I skipped the tour buses and big-name distilleries and hit the road to find a deeper understanding of Scotch’s role in the country, writes Sebastian Modak, The Wall Street Journal.
He’s guarded doors in gay nightclubs, built multimillion-euro travel empires, and once rented his home to Taylor Swift. Now, entrepreneur Bob Haugh is plotting his next big journey — building his luxury travel company, OROKO.
Hostelworld’s CEO Gary Morrison and CFO Caroline Sherry talk to The Currency about how travellers’ destinations are changing and its plans to expand its social network app.
The online travel giant set up a fintech unit a few years ago and got a licence from the Central Bank of Ireland. Now it’s putting it to use.
After retiring, journalist Peter Murtagh decided to ride his motorbike from the tip of South America to the top of Alaska. He talks about the people he met, what he learned about life, and never slowing down.
Rarely does the opportunity to learn from mistakes and have a do-over so cleanly present itself as in the case of Meili. Founded by Mike McGearty and Bobby Healy, both Cartrawler alumni, the travel tech company is beginning its offensive.
The house carefully designed by the Irish artist was subject to decades of abuse. Against all odds, it now allows visitors to time-travel back to the day of its completion in 1929.
David Andrews lost his student travel business in the first Covid lockdown, then rebuilt it in Ireland and in the UK around summer work programmes. As customers complain of delays, can Usit be reborn yet again?
Airlines have cut losses in 2021 but remain exposed to the pandemic and dependent on government supports. Yet KPMG's aviation finance chief Joe O'Mara explains that successive Covid-19 waves have revealed the aviation industry's ability to rebound.
International hubs like Dublin and Cork airport has grown to be the gateways of Irish travel, forcing regional airports around the country to shut down in the last decade. But why are there still so many small airports in Ireland, and how do they stay in the air?
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