Director Rob Pope
- Travel industry since 1980
- Discover the World Marketing since 2000
- British Caledonian Airways, Sales, Planning and Marketing
- British Airways, Sales, Planning and Marketing
- United Airlines,
- Offline Sales Manager
- Country General Manager
- Commercial Manager
- LSG Sky Chef's, V.P. Marketing and Customer Service Europe and Africa
Contact Details
| Address: |
Discover the World Marketing
1 Sekforde Street
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| City: |
London |
| Postal Code: |
EC1R 0BE |
| Country: |
United Kingdom |
| Telephone: |
+44.207.107. 2303 |
| Fax: |
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| Email: |
Rob_pope@discovertheworld.com |
Description of Market
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) statistics show:
- Over 2,400 members of which 1,548 are travel agents and 856 tour operators accounting for over 7,000 offices throughout the country
- 80% of all the package holidays sold in the UK come from ABTA members
- Annual turnover of almost £ 30 billion (56% generated by travel agents and 44% by tour operators)
Some of the key members are:
- Advanced Travel Partners
- Carlson Wagonlint Travel
- First Choice Retail and Travel
- Flight Centre
- Kuoni Travel
- Thomas Cook
- Reed & Mckay
- Hogg Robinson
- Trailfinders
- Citalia Holidays
- STA Travel
GDS USAGE percentages from wikipedia.org)
- Worldspan by Travelport - 26.5%
- Galileo - 19.7%
- Amadeus - 9.2%
- Sabre - Unknown
CARRIER WITH MOST SERVICES