30 July 2009

Goodman teams up with Hays

Harry Goodman’s Totally Travel is to join the Hays Travel Independence Group this month.

Totally runs a number of web and call centre travel operations including 1^st4cruising.com and tailor made holiday website, go-nowtravel.com.

With a £40 million turnover, the business is one of the industry’s largest independent cruise retailers.

As well as operating under the Hays Travel Independence Group, the company’s cruise package holiday tour operation product will be distributed across the Independence Group and Hays Travel group.

Goodman, former boss of International Leisure Group and TV Travel Shop, said: "I’ve always had a lot of respect for John Hays and the operation he runs up in Sunderland and I’m delighted to have Totally Travel operating as part of the Hays Independence Group.

"We’re also very excited with the opportunity to sell our cruise package holiday product throughout the Hays group."

Hays Travel managing director John Hays said: "I’m absolutely thrilled to have such a successful, forward thinking cruise business joining the Independence Group.

"I’m also excited to be able to sell the 1^st4cruising product across all our Hays Travel branches and to be working with Totally Travel on another exciting project to be announced in the near future."

by Phil Davies