Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Mueller and six other tourism sector figures have been proposed for the board of Tourism Ireland by Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar.
The other new board members are: Jim Flannery, former chief executive of the Irish Hotels Federation and a former managing director of International Tourism Marketing Ltd; Shaun Quinn, the chief executive of Fáilte Ireland; John Healy, chairman of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation and director of Abbey Tours; restaurateur Elaine Murphy and Denis Cregan, chairman Kerry Airport.
