Gray Dawes buys Redhill agency
Travel management company Gray Dawes has acquired Redhill-based CTM for an undisclosed sum.
All CTM staff will be retained and its operations will move to the Gray Dawes’ central London office.
The deal is Gray Dawes’ fifth acquisition in three years.
CEO Suzanne Horner said: "We continue to execute on our multi-year acquisition plan and I am delighted to welcome CTM employees and clients to the Gray Dawes Group.
"Since the outset, we have been focussed on identifying businesses that share our ethos and culture of innovation coupled with unflinchingly high levels of customer service; CTM comfortably ticks all those boxes."
Phil Cook, CEO of CTM’s parent company P&P Group, said: "I am delighted to be handing over the reins of CTM to Suzanne and the team at Gray Dawes Group. Their expertise in business integration is second to none and being part of a much larger travel organisation will deliver a range of new opportunities to CTM staff and clients alike.
"P&P Group is now looking forward to investing in the continued growth of Vibe travel technology and our multiple leisure brands."’¨
CTM has been trading since 1988.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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