Long-standing Twickenham travel agency, Edwin Doran’s Travel World has been sold to Peacock Travel and Tours, a Nigerian travel agency.
It will be the first time Peacock – part of the Nigerian-owned Peacock Group – has had a presence on the United Kingdom high street, having been based in Peacock College in Hackney, London, until July 2013.
According to the management, Edwin Doran, who founded the agency in 1974, is to leave the business and focus on his vineyard in South Africa.
The agency’s two existing members of staff will remain, taking the total number of employees under the new ownership to four. The agency name will be changed to Peacock Travel and Tours Incorporating Edwin Doran’s Travel World.
Keith Lloyd, travel manager of Peacock Travel and Tours UK, aims to increase the agency’s £1.6 million turnover by up to 7% by the end of the year. Peacock also operates a tour operating division focusing on northern Cyprus, and a bureau de change will be added.
According to Lloyd, “This will be our first time on the high street and it’s very exciting, especially considering the turnover of the business is so great. Other agencies in the area have closed and I believe this puts us in a great position.”
Lloyd said he hoped to add additional agencies in the future and would also consider home workers.
