Online travel agency launched
Dotcom specialist Maz Darvish and travel trade veteran Laurence Woodhams have launched a new online travel agency – SqueezeHolidays.com,
Darvish, who is chairman of the new venture, previously acquired and streamlined cheapholidaydeals.co.uk, helped with the development of AffiliateFuture, and created Henoo.com.
Woodhams, who will take the board position of commercial director, led Farebase and founded CWT, where he developed web selling solutions for text and call centre operations such as Holidays by Phone and Airtours.
He has also provided strategic counsel to Holiday Taxis and ResortHoppa.
Backed by Neutron Ventures, initially SqueezeHolidays.com will offer accommodation only, focusing on popular beach destinations.
But longer term plans are to develop it into a full service online travel agency.
Darvish said it had chosen the name SqueezeHolidays.com because the company’s mission is to squeeze consumers’ modest budgets to provide the best possible travel solutions.
He said the credit crunch means consumers are determined not to miss out on their holidays and so are seeking competitive deals online in their droves.
Woodhams added: “This is a crowded marketplace, but there are very few online operations that have everything right in every aspect of their operations.
“Our strategy is to develop the site by incrementally increasing services while maintaining the highest level of service excellence. “
By Bev Fearis
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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