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Hays Travel offers 'carry with you' Covid test kits
Independent has partnered with Collinson to offer the kits at a discount price of £33.60, which includes a video call to help holidaymakers carry out the test correctly
Hays Travel acquires homeworking firm Explorer Travel
Explorer’s 70 franchisees to join Hays with immediate effect
Irene Hays: 'The Godmother and my mother'
They say behind every great man is a great woman, but my dad, John Hays, always said my mum ’isn’t a great woman – she’s an extraordinary woman’
Hays Travel to offer clients PCR test options from £45pp
New partnership with Assuredscreening.com will allow the independent to provide a range of government-approved PCR test options, where needed
Dame Irene Hays named godmother of new P&O ship Iona
Hays Travel chair to name P&O’s newest ship at a ceremony in Southampton on 16 May
Irene Hays: 'People are absolutely desperate to travel'
Hays Travel chief discussed seacations, vaccine certification and the nation’s wanderlust on the BBC’s Lockdown Live special on Tuesday (23 March)
Summer dependent on other countries' progress – Hays
Hays Travel chair Irene Hays tells BBC infection and vaccination rates elsewhere likely to govern Brits’ travel options this summer
Irene Hays dedicates damehood to Hays Travel family
Hays Travel chair recognised in New Year Honours list for services to training, education and young people
Hays Travel Foundation fundraiser tops £25,000
Nearly 2,000 people respond to call to back the foundation in memory of John Hays
Hundreds line streets to pay tribute to John Hays
Crowds gather in Sunderland to pay their respects as Hays Travel founder laid to rest
See Sunderland lit up in blue and orange for John Hays
Landmarks illuminated in tribute to Hays Travel founder
Sunderland plans blue and orange John Hays tribute
City’s landmarks to be lit up in independent’s trademark colours
'John broke down walls – we're grateful for the opportunities he gave us'
John Hays has been fondly remembered by a fellow travel entrepreneur and business partner whose agency he helped grow
£10k raised for Hays Travel Foundation in tribute to John Hays
Fundraising page set up by John Milburn receives nearly 1,500 donations
Agent community pays tribute to John Hays
Trade tributes flood in for Hays Travel founder who died on Friday
'The most outstanding figure I've known': tributes pour in for industry 'giant' John Hays
Abta chief Mark Tanzer among those to remember ’major figure’ in the industry over many years
Hays Travel announces death of founder John Hays
’John built Hays Travel into the UK’s largest independent travel agent providing jobs and careers for thousands of young people over 40 years’
Hays Travel shuts 11 Tailor Made Travel shops
All staff retained across remaining eight branches and other Hays stores locally
Hays Travel could take on Travel 2 staff at new Glasgow office
Agency chain wants to expand its tour operation through a new base in Scottish city
Hays Travel seeking 'experienced agents' to lead recovery
UK’s largest independent seeking people with the ’right skills and experience’ to help the travel sector bounce back
Hays considering expansion of UK product
John Hays said the company had been studying how the Chinese domestic market had responded to Covid-19
Hays sees 'green shoots' as appetite for travel grows
UK’s largest independent agency has seen “really quite a comeback” in recent weeks
The big interview: John & Irene Hays
The duo discuss the challenges of running the UK’s largest independent travel agency during the pandemic, whether they believe ’summer can be saved’ and offer their thoughts on how the crisis might impact the travel sector going forwards
Travel Counsellors, Hays and Jet2 rated 'best for refunds'
MoneySavingExpert survey ranked travel brands on their customer service amid the coronavirus pandemic