CAMPINGspecialist Canvas Holidays is to revert to being a direct-only operator after failing to generate sufficient business through the trade.
“We have tried working though travel agents, but we have had disappointing results,” said agency sales manager Simon Froggatt.
The operator has given up membership of the Campaign for Real Travel Agents as a result of its decision.
n CARTA said 14 Advantage Travel Centre members, owning 50 branches between them, had been expelled for signing up to the Airtours franchise. It is a condition of membership that agents remain independent from mainstream tour operators (Travel Weekly March 2).