The best Christmas present this year? A staycation

Castlemartyr Resort 

“You win a hotel stay! You win a hotel stay!” Not since Oprah gifted a new motor to each of her audience members back in her talkshow glory days, has there been such a collective euphoria of what so many of us may be about to bountifully receive. 

And it’s not a Pontiac saloon. Thank to this year’s Irish Hotels Federation initiative, supported by Fáilte Ireland, the new Go Anywhere gift cards are predicted to be dropping into Eircodes and Christmas stockings nationwide with murmured sales figures this week set to gift the hospitality industry itself a considerable - and much needed - leg-up. Gift cards are the new Nespresso machine, the new Jo Malone candle, the new Pelaton subscriptions this Christmas. And it seems that tor many Irish consumers, they are resonating as the right gift at the right time.