
Brendan Kenny
@brendankennyyy
CEO @IAAT_ie. Board @Irishtourismind & @NIrelandTA. Suffering from chronic wanderlust since 1978. Proud Dad since 2018. Views my own since I can remember
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And if I correctly remember Donal Healy speaking about this footage, Monsignor Horan had just asked those local construction vehicles to turn up for the cameras, in an ingenious effort to get more investment!! A true entrepreneur 👏🏼


It was great to be part of a superb strategy workshop with the Northern Ireland Tourism Alliance (NITA) (NITA) board this week. Exciting times ahead for NITA, as this vital representative body continues to grow and provide a unified Voice for Tourism in Northern Ireland.


Lovely to speak with NI Minister for the Economy Caoimhe Archibald MLA at ITB Berlin, along with Tourism Ireland CEO AliceManserghTourismIreland and Chair Christopher Brooke. I look forward to meeting again about the outstanding potential for activity tourism and, of course, molecular mycology!!





Thanks to Visit Belfast for hosting the latest Northern Ireland Tourism Alliance (NITA) board meeting. Another very constructive few hours focused on the future of tourism in the North 👏🏼


We were delighted with an excellent turnout for our latest IAAT Tourism Business Forum in The Lakeside Hotel in Ballina-Killaloe, right by the stunning Lough Derg. Thanks to our hosts Tipperary County Council, the excellent speakers (1/3)


Ireland is the most highly educated country in the world, according to CBRE. We are the only nation listed in which a majority of adults aged 25–64 have a bachelor’s degree or higher. Education has transformed our country's fortunes for the better. 🇮🇪👍 visualcapitalist.com/charted-the-wo…


❗️ICYMI Registration is open for our Tourism Conference "Resilience in an Uncertain World" on October 1st Lyrath Estate Kilkenny #ITICConf25 A week before the Budget hear about tourism industry priorities, what the future holds, and how the Irish tourism industry can prosper


🌳 What a special venue Beyond the Trees Avondale was for the most recent meeting of Comhairle na Tuaithe (the Countryside Council), combining our beautiful forestry, world class facilities, education AND the country's highest slide!! - with Dept Rural & Community Development & the Gaeltacht #OurGreatOutdoors


Thank you Katja Hoyer and Fred Studemann for an invigorating hour of insights into Germany past, present and future. Wir sehen uns!! 🇩🇪🇮🇪 #DBF2025


Another excellent Tourism Summit at Ulster University in Coleraine 👏🏽 Thanks to Dr Peter Bolan, Robert McKenna and the team for inviting me to speak. It was a real pleasure to meet such an engaging group!! #TourismTogether


Welcome to our Board for 2025/26 👏Congratulations to Alva Pearson Downey, CEO of the ITOA, who was newly appointed to the ITIC Board of Directors today at our AGM. Also re-elected Brendan Kenny CEO of Ireland's Association for Adventure Tourism. Along with the Chair Niall MacCarthy of Cork Airport,


