Experience Northern Ireland, Titanic & More promotion
Photos from Tourism Ireland's week-long promotion "Experience Northern Ireland, Titanic & More", which is taking place in the Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Station, where millions of New Yorkers have an opportunity to see it.
Marion Russell, Gillian McLean, Tim Cooke,
Joanne Byrnes and Ken McKinnon (NMNI)
with Minister Arlene Foster and Niall Gibbons
at the Titanic exhibit
Acclaimed chefs Neven Maguire (MacNean House)
and Noel McMeel (Lough Erne Resort)
are bringing the best of our culinary expertise to New Yorkers
Promoting Belfast’s maritime heritage are Susan Millar
(Titanic Boat Tours), Susie McCullough (NITB),
Robert Cusack (Go Global Travel Group),
Wallace Lawson (Titanic Foundation Ltd) and
Derek Booker (Lagan Boat Tours)
Entertainment is being provided by Kintra
In front of ‘Queen’s University’ are Michael McCormick (BVCB),
Uel Hoey and Deborah Harris (Belfast International Airport),
Gerry Lennon (BVCB) with Minister Arlene Foster and Niall Gibbons
Martin McCrossan (Derry City Tours) with Minister Arlene Foster
and Niall Gibbons
Characters from Blue Eagle Productions
– Alan Wright (‘Captain Ash’), Stephen Bradley (‘Davy Crockett’)
and Sorcha Shanahan (frontiers woman ‘Mary Draper Ingles’)
– with Niall Gibbons and Tourism Minister Arlene Foster
Belfast-born actress Geraldine Hughes was MC
at the reception in Grand Central Terminal
for top travel trade, media and corporate contacts
from New York and the tri-State area
Storyteller Liz Weir, Don Wilmont (Causeway Coast & Glens),
Róisín Wallace (Manor House Hotels) and Brian Hurell (Ulsterbus Tours)
promoting the Causeway Coast
Showcasing the Mournes and the history of St Patrick are Seán O’Dowd
(Ballydougan Pottery) and Howard Hastings (Hastings Hotels)
Judith McLoughlin (Ulster Kitchen) is bringing a taste of Northern Ireland to visitors
The packed schedule of events includes performances by the McPeake Family
