Victor O'Sullivan Fcca Email & Phone Number

Ireland

I write for The Guardian, The Irish Times, The Times, Conde Nast, Travel + Leisure, Lonely Planet, The Wall Street Journal and other media. I also write for Marriott and Tourism Ireland.,Winner- Silver - Foreign Travel - Lowell Thomas Journalism Award (administered by SATW - Society of American Travel Writers) 2023.

I write an overview of Ireland's political and economic landscape, which includes the 'best of' lists and itineraries (including the introduction of 'The Wild Atlantic Way') along with the practical guide chapter for the New York based Essential Ireland Guide Book. I also write the detailed chapters for County Clare, Aran Islands, Galway City, Connemara and County Mayo and select and review the best hotels, restaurants and visitor attractionsfor the guidebook.

Freelance writer for The Sunday Times, The Chicago Tribune, The LA Times, The Guardian, Lonely Planet, The Irish Times, Cara Magazine (Aer Lingus), Fodor's, The Irish Independent, The Examiner, The Daily Mail, The Sunday Business Post, The Los Angeles Travel Magazine, Frommer's Guides and others...

Rolling budgets, projections, roster management, excel modelling, close examination of KPIs and monitoring performance in line with Failte Ireland standards, final accounts, dealing with 3rd parties, updating accounting systems software, credit control, wages, rate management for a 100 bedroom hotel. I managed social media, tourism development by creating a visitor's blog and working closely with www.tripadvisor.com as a destination expert on a voluntary basis. I also worked with local tourism boards and the local council to develop local walking and discovery trails.During the downturn I focused on operations and facilitated an improvement in EBITDA in a very challenging market.I was part of a small team that resuscitated Shannon Chamber of Commerce in the early 00s, and I was the Chamber's representative for a support group that travelled to New York and the Twin Towers after 9/11 (to promote the Shannon - New York route and to highlight that it was safe to travel again.)

Sourcing, internal audit, detailed expense analysis with innovative excel model building, billing, training staff on software and investigating cost centres for legitimate billing.

Shannon

Worked on balance sheet control accounts, funds flow, group bank reconciliation, subsidiaries / holding company consolidation, aircraft portfolio reconciliation

Prepared final Accounts for SMEs, often from incomplete records. Undertook the standard audit procedures for stock, debtors, sales, creditors, purchases, wages, fixed assets, bank and other material figures. Created final accounts for submissions through software/

Master'S Degree, Journalism

Higher Diploma, Digital Marketing, 2:1

Fully Qualified Fcca, Accounting And Finance, Fellow- Membership

Education record

Creative Writing

Master'S Degree, Creative Writing