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The Kinlay Group is a travel, tourism, and hospitality company. It operates in Ireland and the United Kingdom.[1][2][3] A petition for liquidation was made on 27 March 2020.[4][5]

History

The Kinlay Group was founded on 30 October 1972 as Usit Limited. From 13 October 1972 to 17 November 1989 the company was renamed Usit Ireland Limited. Since 17 November 1989 it has been registered as Kinlay Group Limited. The company is headquartered at 19-21 Aston Quay in Dublin. The company was bought out of examinership in 2002 by Neil O’Leary, Michael Tunney, and David Andrews. O'Leary sold his part of the company to Tunney and Andrews in 2019.[6][7][8][9]

The group trades under several names,[10][11][12] including:

  • Darkey Kelly
  • Eurotrain
  • Harding Hotel
  • Irish Studies Summer School
  • Kinlay House
  • Kinlay House - the Five Star Hostel
  • Maynooth Travel
  • The Real Experience Group
  • The Travel Company
  • Travel Options
  • Trinity College Summer School
  • Trinity Summer School
  • Usit
  • Usit Accommodation Centres
  • Usit Now
  • Usit Student Travel
  • Utravel
  • Waterford Travel

Usit

For the engineering term, see Unified structured inventive thinking.

The Usit group is composed of: Dublin Usit Ireland Limited, the principal trading company; School and Group Tours Limited; and Dublin College of Business Studies Limited.[13]

In April 2020 the High Court confirmed the appointment of liquidators to companies in the USIT travel group.[14]

References

  1. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/usit-travel-group-in-liquidation-due-to-coronavirus-crisis-1.4214108
  2. ^ https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/FC034780/officers
  3. ^ https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Kinlay-Group-Limited-39068
  4. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/usit-travel-group-in-liquidation-due-to-coronavirus-crisis-1.4214108
  5. ^ https://www.vision-net.ie/Company-Info/Kinlay-Group-Limited-39068
  6. ^ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/usit-parent-company-kinlay-group-counts-cost-of-english-lesson-6gcpd33qh
  7. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/usit-travel-group-in-liquidation-due-to-coronavirus-crisis-1.4214108
  8. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/usit-ireland-records-slim-pre-tax-profit-of-32-778-1.1546565
  9. ^ http://app.duedil.com/company/ie/39068/kinlay-group-limited
  10. ^ https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Kinlay-Group-Limited-39068
  11. ^ https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/111031-57
  12. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/lioncourt-acquires-english-language-school-ecm-college-1.2484318
  13. ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/liquidators-appointed-to-firms-in-usit-travel-group-1.4239237
  14. ^ "High Court confirms USIT liquidators". RTE News. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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