Coach specialist to star in new TV show
Nottingham-based budget coach travel specialist Skills Holidays will feature in a new TV documentary, Britain’s Secret Shoppers, starting tonight on Channel 4.
The company will appear in the third episode to be aired at 8pm on February 28.
MD Nigel Skill said the host of the programme, meat entrepreneur Justin Preston, worked with the Skills Holidays team to improve the business.
"We believe the series will help boost confidence in the coach tourism industry as well as our own business and help other operators improve along the way too," he said.
"The advice and suggestions from Justin have been implemented and we are already seeing results from this that has led to increased enquiries and sales in January.
"I believe the show will demonstrate that Skills is a vibrant family business that is open to new ideas moving towards our 95th year by delivering modern and stylish coach holidays for the 21st century".
Each week the series will demonstrate to consumers and employees how new techniques and ideas can be applied to businesses including Skills Holidays.
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