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Hays Travel Limited. A Thomas Cook branch in Denton, Greater Manchester taken over by Hays Travel. Pictured in December 2019 the former branding is visible beneath the temporary Hays Travel signage. Hays Travel Limited is an independent travel agent chain headquartered in Sunderland, England. As of February 2024, the company has the largest ...
Irene Hays. Dame Irene Lucas-Hays DBE DL (née Lucas; born 4 February 1954) is a British businesswoman and former civil servant, and the chair of Hays Travel, the largest independent travel agent in the UK, which she jointly owned with her husband John Hays until his death in 2020.
On 9 October 2019, independent travel agent Hays Travel announced that it had acquired all 555 former Thomas Cook travel stores in the UK, and planned to re-employ a "significant number" of former employees. [3] Hays, which already operated 190 of their own stores, expected to retain over 25% of the retail staff, saving roughly 2,500 jobs. [69 ...
Jet2holidays sells its products through both its website and independent travel agents. In 2010, TUI Group and Thomas Cook offered Jet2holidays deals through their own travel agent networks. [ 12 ] As Jet2holidays grew to become the third-largest tour operator in the UK, both competitors ended these arrangements in 2017.
Career. Hays earned a degree in mathematics from the University of Oxford. [3] He later earned an MBA from Manchester Business School. [4] In 1980, Hays founded Hays Travel in the back of his mother's children's wear store in Seaham, Durham. [5] Hays owned 56.42% and his wife Irene owned 43.58%. [6]
AITO members offer full protection of consumer holiday funds, a wide range of specialist holidays, quality customer service and a sustainable approach to travel. [2] There are around 120 Tour Operator members, but around 250 members within the association including AITO Specialist Travel Agents, AITO Tourist Board Partners and AITO Business Partners.
Net income. £ 138.3 million (2023) [2] Number of employees. 13,356 (2023) [2] Website. www.haysplc.com. Hays plc is a British multinational company providing recruitment and human resources services across 33 countries globally. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. [3]
The organization was founded in 1950, as the Association of British Travel Agents, by 22 leading travel companies. ABTA adopted its current name on 1 July 2007 reflect its wider representation of the travel industry. On 1 July 2008 it merged with the Federation of Tour Operators (FTO). In December 2022, ABTA announced a partnership with ...