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Hospitality and Tourism

Tourism is our largest indigenous industry and Ireland is celebrated as one of the world’s top visitor destinations. However, tourism and hospitality providers have been badly hit by labour shortages, high costs, and global economic instability. We’re here to help you cope with challenges like these, and keep on delivering superb tourism experiences.

 

Our supports include skills development programmes to help you build and retain your team, digitalisation funding to streamline operations, and energy subsidies and efficiency programmes to help you protect your bottom line. Call us today and let's discuss how we can help your tourism and hospitality business to thrive.

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Here are some of the most popular Tourism and Hospitality supports.

Explore supports best suited for businesses in the Tourism and Hospitality industry.

EU Just Transition Tourism Learning Network

A learning programme for more sustainable tourism

Regenerative tourism is not only about limiting environmental damage, but actively delivers positive benefits to nature, habitats, community and places. The Just Transition Tourism Learning Network Programme is a two year collaborative learning programme designed to support the development of regenerative tourism within the designated EU ‘Just Transition Territory’ in Ireland.

Training & Programmes

Climate Action Supports

Online resources for a more sustainable business

A range of online resources, guides, case studies and practical tools, including access to a carbon calculator to determine your business carbon footprint and benchmark your carbon emissions nationally and internationally. These tools will help tourism and hospitality businesses meet their sustainability goals and introduce energy efficient cost-saving measures.

Advice & Mentoring

Industry Digitalisation

Digital transformation for visitor experience businesses

In today's digital world, a strong online presence and the effective use of digital technologies are crucial for long-term success in the tourism industry. Our programme helps you adopt and optimise digital technologies, enhancing your skills to give your business a competitive edge. 

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LearniFI - Fáilte Ireland's Learning Platform

An e-learning platform for Tourism and Hospitality businesses

A learning portal with over 150 courses and business development, career development and management training from industry experts. 

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Tourism Research and Insights

Thrive in tourism with Fáilte Ireland's research and insights.

Make better decisions to help you thrive in tourism with Fáilte Ireland's research and insights.
Expand, develop, invest or launch your tourism business with the benefit of Fáilte Ireland's research. Understand your customers, access industry data, and make strategic decisions for success. Explore reports on trends, economics, and product development. Your one-stop shop for informed planning and diversification.

You might be eligible if you are: 

  • Anyone operating or planning a tourism business or investment
  • Public agencies and public and private stakeholders involved in tourism and destination development.
  • Anyone whose business is part of or dependent on the tourism supply chain  

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Advice & Mentoring

Champions Programme

Enhance your tourism business's customer service and local knowledge with this FREE Programme.

An in person training course on Inclusive customer service and local tourism product knowledge  delivered in person at numerous locations around the country, to support staff involved with tourism visitors.  

You may be eligible if:

  • You are a Tourism and Hospitality Professional: Business owners, managers, and frontline staff directly involved in the industry.
  • Or Visitor Experience Supporters: Businesses offering services that enhance the visitor experience, such as Public and private transport (taxi services, drivers, etc.), Equipment and vehicle rentals (holiday, adventure) and event staff and volunteers (festivals, etc.)
  • In short, anyone who contributes to a positive visitor experience in the tourism and hospitality sector can benefit from this program.

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

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Strategic Talent Development

Help leadership teams in multinational companies to build new talent within their organisation

The Strategic Talent Development Programme is a collaborative partnership between Skillnet Ireland and IDA Ireland designed to support leaders and leadership teams in multinational companies based in Ireland.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are part of a leadership team in established foreign direct investment (FDI) companies in Ireland. 

Training & Programmes

Grants & Funding

Innovate Programme

Assistance and guidance to improve innovation within your MNC

IDA Ireland’s Innovate Programme helps companies improve their innovation by giving them a roadmap and assigning an advisor to guide them. This advisor helps implement best practices and utilise tools for generating creative ideas and validating them.  Ultimately, the program aims to make these companies more innovative and successful.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an existing IDA client company.

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Employer Excellence Programme

Drive business growth, employee engagement, and a stronger employer brand through strategic development and people investment

A 3 year strategic business development and people investment programme that supports you to build better employee engagement and performance and strengthen your Employer brand reputation. 

  • Open to all tourism and hospitality businesses in Ireland that either provide a tourist experience or produce a product that caters to domestic and/or international visitors. 

  • Eligible businesses must also have at least five employees.

     

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Training & Programmes

Skills for Better Business Online Assessment

A short, self-assessment tool, giving you direct insights into how to improve your skills and capabilities as an owner-manager of a small to medium-sized business.

The Skills for Better Business Online Assessment is a free resource offered by the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) specifically for small and medium-sized business (SME) owner-managers. It's a self-assessment tool designed to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses in various business competency areas.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an owner-manager of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Ireland. While others can take it, the focus is on those who lead and manage a team of people within an SME.

Advice & Mentoring

Climate Toolkit 4 Business

This Toolkit provides you with practical ways to start taking action to tackling carbon emissions and become more sustainable.

The Department of Enterprise's Climate Toolkit for Business is an Irish government initiative designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) on their journey to becoming more sustainable and reducing their carbon footprint.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an SME in Ireland that wants to take a step towards a greener future can find the Climate Toolkit for Business a helpful resource.

Advice & Mentoring

National Climate Action Programme

Strategic guidance and planning for tourism businesses to become more sustainable and cut costs.

The National Climate Action Programme is a multi year strategic development and investment programme for Tourism & Hospitality businesses in improving business sustainability while reducing operating costs to the business. 

You may be eligible if:

  • You are a open to established, tax-cleared tourism business (owners/managers) in Ireland with a physical location
  • The business must be demonstrably serving domestic/international visitors
  • The business must be spending €10,000+ annually on energy (excluding transport), and committed to sustainability.

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

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GreenStart

Start your sustainability journey

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This is an entry-level sustainability grant. It helps you to introduce ways to be more sustainable in your day-to-day operations. It aims to improve your operational performance through better efficiency so you can lower your costs and be more competitive.

Businesses looking to make the first step to introduce sustainability awareness and practices.

You may be eligible if: 

  • You are an existing Enterprise Ireland (EI) client
  • You are a potential EI client operating a small to medium business 
  • Your project complies with relevant EU and national environmental legislation

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

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Energy Monitoring and Tracking Systems

Track energy use and reduce your carbon footprint

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This fund supports your business in putting the systems in place to lower your energy bills and improve energy efficiency. It helps businesses see how much energy they are using and understand where they can cut back and become more sustainable.

You may be eligible if: 

  • You are an Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland or Údarás na Gaeltachta client 
  • You employ at least 10 full-time people 
  • You have been in business for at least 5 years

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

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