New body to market Cork region for business and tourism

A new body is being set up to market the Cork region abroad for business and tourism which will combine the efforts of the city and county councils along with other major bodies.

Cork INC (Innovated, Networked, Connected) will be spearheaded by the councils and will include a number of organisations such as Fáilte Ireland, Cork Airport, University College Cork, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork Chamber of Commerce, the Port of Cork, Enterprise Ireland, and IDA Ireland.

Acting county manager Declan Daly said the decision to set up Cork INC was taken because of increased competition from areas in Europe which had already combined to market their respective regions.