Me & My Money: ‘I put my energy now into running a successful business but also into my wellbeing’, says travel executive Mary McKennaMary McKenna, chief executive of Tour America and The Travel Suite: 'Most areas in business are about taking risks. I think if you have the philosophy of always doing the right thing and being kind then it will stand to you.'
Mary McKenna is founder and chief executive of Tour America, and The Travel Suite. Tour America has won Deloitte’s Best Managed Company Award 13 times consecutively and I sold it five years later. I wouldn’t like to start out on the property ladder again, as it seems no matter what you save now it is virtually impossible to get a mortgage.No, I am not a gambler. As an entrepreneur, however, I take calculated risks, but I do a good amount of research to back it up.