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Hays Travel was founded in 1980 by John Hays in Seaham, Durham. Hays initially opened a small retail store behind his mother's clothing store. [3] Since May 2018, Hays Travel reached sales of over £1 billion. [4] The company's turnover increased by £42 million over 2017, when pre-tax profit was up slightly to £10.1 million.
Hays was also growing its business storage services which included the brands "Hays Wharf" and "Rentacrate". In 1987, a long-planned management buyout was completed, [5] and the company launched an initial public offering in 1989. [1] Ronnie Frost managed the combined services group from 1987 until he retired in 2001. [6]
In 1997, she married John Hays, and they have one son and one daughter. [1] John was the company's CEO. [2] John Hays died on 13 November 2020, after collapsing from cardiac arrest at the company's Sunderland head office. [11]
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John Hays (22 July 1949 [1] – 13 November 2020) was a British businessman, and the founder/CEO of Hays Travel, now the largest independent travel agency in the UK. [ 2 ] Career
Diana was the only child of Josslyn, Earl of Errol and his first wife Lady Idina Sackville. She was born in Kenya. Their home was a bungalow on the slopes of the Aberdare Range which they called Slains, after the former Hay family seat of Slains Castle which was sold by Hay's grandfather, the 20th Earl, in 1916. The bungalow was sited alongside ...