Titan Travel sister brand set to close
Cheltenham-based Tailor Made Travel is likely to close with the loss of up to 30 staff, mainly homeworkers.
The parent company Acromas Holdings confirmed today that it had entered into a 30-day consultation with Tailor Made Travel staff to discuss its proposal to withdraw the bespoke travel brand which specialises in long-haul holidays.
The consultation will end on May 8. Spokesman Paul Green said that in the meantime it is "business as usual" for the mainly direct-sell brand, which is continuing to take bookings. If Tailor Made does cease to operate, existing bookings will be handled from sister brand Titan Travel’s office in Redhill, Surrey.
Green said some Tailor Made staff would be given the option to transfer to Redhill or take redundancy unless a buyer is found for the brand, which takes around 1,000 bookings a year.
He said the consultation follows a review of the business by parent Acromoas Holidays, an insurance-to-travel group which also owns the AA and Saga Holidays.
"Tailor Made makes up only a very small part of the overall Titan family," said Green. "The rise of the Titan business is an incredible success story so far this year, whereas Tailor Made is very labour intensive and so it is difficult for it to return a profit."
If the brand closes, Green said some staff could be employed for a further year to handle existing bookings, initially from the Cheltenham office and later from Redhill. "We will need to recruit people to work in Redhill, so that dependon on the staff and whether they want to move," he added.
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