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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 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]
John Hays (businessman) (1949–2020), British businessman, founder of Hays Travel; John Hays (sheriff) (1770 – after 1822), first known Jewish resident of Illinois, Sheriff of St. Clair County, Illinois; Indian agent; John Coffee Hays (1817–1883), or "Jack" Hays, Texas Ranger, U.S. Army officer, first mayor of Oakland, California; John H ...
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.
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 .
Amadeus IT Group, S.A. (/ ˌ æ m ə ˈ d eɪ ə s aɪ ˈ t iː /) is a major Spanish multinational technology company that provides software for the global travel and tourism industry. It is the world's leading provider of travel technology that focus on developing software for airlines, hotels, travel agencies, and other travel-related businesses.
Its travel business was established after World War II. By 1984, it was one of the four largest travel agency operators in the United Kingdom, and included the chains Wakefield Fortune and Blue Star, as well as the shops of Hogg Robinson. [1] In June 1993, the retail division was sold to Airtours (later MyTravel Group).
The Access Group is a business software company headquartered in Loughborough, England. It was founded in 1991, and currently has more than 7,500 employees. [ 1 ] It provides business management software to over 100,000 organisations across the UK, Ireland, US and Asia Pacific. [ 2 ]