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National parent hopeful of return to 2019 volumes by 2023

Operators
James Chapple
21 January 2021

National Holidays parent JG Travel Group is hopeful of rebuilding booking volumes to 2019 levels by 2023 as travel emerges from the Covid crisis, and more people initially consider domestic breaks.

More and more customers are using mobile and tablets to research their trips (Credit: Maarten van den Heuvel / Unsplash)

New chief executive Andy Freeth told TTG he saw room for the group, in particular, to grow its trade business, building on its acquisition last year of National, which has long been a trade-friendly brand.


JG’s business through the trade, however, currently accounts for only about 12-13% of the group’s total business.


"Talking about growth in the middle of a pandemic is tricky," said Freeth. "But I’ve identified some areas I think we can work on.