Abbey Tours

Established in 1978, Abbey Tours is an award-winning Destination Management Company (DMC). They provide a full range of group and individual travel services, working exclusively with the travel industry.

As part of the Abbey Group, a collection of travel companies, Abbey Tours serves the needs of travel trade partners in Ireland. The Group is owned and managed by experienced travel professionals, focusing on selling the destinations of Ireland and the UK to the worldwide travel trade on a B2B basis.

At The Abbey Group, we are dedicated to sustainable tourism, ensuring that our business practices align with environmental, social, and economic well-being. Our core values – respect, integrity, team spirit, excellence, passion, and open communication guide our actions.

We still have work to do, but we are committed to continuously improving our efforts. In order to achieve long-term sustainability goals we will constantly assess, evaluate and improve our systems and processes by:

• Setting SMART sustainability goals
• Ongoing identification of areas of waste
• Regular reporting and reviews to track progress, adapt and evolve.
• Involving all employees, creating a sustainability culture within the company.
• Collaborating with stakeholders
• Fostering a culture of efficiency and innovation, encouraging new ideas and solutions

This will require a commitment to a long-term journey of continuous improvement. It begins with meaningful changes that have immediate impact to long term projects that will be driven from the core of the company. The improvement will be regularly monitored, assessed and reflected upon, the Abbey Group will hold itself accountable for achieving set targets and making itself answerable to all stakeholders. Abbey believes that this improvement should encompass a holistic approach internally and externally, all employees and areas of the business should feel empowered to challenge and drive improvement. Externally, Abbey will ensure that environmental, economic and social improvements are central to all business transactions. Continuous improvement is key to the ethos of the Abbey Group.

Sustainable Tourism Network Foundation Level 2024 AwardSustainable Tourism Network Energy and Carbon 2024 AwardSustainable Tourism Network Nature & Culture Award 2025Sustainable Tourism Network People & Business Award 2025