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AVCE Travel & Tourism Tour Operations Katie Barden To: Mark Cooper (Assignment Manager) From: Katie Barden RE: The Structure of the UK Tour Operations Market Introduction In the UK there are over 600 tour operators. The top four are well-known household brands: These top four companies share 60% of market share alone. Each year the tour operations market deals with 11 million British people. Tour Operator Air-Inclusive Tours (000s) % of market share Thomson Holidays Ltd 4,333 22.5 Airtours Plc 2,972 15.5 First Choice Holidays & Flights 1,972 10 Sunworld Ltd 1,480 8 Unijet Travel Ltd 942 5 Flying Colours Holidays Ltd 720 4 Avro Plc 604 3 Inspirations East Ltd 573 3 Trailfinders Ltd 518 2.5 Cosmoair Plc 362 2 Gold Medal Travel Group 311 2 British Airways Holidays Ltd 301 1.5 The Thomas Cook Group 294 1 Crystal Holidays Ltd 270 1 Virgin Holidays Ltd 254 1 Kuoni Travel Ltd 240 1 Direct Holidays Plc 226 1 Going Places Leisure Travel Ltd 203 1 MTG (UK) Ltd 186 1 Lunn Poly LTD 186 1 Figure 1 - Top 20 UK tour operators in terms of passengers carried, 1999 However these figures have changed dramatically over the last 4 years. Thomas Cook who were contributing only 1.5% towards market share in 1999 are now one of the market leaders. Categories...

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