Established: 1979.
Based: head office in Marylebone High Street, London. Other offices in Wembley and Manchester. Greaves Travel also has a retail outlet in Marylebone High Street.
Associations: licensed by the International Air Transport Association, the Civil Aviation Authority and ABTA; a member of the Association of Airline Consolidators.
Number of staff: 55 in the UK.
Systems: agents can book flights with Greaves Travel on the Galileo global distribution system; the company uses the FSS accounting system. It also has an information-only Web site at www.greavestvl.com
Destinations covered: the Indian sub-continent, North America and Africa. Departures are available from most UK airports. Greaves Travel is the main British Airways consolidator for flights to India. In addition to flight-only, it sells luxury tailor-made tours to India and some corporate travel.
Capacity: licensed to sell 60,000 seats, in addition it carries about 1,000 people on tailor-made tours.
What’s new: for 2000 the company is looking to develop its Web site.
Key personnel: managing director Mehra Dalton; sales and reservations director Marissa Flynn; and tours manager Donna Humphreys.
Key partners: Greaves Travel sells through all agents including small independents and multiples; among its key partners are the British Airways Travel Shops.
Telephone: head office: 020 7486 6646; Wembley: 020 8782 6200; Manchester 0161-0835 2564.