Ireland's largest tour operator Budget Travel has reached agreement with one of Cork’s leading travel agents, Douglas Travel, which will see the agency becoming a franchise operation of Budget.
The deal follows a similar franchise deal two weeks ago with Blackpool Travel and means that the number of Budget Travel shops in the city has doubled from two to four in the last month.
As a result of this deal, the number of Budget Travel shops nationwide now stands at 40.
Eugene Corcoran, Managing Director of Budget Travel said today: "The Cork market is critical to us and we’re delighted to be able to bring Douglas Travel into the Budget Travel family.”
Budget Travel has confirmed that it is in discussions with a number of other Travel Agents about similar arrangements.