Countdown to Punchestown: Tickets pre-sales are up 10% on last year
This year's Punchestown Festival is showing a 10% increase in ticket pre-sales versus last year.
Around one in four of 2017 attendees were first time visitors to the Punchestown Festival.
49% of the attendance was female while over half of the attendance was under 44 years.
Over 20,400 visits were made by overseas visitors to the 2017 Festival (29% increase since 2005) and indications from pre-bookings suggest this number has increased once again for 2018.
An active joint promotional campaign has been established with 26 UK racecourses including Cheltenham, Newbury and Haydock.
- Of those who required accommodation during their visit, 73% chose hotels in the Kildare and Dublin region.
- The average accommodation stay by visitors was three days.
- 10% of visitors to the festival holidayed for six nights or more
- In Kildare and the surrounding areas, €25.3m was spent outside the racecourse on accommodation, food, drink and entertainment during the five day festival.
- Around 17,000 corporate hospitality clients will be catered for at the 2018 Festival.
- 157 UK based companies have purchased corporate hospitality in 2018 versus 151 in 2017.
- 2018 Festival hospitality packages are available from €129pp.
- 765 companies in total purchased hospitality for Punchestown 2018. Over 873 companies are directly involved with the event as clients, sponsors, suppliers or corporate partners.
- There will be a total of 30 venues to choose from when deciding on your hospitality option at Festival 2018.
- The Corinthian Restaurant is an exciting new venue for 2018. Located in the socialhub of the festival the 160-diner Restaurant, situated in the new Hunt Stand, is the flagship setting of the new €4 million development.
- Sold out since December 2017, The Corinthian has appealed to customers because of the incredible views over the final furlong.