NEWS IN BRIEF


Ballycastle Hotel Secures Prestigious Award For Outstanding Service


Visit Armagh Targets £35 Economica Boost and Record Visitor Numbers


ARMAGH City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council together with its tourism and hospitality partners are aiming to generate £35 million in economic impact across its tourism sector by the end of 2024, following the success of its award- winning annual Food and Cider Weekend. The festival which is a key


event in the region’s calendar – and draws visitors from Northern Ireland, the Republic of


took


Ireland, place


and from


beyond – Thursday


5 September to Sunday 8 and welcomed thousands of food and drink enthusiasts, making it the largest and most successful edition to date.


NI Water Halfway to Ambitious 1 Million Trees Planting Goal


AMBITIOUS plans by NI Water to plant 1 million trees across Northern Ireland


almost reached the halfway mark. An amazing


by 2030 have c.250,000


Top Hotelier and Irish Whiskey Master Distiller Partner to Create Ireland’s First Whiskey Hotel


LEADING hotelier, Adrian McLaughlin and Whiskey Master Distiller, Darryl McNally have partnered with businessman Carl Harrison to create Ireland’s first whiskey hotel. The consortium has recently purchased historic in


the Carnlough,


Londonderry Arms once


owned


by Winston Churchill, and is investing £1.75 million in the development of the hotel, which, with its whiskey theme, will be the first of its kind in Ireland.


The Woodland Trust Northern Ireland Welcomes Tree Protection Bill


THE Woodland Trust Northern Ireland has welcomed a Private Members Bill submitted by Peter McReynolds MLA at Stormont. This proposal


Protection Bill, submitted in July, aims


to introduce


for a Tree dedicated


legal protection for Northern Ireland’s oldest and most significant trees. As the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity, one of the Woodland Trust’s core objectives is to protect these living legends.


trees were put in the ground at Woodburn reservoir, Carrickfergus, which doubled the amount of trees planted by NI Water since last summer and made it the biggest woodland creation site in Northern Ireland for three decades. More than 450,000 trees are


growing across its sites from Carrickfergus,


to Stoneyford and out to Newcastle.


SITUATED on the shorefront of Ballycastle, on the Causeway Coast in Northern Ireland, Marine Hotel has announced that they have been awarded with the AA four-star award for outstanding service and unwavering hospitality. Committed to quality and


excellence, the team has been busy showcasing its premium property and outstanding location to visitors from around the world.


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