ADI Newsletter

'Accommodation Directory of Ireland '

Back again with a second edition newsletter for the latest in tourism news, news that effects you, hot tips and a recipe that is only for the sweet toothed . So sit back and enjoy !

In this issue:

1) Accommodation Directory of Ireland Information
2) Tourism Facts
3) Migration to the Euro ( anything you need to know about the Euro )
4) Internet News
5) Recipe Wonder, Hot Tip and Final Thought

1) Accommodation Directory of Ireland Information

Our News:

In our ongoing developments to our website, we are currently undergoing a fashionable transformation. Along with WAP accessibility and availability in 5 languages, The ' Accommodation Directory of Ireland ' website is being modified, simplified and beautified. So watch out !

Listings are now being arranged by town, simplifying searches for visitors.

A Food and Drink Directory and a Leisure Directory are being developed to compliment the Accommodation Directory. If you are listed under the accommodation directory and also provide food/drink or leisure facilities, for an additional 35 euros, you can get a link in the relevant directories back to your existing page.

In order to accommodate the new directories, our website will be introduced as 'TRAVEL DIRECTORIES IRELAND' on our homepage from which will be found, the 'Accommodation Directory of Ireland', 'Food and Drink Directory' and 'Leisure Directory'. Our customers can now avail of different packages on offer, from various web page options to a picture listing, or a basic one sentence free listing. The good news for you, our existing customers, is that our prices will remain the same. For new customers, prices will be slightly increased but still comparably low cost.

Easily found and fast to download , our website receives over 130,000 hits per month and still climbing !

Promote Your Area:

As we are now listing premises by town we would like to give you the opportunity to promote your area. If you have sites of interest, upcoming events or anything else that you think would attract visitors to your area just send us the text and the photos and we'll do the rest.

Why not check out the following locations that have submitted information

Achill Island www.dirl.com/mayo/achill/achill-island.htm
Borris www.dirl.com/carlow/borris.htm
Cahir www.dirl.com/tipperary/cahir/index.html
Skelligs www.dirl.com/kerry/skelligs.htm

Facility Symbols are now available on our website, this reduces any difficulties the visitor may have in choosing the accommodation suitable to his/her needs at a glance. The Facilities symbols also compliments the fast downloading capabilities of our website which helps to attract visitors to our web pages. Remember, the more visitors we have to our website, the greater chance you have of attracting them to your locality. So if you haven't filled out a "facilities symbols sheet" already, you can do so now online.
www.dirl.com/forms/symbols.htm

2) Tourism Facts:

'Ireland is open for business' says Minister McDaid; Minister for Tourism, Sport & Recreation. A message to the International Markets, endorsed also by the band U2.
www.irlgov.ie/tourism-sport/pressroom/pr_23042001.htm

The Department of Agriculture still advises everyone to adopt a common sense approach, as cases of Foot and Mouth Disease are still being reported in Britain. We must therefore obey basic disinfection measures and border patrols.

As the first quarter figure of 2001 ( to bring us to March 2001) have not been released yet, the number of visitors to Ireland at the height of The Foot & Mouth crisis is still unknown. However, as a return to normality is expected, we can for now, look at the previous two years to get a comparable idea of the tourism trend.

The total number of overseas visitors to Ireland in the year 2000 amounted to 6.417 million, an increase of 5.8% from the 6.068 million that visited in 1999.

3) The Euro: ( 1 euro = Ł0.787564 )

We have less than 7 months to get ready for the Euro ! The changeover to euro notes and coins will be put into circulation on 1st January 2002.

Anything you need to know about the euro, check it out below, the most frequently asked questions.
www.gov.ie/ecbi-euro/fqs.htm

4) Internet News from Nua Internet Surveys:

Not only is it possible, but now expected, that 1 billion people around the world will be using the internet by 2005. There's no running away from it with the world already warming to online shopping.

According to Jupiter MMXI, traffic to travel websites in Europe increased by almost four million between November 2000 and April 2001.
www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356842&rel=true

The European Internet access market is set to grow by a compound rate of 30 percent up to 2005, according to IDC Research.

www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356813&rel=true

According to PhoCus Wright, Online air ticket sales doubled in the US in the year 2000 from 2.6 billion dollars in 1999 to 5 billion dollars in 2000.
www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356825&rel=true

Emarketer reports on a new study of the mobile Internet in Latin America which shows that 17 percent of Internet users in the region who already own a mobile phone plan to upgrade to a WAP phone in the next year.
www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356828&rel=true

Europemedia: Satellite Internet access on the rise. The worldwide market for Internet access via satellite continued to grow steadily last year.
www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356829&rel=true

5) Recipe, Top tip and Final Thought.

For details on how to win over your customers, here's a simple recipe that makes two servings.

Bonoffi Pie

Hot Tip: Slice and Easy: To cut a thin slice of bread from an unsliced loaf, run the blade of your knife under boiling water. You'll get a thin slice with no crumbs !

Final Thought:

" We cannot respect the Creator unless we respect the diversity of his creation "

Best Regards
Geraldine
Travel Directories Ireland