County Laois offers a warm welcome and the promise of a unique experience that lingers long after your visit, with its rich heritage, stunning landscapes, and vibrant local charm.
County Laois serves up a delicious taste of Ireland, where local flavours, cosy cafés, and lively pubs offer memorable moments and warm hospitality in every bite and sip.
County Laois invites you to rest and recharge with a range of welcoming accommodation, from charming guesthouses to elegant hotels, all set against a backdrop of peaceful countryside and friendly local charm.
Planning your visit to County Laois is the first step towards a memorable escape, with helpful tips, local insights, and all you need to make the most of your time in this hidden gem of Ireland.
Laois Chamber Alliance brings together Laois Chamber and Laois Tourism under one umbrella—enhancing collaboration, events, and opportunities to build a thriving local economy and promote Laois as a premier destination to live, work, visit, invest, and do business.
County Laois offers a warm welcome and the promise of a unique experience that lingers long after your visit, with its rich heritage, stunning landscapes, and vibrant local charm.
County Laois serves up a delicious taste of Ireland, where local flavours, cosy cafés, and lively pubs offer memorable moments and warm hospitality in every bite and sip.
County Laois invites you to rest and recharge with a range of welcoming accommodation, from charming guesthouses to elegant hotels, all set against a backdrop of peaceful countryside and friendly local charm.
Planning your visit to County Laois is the first step towards a memorable escape, with helpful tips, local insights, and all you need to make the most of your time in this hidden gem of Ireland.
Laois Chamber Alliance brings together Laois Chamber and Laois Tourism under one umbrella—enhancing collaboration, events, and opportunities to build a thriving local economy and promote Laois as a premier destination to live, work, visit, invest, and do business.
Laois Chamber Alliance acts as an umbrella body for Laois Chamber and Laois Tourism, strengthening networking opportunities, collaborating with events and sharing of resources to create a thriving and bustling economy in Laois for all sectors, and for Laois to be recognised both nationally and internationally as the ideal location to live, work, visit, invest and do business.
For most tourists, getting a real flavour of the places they visit is about an all-encompassing experience, from where they lay their heads, the food they eat, the sites they visit, the things they do and the people they meet.
Tourism is everyone’s business and working together with local tourism providers, local authorities, Fáilte Ireland and the local community we are delivering a truly immersive authentic and real Laois tourism experience.
The 2018-2023 Laois Tourism Strategy is the roadmap that Laois Tourism are following to take a long term and holistic view on growing tourism in Laois.
Working with Fáilte Ireland, Laois Chamber Alliance will support its members and tourism stakeholders in County Laois in applying for and developing strategic funding applications under the Just Transition Regenerative Tourism Fund 2023-2026 administered by Fáilte Ireland.
Our monthly tourism stakeholders newsletter keeps members informed of all relevant tourism funding opportunities to maximise business potential. Laois Tourism can also work with members to help make applications to Laois County Council, Laois Partnership, Laois LEO, Fáilte Ireland and other relevant funding channels that may come available. We also work with members to apply for Laois County Council Festival Funding.
The awareness of tourism in Laois has grown significantly in recent years and is continuing. We are developing our online marketing presence, growing social media and attending trade shows, organising events and meeting members on a weekly basis.
We ask you to support us with this and please share posts and images related to Laois. Tag us in upcoming events and days out, and also send us the information of your events so we can promote them on your behalf.
It is impossible for us to promote every event happening in Laois, with over fifty events a week happening around the county. We encourage active use of our What’s On Guide. This highlights and details events across the county.
Through our networking events and daily contact, we have developed a collaborative and cross selling model for members. The expertise of the board is available to the members on a daily basis.
Laois Chamber Alliance actively hosts and collaborates on training events in Laois, and regularly partner with the Local Enterprise Office to ensure tailored training events are applicable to current trends and industry providers. We also actively encourage our members to utilise the Fáilte Ireland training portal which has been specifically tailored for the tourism industry.
Laois Chamber Alliance actively hosts and collaborates on training events in Laois, and regularly partner with the Local Enterprise Office to ensure tailored training events are applicable to current trends and industry providers. We also actively encourage our members to utilise the Fáilte Ireland training portal which has been specifically tailored for the tourism industry.
Laois Chamber Alliance employee a full-time Tourism Development Executive to implement the strategy 2018-2023 and liaise with tourism stakeholders and potential tourism start-ups in County Laois.
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