Shearings

Leger Holidays, the escorted touring company, has announced the acquisition of the assets of former competitor, Shearings. The deal will see Leger Holidays acquire the Shearings brand,…

Shearings Holidays has created its first Travel Agent Toolkit designed to help agents share holiday ideas with customers. Timed to coincide with the January peak booking period and themed…

Shearings has revealed new plans for expansion and set a target for completing the upgrade of its hotel portfolio. The plans include continued upgrading of its hotels, having already…

Travel agents have been urged to become savvier to selling UK breaks as tour operators switch their marketing tactics to meet challenges. Operators said agents have the chance to be…

Shearings’ management team has acquired the tour operator after agreeing a buy-out from private equity firm 3i. 3i has now exited the business after initially backing the coach…

Shearings has seen sales of its luxury holidays increase 32% year-on-year and is expecting a ‘strong year’ for UK holidays. The tour operator said the experience offering in its…

Shearings has announced an investment of more than GBP10.5 million into its coach fleet as it continues to see a rise in passenger numbers and forward bookings. The company will now…

Domestic tour operators have praised the Wallace & Gromit campaign for building awareness of UK tourism amongst travel agents. Shearings, Bourne Leisure, Superbreak and Wyndham…

Shearings has launched its full river cruise programme for 2014 following strong 2013 sales. The tour operator is distributing its new brochure to agents including new ‘Escorted by…

Shearings Holidays has launched a new range of breaks designed to suit people wanting shorter holidays. The tour operator said its new UK short coach holidays are designed to "bridge the…