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Former Ponders Travel boss insists agency 'here to stay' despite Fred Olsen Travel acquisition

Agents
Dea Jusufi
10 February 2026

Fred Olsen Travel has expanded its retail portfolio with the acquisition of Over-based agency Ponders Travel. 

Headshot of Clare Dudley at Ponders Travel
(Credit: Fred Olsen Travel)

Dudley, pictured, described the news as a 'hugely positive step' for Ponders Travel, which is "very much here to stay" (Credit: Fred Olsen Travel)

The Cambridgeshire shop, founded by Clare Dudley in 2010, has always been a licensee of Fred Olsen Travel and will continue to operate under the Ponders Travel brand going forward. 

Ponders Travel is Fred Olsen Travel's 24th retail shop and 11th premises in East Anglia. 

All five Ponders Travel team members have transferred across to Fred Olsen Travel, including Dudley who joins as business development manager.

Dudley described the news as a "hugely positive step" for Ponders Travel, which is "very much here to stay".