Issue 95 - Lisburn BT25 • BT26 •BT27 •BT28 • BT29
New Mayor elected
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council has elected Councillor Andrew Gowan (DUP) as the new Mayor with Councillor Gary McCleave (Sinn Fein) taking up the post of Deputy Mayor.
Naomi Waite, Director of Marketing at Tourism NI and Katie Cunningham (in pink jacket), Head of Accounting at BBDO, pictured with their `Client Agency Collaboration Award’ from the All-Ireland Marketing Awards 2023 (AIM), at Hillsborough Castle Gardens, one of Northern Ireland’s top visitor attractions.
Tourism NI scoops major marketing award
Tourism Northern Ireland has won a prestigious marketing award at a presentation in Hillsborough Castle Gardens. The tourism body and BBDO advertising agency in Dublin were the recipients of the highly coveted `Client Agency Collaboration Award’ at the recent All-Ireland Marketing Awards 2023 (AIM). Organised by the Marketing Institute of Ireland, the awards recognise the success of Irish marketing professionals and acknowledges their contribution to the
ongoing process of strengthening the economy of the island of Ireland. The `Client Agency Collaboration Award’ is presented jointly to a client/agency based upon their success in generating empathy and trust, bonding around a shared mission, unlocking business potential and triggering exceptional results. The award submission by Tourism NI and
BBDO showed how their collaboration had made a “giant impact” on tourism. It said: “In 2019, only 6.1% of island of Ireland trips by ROI residents were to Northern Ireland. “Tourism NI had a very difficult goal – to put Northern Ireland on the holiday map for Republic of Ireland residents. And then came a global pandemic. “Against all the odds, BBDO Dublin and Tourism NI forged a
partnership built upon resilience, resourcefulness and agility, resolving as a team to guide the tourism and hospitality industry through the crisis, and to foster sustained growth. “The collaboration made a giant impact, with Tourism Northern Ireland achieving its best ever results in the first 9 months of 2022 alone’.
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Speaking at the Annual Meeting of Council, Mayor Gowan said: “It is truly an honour to be nominated as Mayor and I will give this role my all throughout the next year. “I thank my constituents in Downshire East for re-electing me. My approach to public office as a Councillor is to work hard and deliver outcomes that make a meaningful difference to people and communities. That will be my approach as Mayor for the Lisburn & Castlereagh City area. “I will be a positive ambassador for our city and a champion for our community. I feel privileged to be able to represent the people of Lisburn and Castlereagh as first citizen. “I would like to pay
tribute to my predecessor, Scott Carson who put his all into this role over the last year, ably supported by Michelle Guy as Deputy. Scott represented us with distinction throughout the year, especially at times of such national significance including the passing of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Coronation of our King, Charles III. “I look forward to working in partnership with local people, to deliver positive outcomes for everyone. As a father of four young children, I want to engage young peoplein many aspects of civic life and lead by example to inspire future generations. Mayor Gowan has chosen Cancer Fund for Children as his Mayoral Charity.