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Ex-Thomas Cook team launches sports travel business
The former head of Thomas Cook sport and other ex-Cook colleagues have launched a new sports travel specialist.
Owned by Clarity Travel Management, Sportsbreaks.com will act as the consumer arm of the business and will offer a range of packages with travel, official tickets and accommodation.
Rob Slawson joined Clarity as director of Sports Travel in September after Thomas Cook’s collapse and has been developing the business ready for a consumer launch this week.
A total of 22 former Thomas Cook sports staff are now in the team.
Thomas Cook Sport and Clarity had previously worked together on B2B sports travel.
"We are delighted to be able to launch Sportsbreaks.com to the public. A lot of hard work has gone on behind-the-scenes to ensure that our prospective customers have an array of sporting events available to choose from," said Slawson.
"Sportsbreaks.com will provide fans with great opportunities to see the very best that sport has to offer, while removing the stress from travel and accommodation searching, allowing fans to enjoy the sights and the sports in some of the world’s most desirable locations."
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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