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INTREPID TRAVEL LAUNCHES NATIONAL TRAVEL AGENT DAY UK ON 24th JULY 2020

Tour operator creates a celebration of the important role travel agents play in supporting the UK travel industry and holidaymakers

London – 16th July 2020 – Intrepid Travel, the world's leading sustainable tour operator, has launched Britain's first National Travel Agent Day UK* which will take place on Friday 24th July 2020.

Envisioned as a way of showing solidarity with the hardworking travel agents who have endured months of pressure and strain during the Covid-19 pandemic, Intrepid has garnered the support of fellow industry partners to focus all their goodwill and thank agents for their commitment to assisting clients in these testing times.

With so much uncertainty in the minds of many about the logistics, constraints and procedures in place globally, the expertise and experience of UK travel agents is more important than ever.  As travel restrictions ease, Intrepid is encouraging holidaymakers to back their local travel agent and plan future booking with them. The small group travel tour operator is also encouraging people to share their travel agent stories using the #NTADUK hashtag in the build up to the official day.

Zina Bencheikh, Managing Director for EMEA at Intrepid Travel said “At Intrepid, we feel now more than ever is the time to get behind the travel agent community and show our appreciation for everything they do, especially the difficult challenges Covid-19 has presented. Travel agents have been put in a particularly difficult position in recent times rearranging and unpicking complicated bookings with the spectre of indefinite travel bans constantly looming.  In the travel industry, they are our unsung frontline workers, dealing with the crisis firsthand and we want to recognise their efforts to keep the travel industry afloat.  We also felt it was important to inject a bit of positivity into the world with a day dedicated just for them. We chose 24th July as this would be the day most people would be jetting off on a summer holiday so it felt a fitting day to encourage everyone to trust their travel agent and book their next holiday with them, whenever and wherever that may be.”

National Travel Agent Day UK will take place annually on the last Friday of the UK summer school term, just before the summer holiday mass exodus usually begins.  This inaugural year, Intrepid will host an industry-wide Virtual Appreciation Event on 24th July, connecting agents and partners online to mark the occasion including workshops, incentives and exclusive interviews with industry powerhouses. 

For more information about National Travel Agent Day UK visit https://www.intrepidtravel.com/uk/national-travel-agent-day

and follow #NTADUK on social channels

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Notes for Editors:

*National Travel Agent Day UK has officially been registered by the team at Year Ahead as a national day in the UK calendar.

*The #NTADUK hashtag has been registered on Twubs by Intrepid Travel.

For more information please contact:

Amy Skelding or Olivia Lewis intrepid@finnpartners.com 07967372265

About Intrepid

Independently owned by the founders and staff of Intrepid Travel, Intrepid Group is a collection of three tour operator brands and 25 destination management companies united by the vision of Changing the Way People See the World. For more than 30 years, Intrepid has been taking small groups to travel the local way, on real life experiences that give back to the places and people we visit. As this style of travel has caught on, Intrepid has grown, and in 2019 offered more than 2,700 trips to more than 130 countries and on all seven continents. We cater for all ages, budgets, and appetites for adventure through Intrepid Travel, Peregrine Adventures and Urban Adventures. Globally renowned as a leader in responsible travel, in 2018 Intrepid became the world's largest travel business to be certified B-Corp, joining a growing community of businesses looking beyond the bottom line. Our not-for-profit, The Intrepid Foundation has raised over AUD $10M for more than 130 charities around the world.

For further information on Intrepid or to download the company's 2019 Integrated Annual Report, visit www.intrepidgroup.travel