Ireland–Asia
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Zatino Travel is an Ireland-based travel and destination management company. We build programmes in both directions — bringing Asian groups to Ireland, and supporting Irish organisations working across Asian markets.
What connects us
Zatino Travel is an Ireland-based travel and destination management company. We build programmes in both directions — bringing Asian groups to Ireland, and supporting Irish organisations working across Asian markets.
Patrick McCarthy (Pat)
Leads the Ireland China Institute's Ireland–China programmes
A leader in cross-cultural exchange, Pat has lived in China since 2012 — first teaching English in Liaoning province, then building trade, culture and investment connections between Ireland and China.
The larger part of our Asia work: groups and organisations from Asian markets coming to Ireland, where we handle the itinerary, the logistics and the local coordination.
Private journeys shaped around your interests, timing, pace and preferred way of travelling.
Read moreCompany and industry visits, briefings with local operators, and tax and legal sessions for groups assessing the Irish market.
Read moreSector-focused visits blending meetings, site visits, professional exchange and culture, with the logistics handled end to end.
Read moreMeetings, incentives, conferences and events coordinated from venue search through to on-site delivery.
Read moreInstitutional and educational programmes connecting relevant organisations, places and cultural context.
Read moreFor tour operators and travel trade: site inspections, product presentations and meetings with Irish suppliers.
Read moreWe also support Irish businesses, trade bodies and delegations exploring Asian markets — market introductions, partner meetings and the travel logistics around them.
We work with partners and networks across Asia according to the requirements of each programme.
Our Asia experience
Existing relationships
Existing experience
Our longest-standing market. Irish travel trade representatives joined us for the 2024 World Wudang Tai Chi Conference and familiarisation trip in Hubei, and our Ireland Business Discovery Tour ran with the Ireland China Institute.
Developing partnerships
An active pipeline. We are building the company introductions and delegation work that this market needs, alongside our Irish partner network.
Programmes we can arrange
Programmes available through our Ireland-based team
Itineraries, hosting and interpretation coordination for Japanese groups visiting Ireland, planned around what the group is here to do.
Programmes available through our Ireland-based team
Itineraries, hosting and interpretation coordination for Korean groups visiting Ireland, planned around what the group is here to do.
Programmes available through our Ireland-based team
Itineraries, hosting and interpretation coordination for Taiwanese groups visiting Ireland, planned around what the group is here to do.
Programmes available through our Ireland-based team
Itineraries, hosting and interpretation coordination across Southeast Asia, including Thai and Vietnamese interpretation.
Selected work
Past programme
An eight-day programme run with the Ireland China Institute, covering Dublin, Cork, Dundalk and Galway. Combines business briefings, company and industry visits, tax and legal sessions, professional networking and cultural immersion.
Delegation
Zatino Travel facilitated the participation of Irish travel trade representatives in the 2024 conference and familiarisation trip in Hubei — a wellness-tourism and market-access connection.
Past programmes shown as evidence of capability. Dates and details are historical.
Published by others, cited here
Research
The Ireland China Culture and Tourism Association's research report on Ireland's tourism challenges and opportunities, published April 2025. It examines the decline in visitor numbers from early 2025 and the case for redirecting to Asian markets.
Published by the Ireland China Culture and Tourism Association (ICCTA). This is third-party research, not a Zatino Travel deliverable.
What we can arrange
Inbound to Ireland: business discovery visits, company and industry visits, tax and legal briefings, delegation logistics and cultural programmes. Outbound: trade events, industry visits, market familiarisation and conference participation. Same team, same attention, whichever way the group travels.
On the ground
Photographs from the outbound side of the work: trade events, one-to-one business meetings and conference stages in China.
Photographs on this page were taken at events in China.
Sample programme
An eight-day programme run with the Ireland China Institute — tax and legal sessions, industry networking and cultural immersion.
Planning a programme between Ireland and Asia?
Tell us who is travelling, what they are coming for, and when. We will shape the right programme around it — in either direction.
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