Argo Holidays snaps up Asiaworld

ARGO Holidays plans to buy an Australasian tour operator following its purchase of Asiaworld and Caribworld for an undisclosed sum.

The move into Asia and the Caribbean follows the acquisition by Argo’s parent InterArgo Travel Group of Jetlife Holidays in April last year.

Sales and marketing director Theo Demetriou said: “We now offer most destinations other than Australasia.”

Asiaworld and Caribworld’s parent, Westminster Travel Group, pulled the plug on the St Albans-based operation to focus on interests in its core Asia market earlier this month (Travel Weekly January 12).

Demetriou said it was too early to say whether the brands’ 10 UK-based staff would be employed by Argo Holidays.

Talks over the future role of former Asiaworld general manager Paul Tilling were ongoing as Travel Weekly went to press.