About Cashel Travel
UK & Ireland Destination Management Company
Cashel Travel is an award-winning, employee-owned UK and Ireland Destination Management Company, with its head office in Edinburgh and teams across London, Manchester and Sligo.
We design and operate incentive travel programmes, conferences, group tours, luxury travel and tailor-made itineraries throughout Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Each year, we look after more than 20,000 travellers from around the world. Our clients include international tour operators, incentive houses, conference organisers, corporate clients, travel agencies and private travel specialists.
We pride ourselves on creating customised travel programmes that go far beyond standard, off-the-shelf itineraries. Whether the brief is complex, unusual or highly detailed, our team combines destination knowledge, supplier relationships and operational experience to deliver programmes that work smoothly from start to finish.
Our multilingual travel experts have many years of experience in UK and Irish tourism. We know the destinations, the hotels, the venues, the guides, the transport providers and the local details that make a journey successful.
Our history
Cashel Travel was founded in 2001 with a clear purpose: to provide professional, reliable and imaginative destination management services for clients travelling to Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.
Over the years, the company has grown from a specialist inbound operator into one of the most respected DMCs in the UK and Ireland. Our strength has always been a combination of local expertise, long-standing supplier relationships, careful planning and hands-on operations.
As the business developed, Cashel Travel expanded across group travel, incentive travel, meetings and conferences, luxury travel and tailor-made touring. Today, the company remains independently managed and employee-owned, with a strong focus on service, flexibility and long-term client relationships.
Employee owned
A major milestone in our history was the creation of the Cashel Travel Employee Ownership Trust. This means the people who help design and deliver our travel programmes also share in the long-term future of the business.
Employee ownership reflects the values that have always shaped Cashel Travel: responsibility, commitment, teamwork and pride in the quality of our work. For our clients and partners, it provides continuity and confidence. It helps ensure that Cashel Travel remains focused on long-term relationships, careful service delivery and sustainable growth.
UKinbound Tour Operator / DMC of the Year 2025
In February 2026, Cashel Travel was named Tour Operator / DMC of the Year 2025 by UKinbound.
This award recognises the quality, professionalism and consistency of our work as a destination management company across the UK and Ireland. For Cashel Travel, it is also recognition of the people behind the business: our employee-owned team, our long-standing supplier partners and the clients who trust us to deliver complex travel programmes year after year.
The award reflects what we aim to do every day: create well-planned, imaginative and reliable travel experiences for groups, incentives, conferences and individual travellers throughout Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Where we work
From our head office in Edinburgh and our wider presence in London, Manchester and Sligo, we deliver travel programmes across the UK and Ireland.
Our work covers Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. We manage everything from city-based conferences and incentive programmes to luxury private travel, special interest groups and multi-country touring itineraries.
Our local knowledge and trusted supplier network allow us to create programmes that are practical, distinctive and commercially sound.
Part of a wider travel group
Cashel Travel is part of a wider group of specialist travel businesses, each with its own focus and expertise.
Cashel Travel
Based in Edinburgh, with teams across the UK and Ireland, Cashel Travel is the group’s core Destination Management Company. It works with international tour operators, incentive houses, conference organisers, corporate clients and private travel specialists, delivering inbound group travel, incentive travel, conferences, luxury travel and tailor-made touring.
Alainn Tours
Based in Sligo, Alainn Tours is our Ireland-based DMC partner, specialising in leisure groups, incentives and touring programmes across the island of Ireland. Together, Cashel Travel and Alainn Tours provide strong operational coverage throughout both the UK and Ireland.
Visit Alainn ToursGreat British Trips
Great British Trips is our consumer-facing British travel brand, offering tailor-made holidays and touring itineraries across Britain. It brings Cashel’s destination knowledge directly to individual travellers looking for well-designed trips, local experiences and carefully selected accommodation.
Visit Great British TripsCashel Representation
Cashel Representation is based in the UK and works in the meetings, incentives, conferences and events sector. It represents selected international DMCs, hotels and tourism partners, connecting them with the UK incentive and conference market.
Visit Cashel RepresentationWhy work with us?
Clients choose Cashel Travel because we combine the structure and reliability of an established UK and Ireland DMC with the flexibility, care and accountability of an employee-owned business.
Large enough, personal enough
We are large enough to handle complex, high-value programmes, but personal enough to care about every detail. Our teams work closely with trusted hotels, venues, guides, transport providers and experience partners to create travel programmes that are carefully planned, distinctive and professionally delivered.
Everyone has a stake
Our employee ownership model gives every member of the team a direct interest in the continued success of the company. That matters in destination management, where responsiveness, accuracy and personal commitment make the difference between a good programme and an exceptional one.
Any brief
Whether the brief is a luxury private journey, a large incentive group, a conference programme, a group tour or a specialist itinerary, Cashel Travel provides the knowledge, creativity and operational support to make it work.
Meet the team
People who make Cashel Travel
James Aitken
CEO
Marta Kucharczyk
Director
Jason Caruana
Managing Director
Tatiana De Los Reyes
Commercial Director
Yuva Arumugam
Partnerships Manager
Ross Clark
Office Manager
Gordon Rigby
Finance Director
Kim Hardiker
General Manager (Great British Trips)
Anna Beziuk
Project Design & Digital Marketing
Christina Cheung
MICE Team Manager
Mona Bain
MICE Senior Project Manager
Vibeke Hansen
MICE Senior Project Manager
Pierre Gouverneur
MICE Senior Project Manager
Julie Oliveira
MICE Senior Project Manager
Semjasse Meffert
MICE Project Manager
Elise Pouvreau
MICE Project Manager
Vanessa Nortje
MICE Senior Project Manager
Lelde Kuniga
MICE Senior Project Manager
Niamh McGillion
MICE Project Manager
Violeta Dominguez
Luxury Team Manager
Mercedes Godoy
Luxury Senior Business Development & Operations Executive
Rebeca Cal
FIT Operations Executive
Riki Ting Guo
FIT Luxury Travel Operations
Maya Swan
Groups Conversion Manager
Roxandra Olaru
Senior Leisure Travel Specialist
Monika Wójcik
Key Accounts Manager
Agnieszka Blaikie
Key Accounts Assistant Manager
Kate Adkin
Operations Manager
Thayanne Scardini
Senior Operations Executive
Monika Markiewicz
Project Manager
Ola Oleszak
Business Development & Operations Executive
Adi Shipchanova
Business Development & Operations Executive
Jakub Niemycki
Operations
Petya Nikolova
Operations Executive
Rumyana Mitova
Reservation Assistant
Mohammad Naushad Qureshi
Operations Executive
Renata Wajs
Accounts Assistant
Joanna McLaughlin
Key Accounts Manager
Bianka Koszut
Operations Executive
Cashel Representation
Alia Saunders
Sales Director
Cassie Zilin Wang
Marketing Executive
Dominique Larkin
Associate Sales Director
Rosie Heywood
Business Development Manager
Benjamin Newman
Business Development Manager
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