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Collette appoints Fred. Olsen as UK general sales agent
US-based tour operator Collette has appointed Fred. Olsen Travel as general sales agent in the UK.
Starting September 1 and operating under the trade focused Fred. Holidays tour operation, Fred. Olsen Travel will market and sell Collette’s global product offering to agents.
"We identified the opportunity to appoint Fred. Olsen Travel to support our previously stated goal of streamlining our global operation," said Dan Sullivan, Jr, CEO of Collette.
"This agreement is a perfect alignment of two leading providers who share similar values and ideas in the travel space."
Steve Williams, managing director of Fred. Olsen Travel, added: "The brand is very strong and well established and we are looking forward to working with existing and new trade partners to build sales in the UK."
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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