Go NicheEVER WONDERED what the thinking man’s holiday home might look like? Well now we know.Sat Apr 09 2011 - 01:00
Go NicheTWO WEEKS ago, Go Niche referred to a survey that placed Cavan second to Rio de Janeiro as the most “searched” destination for…Sat Apr 02 2011 - 01:00
Walking fest runs for a weekGO NICHE : FOR ANYONE who thought walking was a simple matter of putting one foot in front of the other, the 53 Degrees North…Sat Mar 26 2011 - 00:00
Crane swung in to action as hotelGO NICHE : TIME WAS when we used to count the cranes on the skyline as a barometer of economic activitySat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
Rio wins, and in second place is . . . well, CavanGo Niche: THERE ARE LIES, damned lies and statistics, but what are we to think about surveys?Sat Mar 12 2011 - 00:00
There's no business like snow businessGo Niche: VERY OFTEN the first thing you’ll do when you’re booking an hotel in an unfamiliar city is look for an hotel chain…Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Show goes on in RioGO NICHE : SO HOT are the costumes at Rio’s famous Carnival, it may be no surprise to hear they went up in smoke earlier this…Sat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
Airline seeks transsexual cabin crewGO NICHE : THE ANNOUNCEMENT that new Thai airline PC Air is to recruit transsexuals as cabin crew has proven a coup in marketing…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Space - the final package tourGo Niche: WHILE SOME of us are still pondering whether or not to go to France again, 400 more adventurous souls have already…Sat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
Hotels that stack upGO NICHE: WITH AROUND 100 hotels now indirectly controlled by Nama, and many more around the country surplus to tourism requirements…Sat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
Hotels react to allergiesGO NICHE : ALLERGIES don’t take a holiday just because you doSat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
Begorrah, 'tis a Disney break in IrelandGo Niche: DISNEY’S VERSION of Ireland is so lovely you’d want to go there yourself.Sat Jan 15 2011 - 00:00
Winter ski and sun holiday combinedSAY CYPRUS and the first thing you think of is sun. Or maybe Aphrodite. What you’re unlikely to think of is skiing.Sat Jan 08 2011 - 00:00
Go NicheIT WOULDN’T have made any difference to tell you about this one earlier because it’s been booked out for weeks and always is…Fri Dec 24 2010 - 00:00
Kingdom warms to ice climbingTHE KERRY mountains have been looking more Alpine than ever this past few weeks and if, as expected, the snows make a return …Sat Dec 18 2010 - 00:00
My dayI USED TO work in finance and worked here as a volunteer tour guide at the weekendsSat Dec 04 2010 - 00:00
Go NicheWHEN WAS the last time a hotel made you smile? If the answer is never, then you haven’t yet come across the Inntel Hotel in Zaandam…Sat Nov 27 2010 - 00:00
Go NicheEVER FOUND yourself free of a night and wondering what’s worth going out for and what’s not going to cost you money?Sat Nov 20 2010 - 00:00
Go NicheWHERE DO horses and powder hounds meet? At the White Turf Horse Race in St Moritz, Switzerland, of course.Sat Nov 13 2010 - 00:00
Go NicheWHEN IS A hotel not a hotel? If you think you know, then you haven’t yet been to the Pixel Hotel, in the Austrian city of Linz…Sat Nov 06 2010 - 00:00
Go NicheIS THIS the world’s most romantic hotel? Las Ventanas al Paraiso, in Los Cabos, Mexico, takes the love life of its guests so …Sat Oct 30 2010 - 01:00
Go NicheWITH ALL these terrorist travel alerts flying around the place, is there anything you can do to protect yourself before booking…Sat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
Epic deal for singlesIS THERE anything as unfair in travel as the dreaded single supplement? Having to pay a prohibitive levy simply for wanting to…Sat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
Help give something back at the Ritz- CarltonTHE RITZ-CARLTON hotel chain, known for its genteel motto “ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen”, also helps them…Sat Oct 09 2010 - 01:00
Message in plastic bottlesGO NICHE: EVER DREAMT of owning your very own tropical island? It may be more possible than you think – though you might have…Sat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
Guidebooks put us on the mapMY DAY Geraldine Duignan: MY HUSBAND Eddie and I set up the BB 11 years agoSat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
Get your kicks on Route 66GO NICHE: TUCKED AWAY in many men’s personal “things to do before I die” file is to travel America’s Route 66, all 4,000-odd…Sat Sept 25 2010 - 01:00
Give the rescuers a helping handGO NICHE: WE SO OFTEN hear of mountain rescue teams being called into action when walkers come a cropper that it’s easy to think…Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
Go nicheANYONE COMPILING a list of the natural wonders they’d like to experience – or is it just me? – will surely want to add “swim …Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Go nicheIF YOU’RE bonkers about conkers here’s an event that’s right up your treeSat Sept 04 2010 - 01:00
A Batty place to spend a nightGO NICHE: WHAT A treasure trove of stories the Irish Landmark Trust oversees.Sat Aug 28 2010 - 01:00
Where on earth are you off to?Go Globetrotters: Pamela Duncan visited the USIT offices in Dublin to find out where people were heading to – and discovered…Sat Aug 28 2010 - 01:00
Saving the butterfly down on the farmGo Niche: MOST creatures are at their most attractive when youngSat Aug 21 2010 - 01:00
It's booker beware in the holiday lets marketGo Niche: THINK THERE’S nothing worse on holiday than bad weather? Try turning up and finding the villa you just forked out …Sat Aug 14 2010 - 01:00
Go NicheHOW CAN people who spend their days chained to a desk or plugged into a computer even consider spending their holiday in an equally…Sat Aug 07 2010 - 01:00
Go NicheANYONE getting married? Thinking of a hen party? Well how about one with real hens. No, seriously.Sat Jul 31 2010 - 01:00
Go nicheFOR MOONLIGHT and music and, if you’re lucky, a few Northern Lights thrown in, you can’t beat this one – an Edvard Grieg cruise…Sat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
Go NicheSPANIARDS HAVE a lot to be proud of, and not just in relation to the World Cup.Sat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
Mountain to climb for golfersGo Niche: THINK GOLF and mountaineering have nothing in common? That in fact they couldn’t be further apart in terms of appeal…Sat Jul 03 2010 - 01:00
Go nicheMOST OF US choose our holiday on the basis of weather. Good weather, that is, and the likelihood that we’ll get itSat Jun 26 2010 - 01:00
Go nicheAS IF NAVIGATING airports – never mind flying – wasn’t stressful enough, now we’ve got to contend with security staff huddling…Sat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
Cruise for wannabe fighter pilotsFORGET shuffleboard. Some of the most extreme adventures available to holidaymakers anywhere are these days found on cruise ships…Sat Jun 05 2010 - 01:00
