The rainmakers
Re-growth, corporate responsibility, sustainability and community. Meet the leaders to follow into a post-Covid marketplace.
Calm co-founders Alex Tew and Michael Acton Smith. Image courtesy of Calm.
Calm yourselves...
Breathe in, breathe out. Instead of the usual soundscapes — the trickle of water into a stone fountain, the soft tap of rain against the windows, the chirp of birds in the forest — Calm, a meditation, sleep and relaxation app, turns to storytelling to weave its restful magic.
Bulb HQ; image courtesy of Bulb.
A bright idea from Bulb
The green energy company Bulb is leading the sustainability charge — they build new technology to help members switch to smart, low-carbon energy solutions and offer 100% renewable electricity and 100% carbon neutral gas.
Clare Island lighthouse, County Mayo, under a brooding sky.
Tourism Ireland presses the green button
Forget sneaky sun breaks, sangria on the balcony and tapas at 10pm. As far as Tourism Ireland is concerned, there's one hot destination for UK holiday-makers this autumn: and that's the epic coastlines, storied cities and rugged (if rain-soaked) landscapes of Ireland. ALHAUS magazine speaks to Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, about the ambitious Green Button campaign, which launched earlier this year.
Image courtesy of The Dots
A new world of work
As we discovered in our September issue, CEO Pip Jamieson has always had a sense that the world of work would change. When she started The Dots in 2013, a professional network aimed at creatives, users could search for freelance roles, collaborative networks and upload portfolios.
Yvonne Colucci, Managing Director of Odyssey International. All images courtesy of Odyssey International.
There's magic here
For top performing global executives, the rewards are many: recognition, high salaries and status among them. But with long hours, gruelling schedules and stress a built-in part of the job, burn-out is an ever-present risk. Yvonne Colucci, Managing Director of Odyssey International speaks to us about the future of business tourism in Ireland and beyond.