveness

Kilkenny

Fáilte Ireland recently hosted the third in a series of four targeted workshops to support Irish tourism businesses in securing high-value leisure and luxury travel contracts.

The workshops are part of a targeted sales drive by Fáilte Ireland giving Irish tourism businesses the opportunity to pitch directly to 28 top Irish luxury and leisure tour operators and destination management companies for future business.

The workshop took place at the Cashel Palace Hotel, bringing a total of 40 accommodation providers and experience operators from across Ireland’s Ancient East, including Kilkenny, face to face with influential luxury and leisure operators. Further workshops will be held with participants engaging in more than 2,800 one-to-one meetings by the end of the week.
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In addition to the formal meetings, operators will visit each region to gain direct insight into the experiences available to their clients.

The workshops form part of Fáilte Ireland’s wider strategy to support tourism businesses in developing commercially viable partnerships and securing future bookings for the 2026 travel season.

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