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Now that the Autumn tours have been and gone, all at Tailored Travel have a chance to draw breath. But now it’s that bit quieter, it’s the perfect time for us to make some planned changes. So Rebecca has moved across from Operations to work alongside Michael and Damian in the Sales Department. With her move, we decided to expand the Operations Department and in October were delighted to welcome new recruits Jana and Vasiliki.

Back in February 2006, Michael and John had a tough decision to make. Which of two excellent candidates were they to choose as the company’s newest recruit? Damian came from a sales background in the group travel market. While Louise’ experience as a PA made her the perfect candidate to work alongside Sandy in the Operations Department. It was Michael who came up with the inspired solution. We recruited them both!

After Kate’s departure in November to take up a job closer to her Harlow home so that she can better balance the demands of being a new mum, we were delighted to welcome Becca and Petra into our Operations Department in December. With Nicola, Louise and the Operations Manager, Sandy, there are now five in the department and we have a great team to ensure that everything that the Sales team promise is delivered on tour.

When Michael started the business back in 1998 and then his brother John joined him two years later, Tailored Travel was two men & a phone. Four years later the foundations of the business had been lain and it was time to introduce a non-family member! And so it was that Sandy Cornish joined Tailored Travel as head of Operations on 12 July 2004. 10 years later and Sandy is still with us and now heads up an Operations team of four.

There was a time when going to work meant exactly that: one would get up, get dressed, have breakfast and leave the home to physically go to work. In today’s global world, information can be accessed practically anywhere and so the idea of being ‘in the office’ is not as it once was. Now with homeworking, staff can be in the office without ever leaving home...

By way of introduction we thought we’d give you a brief guide to the Tailored Travel team – in our opinion, the best there is in the group travel market. Leading you briefly through the process from the first call into the Sales Department, to the Operations Department who ensure that everything that has been promised by the Sales team is delivered and finishing with the Accounts Department who handle payments and invoicing... Show full story

UPDATE: After a long, hard winter of training, our managing director John finished this year’s London Marathon in a fantastic time of 3 hours and 13 minutes. John was delighted with the whole experience, “The Marathon was fantastic! The weather, the crowd, the atmosphere and I was really pleased with my run.” Show full story

Damian Wright will be well known to many of our clients. For group organisers that are new to Tailored Travel it will be either he or Michael who will be your first contact with Tailored Travel. So, by way of introduction, we thought we’d give you a little peep into Damian’s working day to see how he turns that first call into the colour brochure for your tailor made tour. Show full story

We are delighted to announce that Kate in our Operations Department gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on 24^th August. Oscar Cole came into the world at a healthy 7lb 2oz. Mother and baby are both doing well, as is husband Dan, the other man in Kate’s life. Kate will return to work in June of next year but in the meantime is getting used to the joys of being a new mother. Show full story