DiscoverSimon Calder's Independent Travel PodcastOctober 8th - How to start – and run – a successful travel business
October 8th - How to start – and run – a successful travel business

October 8th - How to start – and run – a successful travel business

Update: 2025-10-08
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Jacqueline Dobson, president of Barrhead Travel and Internova Leisure, tells me that this chain of travel agencies grew from a single branch in a suburb of Glasgow half a century ago. Its key difference: staying open later, seven days a week, which in 1975 was revolutionary.


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October 8th - How to start – and run – a successful travel business

October 8th - How to start – and run – a successful travel business