Media Centre
Welcome to the Travelbag media site. As mid- and
long-haul travel specialists, Travelbag welcomes the opportunity to offer comments to the media on
leisure and business travel - including travel trends specialising in Australia, New Zealand, USA,
Africa, Latin America and Asia.
As worldwide travel specialists, Travelbag can
provide information for fact-boxes, such as prices for flights, hotels, tailor-made packages and
tours.
Travelbag media
factsheet
With nearly 30 years' experience in worldwide
travel, Travelbag is one of the UK’s leading mid- and long-haul, tailor-made travel specialists.
With particular expertise in Australasia and Asia, our worldwide brochures include Australia, New
Zealand, Africa, Canada and Alaska, Asia, USA and Latin America, and the Little Gems range of
niche, boutique-style properties and authentic experiences across the world. We also offers
holidaymakers escorted tours, safaris, round-the-world travel, car hire and insurance.
There are eight Travelbag shops located across
England: London (Strand), Alton, Winchester, Birmingham, Cheltenham, Manchester, Brighton and
Nottingham.
Travelbag’s customers value expert opinion and
want to be inspired. Our travel experts specialise in specific destinations, so customers get the
facts from someone who’s actually been there, allowing them to create bespoke travel experiences,
not just holidays. And as all our suppliers are hand-picked for their quality, knowledge and
reliability, our customers can be sure they will always receive the very best service throughout
their trip.
Key Contacts:
For all media enquiries, please contact Conrad
Advertising on
020 8920 9000
For general information about Travelbag ,
including details required for press related activity please contact
Siren PR on
020 3008 6280 - or email
Travelbag@sirenpr.co.uk
For all customer service related enquiries, please call 0800 804 8911
Key company milestones:
July 2007: Stella Travel Services, the Australian
owned global travel organisation, acquires Travelbag.
2006: Cendant Travel Distribution Services
becomes Travelport and enters into a definitive agreement to be sold by Cendant Corporation to an
affiliate of The Blackstone Group for approximately $4.3 billion.
2005: Acquisition of ebookers group, including
Travelbag, by Cendant Corporation, becoming part of Cendant Travel Distribution Services.
2003: Acquisition of Travelbag Holdings by
ebookers for 55m.
2001: Travelbag Holdings acquires Bridge the
World.
1984: In 1984 Travelbag moved from a rented shop
at 47 High Street to its first freehold premises at 12 High Street, Alton and by 1988 there were 70
staff handling mail order travel arrangements from clients across the UK and Eire.
A Far East department opened which handled
packaged and tailor-made holidays to Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
