Sandra (Irish)
Operations Director

Happy activity – I live very close to the sea and enjoy walking on the beach every day. Looking at the sun rising over the water makes an excellent start to the day. I also really enjoy hiking, heading off for the day is brilliant and I always feel great afterwards.

Happy food – My favourite food is Indian. I love the look of it, the colours and the spices. I also try to cook it myself from scratch, especially the vegetarian recipes. On every occasion I get I pull out the Indian cook book and try out new ideas and have friends over to test it out!

Happy holiday – My favorite holiday was in India, in the area called Ladakh on the north of the country. I spent time there trekking and visiting monasteries – the scenery was absolutely breathtaking, I have never seen such natural beauty. People I met as well as the peacefulness of the place were amazing. My second favorite holiday was in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur is a very vibrant city, offering a lot of entertainment and shopping, I travelled onto Langkawi which had the most fantastic beaches and blue seas.

Rick (British)
Sales Manager

Happy hobby – Travelling of course!!! Favourite place is Thailand - love the food, culture, and the way of life. I recently travelled to Moscow to watch my team - Manchester Utd (my other happy hobby) play in the Champions League final. We travelled by train from Latvia to Moscow. It was an amazing adventure and well worth the trek because we won!!! I have recently travelled to South Africa and dived with great white sharks, rode an ostrich (and fell off), did the highest bungee in the world (216 meters), dived with Nile Crocs and other crazy stuff.

Hayley (British)
Sales Executive

Happy hobby – My happy hobby is anything to do with visiting different countries, places, and cities etc. I love to travel everywhere and anywhere! As a child I was very geeky and used to love looking at world maps (Obviously to work in travel was in my blood as a child)!!! My favourite place in the whole world is TURKEY, I love the culture, people, resorts , food, the country is breath taking with all the big pine clad mountains!

Lorna (British)
Sales Executive

Happy holiday – My best holiday so far was 2 weeks of pure relaxation in the Maldives with my fiancé. Lots of good books and a deck of playing cards are essential to bring. Laying down on the sun watching crystal clear sea is just amazing! Also love Africa and getting into lots of different cultures.I can’t wait to visit South America!

Darren (British)
Sales Executive

Happy hobby – I am very greedy as I have two happy hobbies! I absolutely adore windsurfing and golf. The excitement and energy of windsurfing is just amazing – you realize how powerful nature really is. Golfing is excellent for relaxation and the perfect way to spend a few hours in the sunshine chatting with friends.

Colleen (Irish)
Global Contracts Manager

Happy holiday – One of my favourite holidays to date was late last year travelling in Cambodia with my family. Truly a beautiful country, with amazing people that give a warm welcome you’ll find hard to beat. Such a range of experience’s on one 2 week holiday, from wild parties at Phnom Penh’s Water Festival’s where the illuminated floats along the Mekong River are a stunning sight, and certainly give our St. Patrick’s Day floats a run for money!
Next to Siem Riep to sample high class hotels, trendy restaurants & bars, it’s a really fun city with an abundance to do. From Siem Riep a day trip to visit the Ancient Temples at Angkor Wat where you can still enter and climb some of the world's most magnificent architectural masterpieces built as far back as the 9th century. To relax we then travelled to Kep which is a beautiful untouched beach village located on the Southwest coast of Cambodia where I stayed in wood cabins built in trees which was as close to an Ewok Village that I have ever experienced! I highly recommend!

Jemma (English)
IT Project Manager

Happy memory – My favourite holiday and the ultimate happy place is Mauritius. I went on a great holiday there about 5 years ago with my best friend. The country is beautiful and so are the people. I have fab memories of chilling out in a hot tub looking at the clear blue seas. Don’t think I slept once during that week away, apart from while catching some rays.

Laurence (French)
Group Sales Team

Happy reading – I’m from France and have travelled for 3 years around mostly Europe and Australia before settling down here in Dublin 8 years ago. My greatest passion are books… wherever I have been I have always had books with me... I love books; they are passed from hands to hands, through different times, different countries, different culture... I love to put leaves, flowers and notes in them to find them again years later... They remind me of the past, of my childhood, of places I have been, of people I have met... and I just love to read them... to myself in bed or lying in the sun, out loud in the traffic jams, softly to my little girl when she can’t sleep... I will make sure to put one or two in her backpack the day she starts travelling so she'll bring Home with her wherever she goes...

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Orla (Irish)
Administration Team

Happy hobby – My hobby is singing and writing. I lose myself every now and then writing short stories. I found that inspiration often comes from walking around unspoiled nature; my favourite spot is in Connemara. I am also hoping to go to Iceland some time this year – it would be a completely new experience!

Geraldine (French)
Irish Reservations

Happy place – I love the south coast of France. It’s a very sunny place and is my favourite place for long and sandy beaches. Many sport activities take place there such as surf, kite surf, kayaking or jet skiing. I even tried surfing myself! This place is very well known for good food and wine, which you can find in little shops or open markets. It is an absolutely lovely place to visit to enjoy good food, good wine and beautiful nature.

Sofia (Hungarian)
Irish Reservations

Happy holiday – I always like to try new things off the beaten path – the most relaxing time I ever had was in Beduin camp in Wadi Rum, Jordan. Entire area is absolutely must see, with little fishing villages and great people. I had absolutely amazing time diving in the Red Sea – play of colours on sea bed and fish is really wonderful – I highly recommend it to everyone.

Mariusz (Polish)
Software Support

Happy activity – I love spending my free time fishing. There is one nice place close to Dublin, Blessington Lakes, Co. Wicklow, where I go on every occasion I get. Of course if you are lucky with weather you can catch trout or pike and have a nice barbecue as well. A day spent there is very peaceful, it brings you closer to nature and rejuvenates you for hard work ahead. I would recommend it to everyone!