The shutdown of the global tourism industry has claimed its first high profile Irish corporate victim. A High Court judge this Friday appointed KPMG as provisional liquidator to the Dublin-based travel agents Usit along with its parent company Kinlay Group. Travel and educational activities, the two pillars of Usit’s business, have ground to a halt around the world and the group finds itself hitting the wall despite additional investment by its owners in recent years. Kieran Wallace and Andrew O’Leary of KPMG have been appointed joint liquidators. The company synonymous with J1 visas and student tours for generations of Irish…

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