Hays Travel In Trouble
John hays ran the travel firm with wife irene 66.
Hays travel in trouble. Chair irene hays said the agency was having trouble recruiting in some places. Hays had reopened 461 of the 553 ex thomas cook branchesafter the giant failed but as of 5pm last friday that had fallen to 451. It was a huge blow for john who set up the business from scratch in 1980 from the back of his mothers clothes shop in seaham county durham. Hays travel staff are working as coronavirus contact tracers.
John hays 71 who started the travel firm in 1980 was married to co owner irene. The bosses of travel agency hays travel say they have had to make challenging decisions in the light of the crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Hays travel is a different animal to the souped up debt fuelled bonus happy beasts of the city such as thomas cook and carillion. Former thomas cook bosses start fundraising to help jobless staff.
The travel agent and tour operator has no debts and the couple. By lucy huxleydec 18th 2019 0814. John who ran the north east based holiday firm alongside his wife irene fell ill at the firms headquarters in sunderland reports chroniclelive. John and irene hays say the company is facing the worst financial and.
He collapsed yesterday while working at the head office in sunderland. The founder of hays travel has died after collapsing while working at the companys head office in sunderland. The owners of sunderland based hays travel say almost a quarter of their 4000 staff will move to zero hours contracts. Husband and wife irene and john hays shocked the business world last year when their sunderland firm more than doubled in size overnight with the purchase of the retail estate of failed rivals thomas cook.
The number represents one. Hays travel closes 10 former thomas cook stores. The founder of hays travel has died aged 71. Dad of two john and irene bought thomas cook in a 6million deal that saw 2500 employees given jobs with hays travel.
Nearly 900 jobs to go at hays travel. But fewer than six months later the covid crisis decimated the travel industry.