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Offline Jacqui Harvey

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News about the company Exclusive Escapes that went bust.
« on: February 05, 2017, 22:20:19 PM »

This piece was on Trip Advisor.  It may be of help to some members. Please note, it is not my original post.

A new tour operator, Fairlight Jones, has set up, covering Kalkan and the surrounding area. A little digging has revealed that Andrew Lee is behind this. He was the main director and shareholder of Exclusive Escapes, which went under owing several million Pounds just 18 months ago. Exclusive Escapes provided a good service but they encouraged punters to purchase their holidays many months in advance by offering attracting early booking upgrades and discounts.

They lived on their future income. And when the Turkish holiday market crashed, they ran out of cash, leaving hotels, airlines and any guests who did not have ATOL protection fully exposed.

Andrew Lee was also a director of Tapestry Holidays, another Turkey specialist that went under several years ago.

And he's back again. With a website that looks very similar to the old Exclusive Escapes. And promises of rewarding those who book early. How can he even be permitted to act as a director and hold an ATOL licence with a recent track record like this?

Supposedly he has more financial protection this time, but there are a lot of other operators out there offering great properties and service, and I for one will be giving this new company a miss.




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Re: News about the company Exclusive Escapes that went bust.
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2017, 08:40:06 AM »
A little digging came up with this
Personal Information   Status     Position     Appointments     Report
United Kingdom   Andrew Lee

06/05/2016 - Present (9 months)

Born in Jun 1963 (age: 53)

Active   Director   
Current: 1

Past: 0

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Turkey   Yuksel Malik Sahin

09/06/2016 - Present (7 months)

Born in Sep 1966 (age: 50)

Active   Director   
Current: 1

Past: 0

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United Kingdom   Matthew James Flint

09/06/2016 - Present (7 months)

Born in Sep 1965 (age: 51)

Active   Director   
Current: 3

Past: 0

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United Kingdom   Stuart Michael Kerr

09/06/2016 - Present (7 months)

Born in Jun 1973 (age: 43)

Active   Director   
Current: 3

Past: 1

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Re: News about the company Exclusive Escapes that went bust.
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2017, 09:03:35 AM »
Afraid this does happen. Nick  Wrightman was the other director of the original Tapestry, then formed Tapestry Collection which also went under. Now fronts Discerning Collection.
Also Elixir holidays which went under last year, director of this was formerly the director of Savile which also went under a few years before.
Strangely, all these companies feature Kalkan and Kas heavily in their portfolios so hoteliers must be willing to work with them. They must be aware of their past dealings.




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