Flight Centre ups India

Flight Centre’s acquisition last month of Bengaluru-based Travel Tours Group (TTG) sees a significant expansion in the company’s exposure to the fast-growing Indian travel market. Previously heavily slanted towards corporate travel, the deal gives Flight Centre a bigger presence in the leisure sector as well as MICE and wholesale operations. TTG employs 380 people across five brands including a full service travel and tour company called Travel Tours, Travel Air which operates leisure travel stores in Bengaluru, a GSA division called Travel Air Representations, inbound charter operator Splendour Holidays, and Go Avenues, an inbound Mice-focussed destination