An exciting year ahead as the new Cruise Season launches! Belfast will welcome first time calls from 10 cruise ships this year as part of a cruise season that will see more than 145 calls to Belfast Harbour from some of the world’s best known cruise lines. Cruise Belfast, the partnership between Belfast Harbour and Visit Belfast which markets the city as a leading cruise ship destination, has announced that the first cruise call of the seven-month season will be on March 30. During the 2025 season there will be 146 calls by 57 ships from 31 different cruise lines – including 13 by Belfast’s most frequent caller, Princess Cruises' ‘Regal Princess’. Among the ships calling at Belfast for the first time will be Viking’s newest vessel, the ‘Viking Vela’, which will be the first cruise ship to dock in the city in 2025, with Virgin Voyages first ship ‘Scarlet Lady’ will also be making its inaugural visit to Belfast in August. The largest vessel that will be visiting Belfast this year will once again be the 333 metre-long MSC Cruises Preziosa. For more information https://bit.ly/4bXI2HY
Visit Belfast
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The latest tourism industry news and insights from the team at Visit Belfast #BelfastTourism.
About us
Visit Belfast is a public private sector partnership funded and supported by Belfast City Council, Tourism Northern Ireland and the private sector. It is the official tourism marketing agency for the Belfast City Region, dedicated to promoting Belfast as a city break, conference and cruise ship destination. It is also responsible for the operation of three gateway tourist information centres. Visit Belfast represents around 500 tourism businesses and services across the industry including accommodation providers, attractions, conference venues and services, tour operators, transport providers, entertainment venues, restaurants and cafes, pubs and clubs and event organisers. It provides an extensive range of marketing platforms for tourism businesses to promote their products and services to travel trade and consumers. In marketing Belfast as a world class destination, we are keen to work with businesses that reflect the best of what the city has to offer potential visitors.
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- Travel Arrangements
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Belfast
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1999
- Specialties
- Marketing, Tourist Information, Partnerships, Tourism, Business Tourism, Cruise Tourism, and Leisure Tourism
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9 Donegall Square North
Belfast, BT1 5GB, GB
Employees at Visit Belfast
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Ciaran McAuley
Head of Finance and Corporate Services with Belfast Royal Academy
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Deborah Collins
Attracting strategic business events to Belfast and Northern Ireland
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Fiona Liversidge
Corporate Communications & Insights Manager at Visit Belfast
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Gerry Lennon
Chief Executive at Visit Belfast
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Calling all chefs, producers and food and drink businesses 📢 We have a FREE event coming up to help you build sustainability into your business. 'Future-proofing your business: practical sustainability for food and drink' will be delivered with the Belfast Flavours Food & Drink Collective and will include insights from sustainable food tourism pioneer Tina O'Dwyer from The Tourism Space®. 📍 National Football Stadium at Windsor Park 📆 Tuesday, 25 March 2025 🕛 10am to 1pm (9.30am registration) Find out more and register at: https://ow.ly/yNhU50VgAOF #SustainableTourism #Hospitality #FoodAndDrink #BelfastFood #FoodTourism
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A leader in Northern Ireland’s corporate and private events industry for over 20 years, CALLOW EVENT MANAGEMENT has recently launched their new Destination Management division, making Callow Events Northern Ireland’s premier dedicated Destination Management Company (DMC). Through this division, Callow Events aims to grow Northern Ireland’s business tourism sector by fostering the growing number of delegates visiting Northern Ireland seeking unique, inspiring and authentic experiences and elevating Northern Ireland as an outstanding destination for corporate visitors on a global stage. Deborah Collins, Head of Business Events at Visit Belfast commented, "As the city proactively expands into the corporate and agency market, strengthening relationships with key industry players is crucial. Callow Events’ launch into the Destination Management space is a very welcome addition to the city’s offering." Find out more: https://bit.ly/3DuaZ1G
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Proud to be part of the team welcoming the Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann to Belfast in August 2026. #Belfast #VisitBelfast #FleadhCheoil #Music #FleadhBelfast26
Some really positive news for #Belfast today - we have officially been named as the host of Comhaltas Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in August 2026! The announcement was made at City Hall this afternoon by organisers Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ) following a bid by our council, along with our partners Ards CCÉ. Last year's event in Wexford included over 400 events over eight days, attracting more than 650,000 visitors and delivering an economic value of around £58 million to the region. Now it's all systems go for 2-9 August 2026, which also marks the 75th anniversary of Comhaltas and the 50th anniversary of Ards CCÉ. We can't wait to develop our programme for what promises to be a really special milestone event for our city! Today's announcement was attended by leading figures from the traditional music, tourism and hospitality sectors and there's such a buzz already for #FleadhBelfast26, as this short video shows. Visit Belfast Tourism Northern Ireland #Events #Belfast #Music #Fleadh #FleadhCheoil
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A great project bringing local communities together to gain a better understanding of Belfast's maritime heritage. It is this heritage that makes Belfast a unique destination for both local and overseas visitors. #visitbelfast #maritimeheritage #maritimebelfast
Maritime Belfast Trust Celebrates Local Communities and Maritime Heritage at Annual Event🎉 On Sunday 2nd March, we held our 8th annual Local Community Day in partnership with Titanic Belfast, an initiative that brings together communities to connect with Belfast’s Maritime Heritage. This year, 500 representatives from over 30 community groups got to enjoy a complimentary visit to Titanic Belfast and SS Nomadic. Groups included Waterfront Neighbourhood Network communities, Belfast South Community Resources, Holy Family Youth Club and Tiger Bay. Read more>https://bit.ly/41rVpey #Community #Heritage #MaritimeMile #MaritimeBelfast
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This week, Titanic Belfast hosted over 90 leading tourism and cultural organisations at a two-day summit to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the UK’s visitor economy. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eHSVp8DU Association of Leading Visitor Attractions
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Irish Football Association announces plans for a new National Football Centre at Galgorm, Ballymena. This new state-of-the-art, multi-million pound National Football Centre located opposite the renowned Galgorm Collection, will feature world-class pitches and cutting-edge training facilities, fully realising the association's ambition to create a project that supports both elite and grass roots players. An exiting project that will not only support the development of men and women's football, but also our local communities and wider tourism industry. #irishfootballassociation #irishfa #northernirelandfootball #galgorm http://bit.ly/4bjCSWz
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Congratulations to Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council on its £10m investment. Developing and enhancing facilities and improving accessibility and supports businesses helping to attract tourism to the area. #visitlisburncastlereagh
Communities across the Lisburn and Castlereagh area have benefited from almost £10m of investment over the past three years through 40 local projects. Mayor Dickson and Cara McCrory, Director of Finance and Corporate Services took the opportunity to visit Lisburn BMX Club to promote that we are creating Lisburn’s first skatepark adjacent to their track in Bells Lane Park. Balanced investment, accessibility, sustainability and facilities for all are the key aims of capital projects across our area. Through partnership working our diverse range of projects meet the needs of local businesses, communities and partner organisations. Projects include village improvement schemes, community-based sport and leisure facilities, and greenway infrastructure enhancements. 💻 Read more at: https://lnkd.in/ec77zDES
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It's been a great weekend at Holiday World Dublin for our Visitor Services Team and partners meeting hundreds of potential visitors and promoting Belfast and City Region. Game of Thrones Studio Tour, High Rise Lisburn, Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, Ards and North Down Borough Council and Dublin Express for joining us. #visitbelfast #HWS25 #Belfast #BelfastCityRegion
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