Lee Midsummer Regatta

Lee Rowing Club is proud to announce that the annual Lee Regatta is scheduled to take place on Sunday 28th June 2009. The oldest rowing club in Cork, they are keen to keep alive, the long tradition of rowing on the River Lee.

UCC Campus Accommodation is delighted to support the rowing club, by sponsoring a race at the upcoming Regatta.

For more information, you can check out the website www.leerowingclub.com

 

Cork Midsummer Festival

The Cork Midsummer Festival is well under way and UCC Campus Accommodation is a proud sponsor of the festival.

The festival has a fantastic 16 Day programme of theatre, dance, music and art. Highlights include a new production by Corcadorca, Sol Pico and the Spiegeltent.

For more information on whats on, log onto www.corkfestival.com

 

Open for Summer

UCC Campus Accommodation will open for Summer Business on Friday June 12th. University Hall and Victoria Lodge offer the ideal location for groups and individuals seeking a high standard of self catering accommodation.

Groups that are staying with us this summer vary from sports teams to conferences and from North American Universities to festival acts.

Individuals visiting Cork city on a short or long term basis can be ideally accommodated in shared apartments, with their own bedroom and bathroom.

For more details, or to make a reservation, please email beds@ucc.ie

 

Summer on Campus Newsletter

UCC Campus Accommodation are delighted to announce the publication of their first Summer on Campus Newsletter. During the summer, the apartments welcome many different types of guests and groups. The newsletter was designed to give you an idea of what our business involves when we open the accommodation to the public.

To view the newsletter, you can download it from our "Terms" page on this website or follow this link:

http://www.ucccampusaccommodation.com/terms.asp

 

Campus Accommodation attend Sustainability Workshop

Thanks to the Irish Self Catering Federation (www.iscf.ie), a workshop to introduce the concepts of environmental sustainability for tourism businesses was held at the Nano Nagel Centre, Co. Cork www.nanonaglebirthplace.ie. The centre is one for heritage, spirituality and ecology. Environmental features at the centre include geothermal heating, wood pellet boiler, solar panels and reed bed system.

The workshop began with an introduction to environmental sustainability in Irish Tourism with a specific focus on the key areas of water, waste and energy. Other topics covered included environmental policy, managment, staff training, renewable energies, waste management and guest information.

UCC Campus Acommodation have introduced a new waste management system this year, reducing the amount of waste used by both students and summer guests. This includes separate recycling options in each apartment and a composting option.

The workshop was presented by Barry Murphy who specialises in tourism businesses and rural enterprises. A part time lecturer in Sustainable tourism and tourism marketing, Barry also runs his own tourism consultancy and ecotours company, Tourism Pure www.tourismpure.com.

 

Other attendees on the workship included:

Through-Stone Self Catering Coach House: www.throughstoneselfcatering.com

Glebe Country House & Coach House Apartments: www.glebecountryhouse.com

 

 

MUSA Awards

Bucking the trend in the hospitality sector the Irish universities continue to grow their annual business to €23M.

At a function in the Westin Hotel, Dublin, on 22 January, the universities’ conference group, MUSA, presented awards to Ms Pia Greevy of ATC Language & Travel and Mr Jim O’Callaghan, former Conference Officer with Fáilte Ireland. The MUSA Awards are made in recognition of significant contributions to the university tourism sector.

Describing Ms Greevy and Mr O’Callaghan as “friends of the Irish universities”, MUSA President, Dr Bill Tinley, praised their contribution, adding that language schools and academic conferences formed the backbone of the universities’ summer business. Dr Tinley said summer tourism in the seven universities continued to grow, with turnover last year of €23M and visitor bed nights of 370,000, of which 48% was accounted for by international visitors.

In the past ten years ATC Language & Travel has brought 35,000 students to Ireland from Italy, Spain and other parts of Europe. Dr Tinley said that apart from the considerable economic boost each summer there were potential longer term benefits for Ireland. “The adults who were here twenty years ago as students might now be encouraged to relive their Irish experience, whether as leisure tourists or business visitors.”

Dr Tinley added that the good work fostered by Mr O’Callaghan in support of academic conferencing had helped to put the Irish universities on the business tourism map. He said the future looks promising in that area and expressed the hope that continued support would see the sector develop its potential more fully.

English as a foreign language

Every year, thousands of Italian and Spanish students come to Ireland to improve their English and experience what live and culture is like in our country. In conjunction with ATC Language & Travel, Cork Language Centre, Moving On and In English!, UCC Campus Accommodation is delighted to be involved in their stay in Cork City. During their stay, the students attend English classes, some in the University and some at private classes organized by their tour operator. Many attend sports activities at the Mardyke Arena, travel around the country on day trips and interact socially with each other at events such as Ceilis, quizzes and movie nights.

Conference Delegates at UCC Campus Accommodation

Theatre Forum supports, represents and develops the environment in which professionally led performing arts are made. Theatre Forum will hold their annual conference at University College Cork and UCC Campus Accommodation are delighted to accommodate their delegates. In conjunction with Triskel Arts Centre, The International Short Story Conference delegates will be welcomed to UCC Campus Accommodation in June. Every other year the International Conference on the Short Story in English brings together writers and scholars with an interest in the short story, creating an unusual forum for a fruitful debate between the practitioners of the art and critical readers, coming from a diversity of fields and sharing a variety of interests. More information can be found at http://www.shortstoryconference.com. Academic Conferences to be accommodated include the 60th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquim, TUG 2008, The Ritual Year and Gender Conference, EBPS.