Attention to detail keeps Cork travel firm on the map

TIMES may be tough in the financial world but there are still good stories in the business sector, one of them coming from the travel industry with news of an expanding East Cork Travel group.

The company has taken over Fermoy-based Slattery Travel, following the decision of Joe Slattery to retire from business after almost 60 years of uninterrupted trading.

East Cork Travel was founded in 1995 in Midleton by Brendan Barry as a regular travel agency but moved forward five years later starting the Discover Travel product, specialising in the Asian and north African markets and marketing tourism in countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, China and Egypt.