THE Clarion Hotel in Sligo realises that not all families are exactly the same, and if you’re a single parent trying to get away with the kids for a few days the costs can soar with usual room rates applying for two people sharing.

IRISH shoppers spent almost €57 million in the North last year, an increase of 16% on the previous year.

The North is bucking the economic trend because of bargain-hunting visitors from the Republic, the Tourist Board said today.

A leading hotelier was today named as the new chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB).

THE Northern Ireland Tourism Board has published a new brochure offering hundreds of options for the traveller short of time.

SAYIT Travel and Kumuka have added a new range of Asia family tours to their portfolio.

Tourism chiefs hope the big screen success of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe will attract visitors to Northern Ireland to savour the scenery which inspired CS Lewis, it emerged today.

A HUGE “ghost ship” could soon light up the Belfast skyline to mark the birthplace of the ill-fated Titanic, it was announced yesterday.

The number of visitors travelling to Northern Ireland will burst through the 2,000,000 barrier for the first time, the Northern Ireland Tourist Board predicted today.

THE Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) yesterday rejected stinging criticism from Gulliver Ireland that it is wasting taxpayers money.

The Northern Ireland Tourist Board has launched a new brochure aimed at attracting visitors from south of the border.

The Northern Ireland Tourist Board has reported a 50% increase in bookings at its information centre in Dublin in the first six months of this year.

A man who once quit the Northern Ireland Tourist Board will help front a new Government bid to transform Derry, it emerged tonight.

Northern Ireland tonight launched a tourism offensive to try to win back trade lost by the foot-and-mouth crisis.