Out of Office founder on travelling to anti-LGBTQ countries: ‘Laws cannot fully keep people from being themselves’

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Darren Burn, the founder and CEO of Out of Office, has spoken with travel writer and 2024 Attitude 101 travel category lead John O’Ceallaigh about why he launched his travel agency and how the travel market is evolving.

Below, the pair discuss the impact of LGBTQ+ identity on the travel industry, the evolving landscape of diversity and inclusivity in tourism, and the personal and professional benefits of travel experiences.

Darren Burn: Are there ways in which your identity drew you to the travel industry, and what was it about how the travel industry integrates diversity that appealed to you?

John O’Ceallaigh: Travel has such a universal and forward-thinking outlook to it that ever since I was little, travel has always captivated me.

When I thought about starting Out Of Office, it

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