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Front Row: Breda O’Dwyer. MTU, Fiona Stack, Radio Kerry, Becky Hargrove, Kerry Convention Bureau. Back Row: Seán Ryan, Aspen Grove Solutions, Mark O’Connor, Fexco, Mary Rose Stafford, MTU at The Rose Hotel last Thursday. Photo by Domnick Walsh
LAST week, in conjunction with the Cantillon Conference and the Kerry Business Leaders Dinner, founding Kerry Ambassadors from the Kerry Ambassador Programme were brought together for a day of networking and engagement with their fellow Ambassadors, industry leaders and county representatives.
Launched in October 2022, the Kerry Ambassador Programme is a county initiative designed to drive economic growth through business events and raise Kerry’s profile as a global business hub.
Kerry Convention Bureau lead this initiative, in partnership with Kerry County Council, Failte Ireland, Kerry Tourism Industry Federation, Kerry SciTech and Prosper Kerry.
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The day commenced with an invitation to participate in Munster Technological University Cantillon Conference at Ballygarry Estate Hotel.
An early evening networking reception for the founding Ambassadors and Programme Partners was then held at The Rose Hotel where an update on the Ambassador Programme and newly launched unified place brand for Kerry was shared.
In a presentation given by Becky Hargrove, Manager of the Kerry Convention Bureau, it was highlighted that in the 16 months since the programme has launched, through opportunities developed in conjunction with the Ambassadors, business events worth an estimated €2.9m to the economy have been confirmed, and another €3.9m of business opportunities are in the pipeline.
This reception was followed by an evening of celebration at the Kerry Innovation Centre’ Kerry Business Leaders Dinner.
Becky Hargrove, Manager of Kerry Convention Bureau and Kerry Ambassador Programme lead said; “We were thrilled to bring our founding Ambassadors together for what was a wonderful day of networking and engagement, and to have an opportunity to share important updates with our ambassadors on both the programme itself and the recently launched place brand for Kerry.”
Kerry Convention Bureau (KCB) is a non-profit organisation specialising in attracting and developing convention, meeting and group business to the county and increasing the contribution of business and conference tourism to the Kerry economy. Scroll down for photos…
Left to right: Shane Hassett, WAZP, Marian Kobal, WAZP, Becky Hargrove, Kerry Convention Bureau at The Rose Hotel last Thursday. Photo by Domnick Walsh
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Left to right: Mary Rose Stafford, MTU, Seán Ryan, Aspen Grove Solutions, Becky Hargrove, Kerry Convention Bureau at The Rose Hotel last Thursday. Photo by Domnick Walsh
Left to right: Patrice O’Mahony, Failte Ireland, Mike Buckley, Kerry Tourism Industry Federation, Shauna Fitzgerald, Failte Ireland at The Rose Hotel last Thursday. Photo by Domnick Walsh
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Front row: Pat O’Leary, Marian Kobal, Becky Hagrove, Helen O’Connor Barry, Kathleen Wall-Sheehy
Back row: Edel Lawlor, Fiona O’Donoghue, Patrice O’Mahony, Shauna Fitzgerald, Mike Buckley, Paudie Healy, John Healy, Mark O’Connor, Mary Rose Stafford, Fiona Stack at The Rose Hotel last Thursday. Photo by Domnick Walsh
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