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One year ago, travel agent Mary McKenna told The Currency about her scramble to manage cancellations as Tour America’s revenue dropped to zero. As customers return to booking holidays, her latest interview is decidedly upbeat.
Joe Walsh Tours was one of Ireland’s oldest travel agents and tour operators. However, board minutes, legal filings and correspondence with the regulator reveal just what went wrong, and who is owed what. They also shed light on the company’s battle to survive a pandemic.
Following a debt refinance earlier this year, the Dublin-based international serviced apartments operator has now secured backing from the Irish state's sovereign wealth fund.
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The Dublin-based online backpackers’ booking service this week rallied investors and banks to see it through the pandemic. Yet despite commitments to build significant personal stakes in the business, the company’s executive directors have yet to do so.
Mary McKenna’s travel agency Tour America has sent a generation of Irish tourists to the country now worst hit by the pandemic. She expects no travel until Christmas and her team are busy rescheduling trips - but with a mother in a nursing home, she knows this is not only about business.
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