COUNTRY Cottages in France is to start aggressively pushing the product through the trade after a successful trial. The operator, part of the Holiday Cottages Group, is to distribute 132,000 of its new 2000 brochures to agents nationwide.
Managing director Geoff Cowley said agents were previously reluctant to sell the product because of the slow response to availability requests. Launching the brochure, from left, are Julie Hanslip, head of reservations; Geoff Cowley, managing director; and Angela Tierney, travel agency sales rep.