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JG ready to 'beef up' trade support as demand requires

Operators
James Chapple
22 January 2021

New JG Travel Group boss Andy Freeth has vowed to "beef up" the group’s trade team over the coming weeks and months in anticipation of growing demand from agents for domestic product.

Jet2 head of trade Alan Cross has told agents not to lose sight of the fact some clients will want to get away now (Credit: Artur Kraft / Unsplash)

Retail spending growth slowed to just 0.2% in June (Credit: Artur Kraft / Unsplash)

Freeth said that following JG’s acquisition of National Holidays last year, he expected the group’s total business through the trade to increase from a current base of just over 10%.


JG swooped for National in July following the collapse of Specialist Leisure Group (SLG), with trade sales manager Claire Dutton and sales and yield director Matt Herbert joining from SLG to spearhead JG’s trade activity.


"We need to be the first brand or business that springs to agents’ minds when a customer comes in for a domestic break," said Freeth.