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Hospitality and Tourism

Tourism is our largest indigenous industry and Ireland is celebrated as one of the world’s top visitor destinations. However, tourism and hospitality providers have been badly hit by labour shortages, high costs, and global economic instability. We’re here to help you cope with challenges like these, and keep on delivering superb tourism experiences.

 

Our supports include skills development programmes to help you build and retain your team, digitalisation funding to streamline operations, and energy subsidies and efficiency programmes to help you protect your bottom line. Call us today and let's discuss how we can help your tourism and hospitality business to thrive.

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Featured hospitality and tourism supports


Here are some of the most popular Tourism and Hospitality supports.

Explore supports best suited for businesses in the Tourism and Hospitality industry.

EU Just Transition Tourism Learning Network

A learning programme for more sustainable tourism

Regenerative tourism is not only about limiting environmental damage, but actively delivers positive benefits to nature, habitats, community and places. The Just Transition Tourism Learning Network Programme is a two year collaborative learning programme designed to support the development of regenerative tourism within the designated EU ‘Just Transition Territory’ in Ireland.

Training & Programmes

Climate Action Supports

Online resources for a more sustainable business

A range of online resources, guides, case studies and practical tools, including access to a carbon calculator to determine your business carbon footprint and benchmark your carbon emissions nationally and internationally. These tools will help tourism and hospitality businesses meet their sustainability goals and introduce energy efficient cost-saving measures.

Advice & Mentoring

LearniFI - Fáilte Ireland's Learning Platform

An e-learning platform for Tourism and Hospitality businesses

A learning portal with over 150 courses and business development, career development and management training from industry experts. 

Training & Programmes

Industry Digitalisation

Digital transformation for visitor experience businesses

In today's digital world, a strong online presence and the effective use of digital technologies are crucial for long-term success in the tourism industry. Our programme helps you adopt and optimise digital technologies, enhancing your skills to give your business a competitive edge. 

Training & Programmes

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Large Industry Energy Network (LIEN)

Support for Large Energy Users in Ireland Large

The SEAI Large Industry Energy Network (LIEN) is a program in Ireland that supports large energy users in improving their energy efficiency and reducing their carbon emissions.

Advice & Mentoring

The SEAI Large Industry Energy Network (LIEN) is for large energy users in Ireland. This specifically refers to companies with an annual energy spend of €1 million or more. These companies can be from any industry sector, but some examples include:

  • Manufacturing plants
  • Large data centres
  • Pharmaceutical companies
  • Food processing facilities

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

HR & OD Community of Practice

Nurturing HR & OD excellence for scalable business growth.

The HR & OD CoP is a collaborative platform bringing together HR and OD leaders to share knowledge, address challenges, and drive innovation. Through interactive roundtables and peer learning groups, we foster a dynamic community focused on exploring and overcoming HR and OD challenges, exchanging best practices, and uncovering emerging trends and solutions.

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Training & Programmes

Advice & Mentoring

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an Enterprise Ireland client company.
  • Targeted towards HR Managers, HR Directors, Chief People Officers, who are responsible for leading the people function within their business
  • Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Start-Up Capital Incentive

Tax relief for family backing new businesses

Family are often the key investors in new micro-enterprises. The Start-Up Capital Incentive (SCI) provides tax relief to family members who invest early stage micro-enterprises. 

Grants & Funding

SCI helps new micro-enterprises attract investment from family members (such as a spouse or civil partner, ancestor, lineal descendant or sibling). 

You may be eligible if: 

  • You are a micro-enterprise that employs less than 10 people. 

  • You are carrying out a qualifying new venture. 

  • You have not commenced or made preparations to commence carrying on any trade/business more than seven years before the share issue date. 

  • You do not have any partner/linked enterprises. 

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions which can be found on the Revenue website. 

Leasing and Hire Purchase

Get flexible funding for vehicles and machinery

Flexible funding schemes, like hire purchase agreements, allow you to own the asset at the end of the contract. While a finance lease allows you to rent the asset for as long as you need it, then return it. 

Loans

You might be eligible if: 

  • You are a small to medium business 

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Innovation Boost

Boost innovation and growth with the help of an academic expert

Enterprise Ireland's Innovation Partnership Programme (IPP) connects businesses with research institutes (universities, institutes of technology) to collaborate on research projects. Businesses can take advantage of professional research capabilities to drive innovation in their products, processes or services. 

Training & Programmes

Businesses looking to develop new or improved products, processes, services through collaboration and knowledge-sharing with Irish research institutes.


You may be eligible if: 

  • You are an existing Enterprise Ireland client 
  • Clusters of companies are welcome to apply 
  • You can provide a minimum cash contribution of 20% of the total project cost


Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions. 
 

Tourism Careers

Develop a talent pool and gain access to new skills

Online guidance and resources to support businesses with the recruitment and retention of staff and building a positive and inclusive Employer brand, while contributing to the reputation of tourism & hospitality as a rewarding career of choice.

Advice & Mentoring

Businesses with recruitment needs that are interested in attracting and retaining the best employees.

You might be eligible if you are a business in the Irish hospitality and tourism industry, such as:

  • an accommodation provider (hotels, B&Bs, self-catering etc)
  • a restaurant or cafe
  • an activity providers (including tours, attractions, adventure activities)
  • a tourism-related business (transport, retail, cultural experience, festival)

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

IDA Ireland Green Programme

Support to implement sustainable practices for multinational organisations

IDA Ireland offers a program specifically for their existing clients to explore and implement sustainable practices.

Grants & Funding

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an existing IDA client

Small Loan

Small low-cost loans

This is a small low cost loan with minimal paperwork requirements.

Loans

You might be eligible if: 

  • For both Start Up & Established businesses with low funding requirements
  • Your business has fewer than 10 full time employees
  • Your business has an annual turnover of less than €2 million
  • Your business has experienced difficulty in securing a loan from the banks
  • Living in Ireland

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

IDA Ireland Training Grant

Create your Talent Development Plan

The training grant is a financial incentive program designed to support existing client companies in upskilling and developing their workforce.

Training & Programmes

Grants & Funding

You may be eligible if: 

  • You are an IDA company that can submit a talent development plan reflecting the upskilling and reskilling needs of their people to address strategic business challenges.

JobsPlus Subsidy

Provide an unemployed person with a job opportunity

JobsPlus is a financial incentive to encourage employers to offer job opportunities to unemployed people.

Grants & Funding

Businesses with recruitment needs but need to manage the cost of employment. 

You may be eligible if:

  • You are registered as a business with the Revenue Commissioners and are tax compliant 
  • You offer full-time employment of at least 30 hours per week, over a minimum of 4 days. 

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

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