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On Friday, May 9, 2008, myguideTravel was a sponsor of the annual ICCUSA (New England chapter) Emerald Award Gala Ball held at the InterContinental Hotel in Boston. ICCUSA is the Ireland Chamber of Commerce in the USA
and is a non-profit business networking organization with a focus on Ireland. ICCUSA is nationwide in the US and each major city has its own chapter. ICCUSA’s goal is to foster business relationships and economic exchanges between the US and Ireland in a variety of ways, including a breakfast speaking series, charitable fund raising and an annual trade mission.
May 13th, 2008
I classify myself as an aviation enthusiast so it was with great interest that I recently read about the launch of a new commerical air service for the island of Mull in Scotland. Usually, launching a new air service is met with a mixed response depending upon which side of the environmental protection issue you stand on. This new service, however, is a bit different. Loch Lommond Seaplanes is to serve the Hebridean Isle ofMull from the city center of Glasgow with the quest of resuming commerically viable sea plane service. The service is to be operated by Cessna Aircraft that will leave little impact on the environment and make use of existing infrastructure. The flight will be a delight for frequent visitors to the islands as it will turn a 4 hour trip on country roads and ferry in a relaxing flight that lasts about a half hour. Alas, there is one drawback: flights are seasonal and will only operate during the summer schedule.
April 25th, 2008
These past few days have been a reckoning for the aviation industry as no less than three air carriers have gone belly up, with a few more probably to follow. Apparently, the environment to operate an airline now is pretty tough, with rising fuel prices and a softening economy exacerbating other factors such as aircraft efficiency and labor costs to the point where several carriers have just shut their doors without warning and at least one more (Champion Air) plans to do so shortly.
April 5th, 2008
I recently started reading Reuters travel picks and must say that I find it very informative.
Their most recent top ten is of Trains around the world and while the number 1 is probably no 
surprise, there are certainly some interesting listings. The real point to note is that it is not just the fastest speed that qualifies a train for the top 10 list.
Living in Ireland I rarely travel by train but when in Continantal Europe I always enjoy traversing the countryside by train.
Reuters list is as follows:
1. TGV, France
2. Japan Railways Group, Japan
3. Eurostar, England
4. ICE/NachtZug, Germany
5. TAV, Italy
6. Russian Railways, Russia
7. KTX, South Korea
8. AVE, Spain
9. Great Southern Rail Limited, Australia
10. VR, Finland
March 21st, 2008
As we approach the traditional feast day of Ireland’s patron Saint, Patrick, on March 17, it is interesting to note that in 2008 the religious celebration of it was moved by the Church to Saturday, March 15 to avoid a conflict with the start of Holy Week. Arguably one of the most famous saints (along with probably Saint Nicholas and Saint Valentine), Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated worldwide in both religious and secular fashion. Even though Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, the first public celebration of his feast day was actually organized by the Charitable Irish Society in Boston and held in 1737. Today, celebration of the day has turned into a week long affair in Dublin with parades, parties, dancing and much more. Indeed, most of the world has embraced the day and added to it in their own special way. Nevertheless, it remains the quintessential Irish day of celebration by the Irish, Ireland’s diaspora and the Irish for a day.
March 16th, 2008
Over the February 22-24, 2008 weekend, the myguideTravel team exhibited at the annual Boston Globe Travel Show at the Seaport World Trade Center on Boston’s Waterfront. I was fortunate enough to be part of the team who worked at the event and I must say it was very impressive. There was over 250 exhibitors on hand, with such destinations as diverse as India, Egypt and Malayasia. We were on hand to promote our destination specialist brands myguideIreland, myguideBritain and myguideScotland. Despite a snowstorm on Friday that dropped about 8 inches (2o centimeters) on the city, the turnout was strong with approximately 13,000 people coming through the doors.
February 27th, 2008
Having founded and worked on myguideTravel for almost 10 years, I recently found myself wistfully looking at new opportunities. By my very nature I am entrepreneurial. It all began when I started selling vegetables to my mother while I was still in primary school in Castletownshend. All the lessons of entrepreneurship were to be found working on my vegetable patch.
- Seed capital was just that, my mother used to give my brother and I a loan for seeds at the start of every season.
- Some products worked great (cabbage) whereas others flopped every season (Ireland is a tough place to grow tomatoes without the capital for a greenhouse).
February 26th, 2008
So began my introduction to lard. I do try to eat a balanced diet, high in fibre, plenty of fruit and veg, any fats in my diet tend to be monounsaturates and polyunsaturates. If anyone from my health insurer is reading, please stop now!
The waiter had instructed me as follows
- This he pointed at the rye bread
- This he pointed at the pickles
- This he made a digging motion towards the HUGE dish of lard
- And this he did a shaking action with the salt cellar
- He then declared it to be delicious, for final effect he kissed his fingertips
February 9th, 2008
To me it never was a wosp, it’s always been a wasp. I was listening to Ray Darcy on Today FM during the the week and Ray had a piece about how the word wasp is pronounced. Ray was trying to impress upon his listeners that he grew up in a family of 11 in Co. Kildare and then proceeded to pronounce the word as if he was schooled in Eton.
All joking aside, this is one of the things that I love, as I travel to our various offices.
- In Boston, the traditional accent is non-rhotic, you don’t hear the “r” at the end of a syllable or just before a consonant. So there is no “r” when you go to pa-k your ka- in Ha-ved
February 2nd, 2008
The ferry Riverdance was hit by a huge wave off the Lancashire coast last night. The ferry was crossing between Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland and Heysham in England.
Thankfully the crew and passengers were rescued without any serious injury. News media in Ireland and in Britain are reporting that the freight ferry still has not being re-floated today. It’s mornings like this morning, that remind the Irish and British public that we live on relatively small islands, in a very big ocean.
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February 1st, 2008
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