DUBLIN: Fáilte Ireland said that four international conferences would bring 1,400 delegates to Ireland and generate worth €2m revenue to the economy.
The national tourism development authority also said it will shortly announce another four conference wins, totalling over 2,000 international delegates and worth an additional €3m.
The agency revealed the wins at an industry briefing where it announced a revenue target in 2015 of €61.5m from business tourism, up 8pc over last year.
The conference wins announced are: CERME (Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education) which will hold its 10th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 10) in Dublin in February 2017; International Equine Ophthalmology Consortium Symposium which has been confirmed to meet at in Malahide in June 2016; the IATA Aviation Security conference, being held in October 2015 The Convention Centre, Dublin; and the general meeting of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin in June 2015.
