Antrim businesses go the extra mile in preparation for the Giro d’Italia
Chartered Marketers and Licensed WorldHost Trainers Heather Major, Christine Watson and Lynda Willis, have trained 34 service professionals from 13 Antrim businesses in tourism and hospitality, ahead of the Giro d’italia cycling race which will pass through Templepatrick, Dunadry and Antrim on 10 May 2014. Eimear Kearney, Marketing Officer at Lough Neagh Partnership, a WorldHost partner organisation committed to achieving WorldHost destination status for Lough Neagh, said: “With so many local, national and international events being...
read moreFuneral Services Northern Ireland Launches Third Annual Poetry Competition
FUNERAL SERVICES NORTHERN IRELAND LAUNCHES THIRD ANNUAL POETRY COMPETITION Friday 21 March 2014 is a day of celebrating poetry across the world and, to mark the occasion, Funeral Services Northern Ireland has launched its third annual National Poetry Competition. Open to anyone over 18 who has an interest in poetry and resides in Northern Ireland, the premise of this year’s competition is ‘Remember’, linking to the theme chosen for National Poetry Day. Beverley Brown, General Manager, Funeral Services Northern Ireland, said: “It...
read moreArt Competition: £100 prize to design the Lough Neagh Horse God
Watson & Co. Chartered Marketing, acting on behalf of Lough Neagh Partnership, are delighted to announce an exciting art competition to inspire budding artists, graphic designers and all creative types – young and old, to design the legend of Lough Neagh: ‘Eochu’, the Lough Neagh Horse God. Further information about Eochu can be found on the Lough Neagh Heritage website. The winning design will become Lough Neagh’s ‘destination mascot’, to be featured in marketing campaigns and literature for distribution in...
read more2013 CIM Award Winners
The Chartered Institute of Marketing Ireland (CIM) has recognised businesses and people across Ireland who have excelled in marketing in 2013. At the CIM Ireland Marketing Excellence Awards ceremony, attended by more than 200 marketing professionals, winners of 14 categories were announced by compere Claire McCollum including the People’s Choice – a first for the Institute which encouraged the general public to vote via digital media. Business leaders, entrepreneurs, freelance consultants, marketing directors and their teams joined...
read moreMinister Dr Stephen Farry commends WorldHost training at Lough Neagh
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry today presented employees with Worldhost training accreditations at the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, Oxford Island, Craigavon. Up to 34 employees from a range of service and hospitality sectors received the award at an event organized by the Lough Neagh Partnership. The awards presentation event coincided with World Tourism Day. WorldHost Training is an internationally renowned customer service training programme and provides training for front-line staff in the hospitality, tourism and...
read moreThe Ritz Cinema, Cookstown receives commendation for excellence in customer service
Local Cookstown leisure business The Ritz Cinema has achieved commendation for excellence in customer service by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Accredited WorldHost Ambassador for Northern Ireland Giles Conlon was presented with his WorldHost business certification by Minister Stephen Farry in front of an invited audience at Lough Neagh Discovery Centre on World Tourism Day. From left to right: Christine Watson Licensed WorldHost Trainer who delivered the DEL funded 2 day programme in Cookstown joined Sammy Gamble, Department for...
read moreRSPB receives commendation for commitment to customer service
Local Nature Conservation charity, RSPB Northern Ireland has achieved commendation for its commitment to customer service professionalism by the Department for Employment and Learning. Two of the ten newly accredited WorldHost Ambassadors for Northern Ireland within RSPB NI, Maeve Rafferty and Judith Carville were presented with their official WorldHost certifications and vocationally recognised qualifications in Principles of Customer Service and Welcoming visitors to their destination by Minister Stephen Farry in front of an invited...
read moreFuneral Services Northern Ireland National Poetry Competition 2013
Funeral Services Northern Ireland 2nd annual poetry competition returns to find the most inspiring new poetry from across Northern Ireland. The theme of National Poetry Day 2013 is water, so we are looking for poems on the subject of “Reflection”. Be that reflecting on a life, reflecting on the world or actual physical reflections, we look forward to reading your poetic interpretations. Winning poems will be published online and in a book for winners to take home with them. Winning Poets will be invited to read their poems at Parliament...
read moreMarketing CPD deadline looms
CIM Ireland Chair Christine Watson calls upon marketing professionals in Northern Ireland who meet the requirements, to register their CPD activity and apply for Chartered Marketer status. The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is the only body which can award Chartered Marketer status based upon qualifications and evidence of continuous professional development. The deadline for this year’s submissions is 31st July. For further details of the Chartered CPD programme and how to progress to Chartered Marketer status go to...
read moreFirst WorldHost Ambassador Training on Lough Neagh
All aboard! On Tuesday 2nd July 2013, Watson & Co. Chartered Marketing in association with Lough Neagh Partnership hosted the first ever ‘on the lough’ Worldhost Ambassador training session and FAM tour for the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Local Lough Neagh businesses with less than 250 staff were generously funded through the Department for Employment and Learning WorldHost package which is available to eligible NI businesses with less than 250 employees. Lough Neagh is the biggest Lough in the British Isles measuring over...
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