Angela Shanley Associates Ltd are pleased to introduce the latest member of the family. A tour operator since 2005, Travel Agenda was founded in London by Richard Blake, originally catering for Central and East European markets incoming to the UK and Ireland.
Following significant growth, Richard opened an office in Budapest, expanding the offering of services to include Central Europe. Post-pandemic, ASA and Travel Agenda entered into an agreement, with ASA managing the operations on behalf of Travel Agenda, while its brand remained unchanged.
Having successfully navigated for a number of years, ASA have announced that Richard and his Travel Agenda brand are now officially part of the ASA Group as TravelAgenda@ASA. Together, they aim to continue to grow the Travel Agenda business as a standalone brand within ASA, with Richard playing a primary role in that ongoing development.
Anak McSporran, Managing Director at ASA said, “The Travel Agenda brand brings a different element to our existing markets and business, which we believe complements the existing brands whilst still retaining the identity of Travel Agenda. We are equally pleased to have Richard joining us. He shares the same hands-on approach that has been part of ASA culture since day one and brings an enormous wealth of experience and knowledge with him.”
Richard Blake, Founder at Travel Agenda said, “Following the world wide break in travel that was Covid and after 16 years of establishing the Travel Agenda brand, we changed the strategy for the business. I could say we searched for the right partner to move forward with and grow the brand but there was only one partner on our target list. We are pleased that ASA shared our vision and after two years of working (closer and closer) together we are now firmly part of the ASA family. There is no change to the existing operation for any partners, it’s business as usual!”
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