Holiday operator hails a year of investment

NORTH East travel agency Dawson & Sanderson has hailed a year of “behind-the-scenes transformation and investment” as it posted turnover of almost £10m.

- COREENA FORD Business writer [e-mail]

The holiday operator, which has its head office in Newcastle city centre and high street branches across Tyneside, Cumbria and Yorkshire, has published accounts for 2024 citing a slow start to the financial year which picked up with plentiful late bookings.

The firm acts as an agent for a variety of tour operators, cruise lines, and airlines, facilitating bookings for package holidays, cruises, and air travel, while also specialising in business travel management.

It also operates a foreign exchange division and has also diversified into the leisure and hospitality sector by operating a golf course, driving range, and clubhouse in Northumberland.