Less than a year ago, Ashdown was a single-branch agency in Surrey's Oxted. However, last July, it took on two former Baldwins Travel teams in neighbouring Kent under ex-Baldwins marketing and commercial manager Tricia Lester.
And last week, the Ashdown made a splash in Cheshire after the group's Eden Luxury Travel operation in Knutsford – some 200 miles away from Ashdown's three other shops – was rebranded as Ashdown Travel.