Fisher prepares for travel industry return

director Terry Fisher is expected to return to the industry almost a year after leaving the Airtours group.

Fisher was due to attend the Institute of Travel and Tourism conference in Tenerife at the weekend and is believed to be weighing up several opportunities. Sources close to Fisher said his time away from the industry has renewed his appetite after a turbulent stint in charge of Going Places.

“It was a difficult period but Terry is keen to return in a more entrepreneurial role than his previous job,” the source said.

“Terry and corporate life are not particularly well suited.”

He was expected to use the ITT conference to renew contacts and put himself  back on the market. Fisher took extended sick leave from the middle of last year and was replaced in December when UCI managing director Dave Harris took over.

He has spent much of the last year living at his villa in Spain having earned between £7.7 million and £8.4 million from the sale of Travelworld to Airtours in December 1998.