Stockport travel firm sold to Yorkshire rival

STOCKPORT-based Uniglobe Regent Travel has been bought by Good Travel, of Hull, for an undisclosed sum.

The acquisition forms part of business travel specialist Good Travel’s ongoing push to expand into new regions.

The business has been sold by founders Martyn and Patricia Greenwood who are planning to retire.

It follows the acquisition of West Midlands-based corporate and leisure travel specialist Mercian Travel in February 2011, and the opening of a new corporate operation in Leeds in July last year.

The purchase brings the number of locations in the business to five, including Hull, Grimsby, Leeds, the West Midlands and now Stockport.

Managing director Kevin Harrison said: “Uniglobe Regent Travel has many synergies with Good Travel Management including client profile, operational procedure and the quality and experience of their team. It has been managed as an extremely tight ship and is a testament to its owners, Martyn and Patricia.

“We decided to purchase the firm due to its existing client base and because of its strategic position in the North West, which significantly extends our market penetration in the north of England.”

Uniglobe, which specialises in corporate travel, was launched in 1997. Mr Greenwood said: “Despite being a larger company, Good Travel Management is run along the same lines that we have managed our business in terms of values and customer service.

“Furthermore our clients will benefit from additional services available from Good Travel Management and the wider John Good Group going forward, which means the business we have worked hard to establish will continue to offer the great value it has become synonymous with.”