Spotlight falls on MyTravel

MYTRAVEL has started scaling down its retail division by shedding senior Going Places staff ahead of next week’s annual general meeting.

Sources said morale has hit an all-time low following the departure of several senior staff. Going Places operations director Liz Davies and head of commercial Martin Andrew are among the high-profile names negotiating their exit.

Around 90 staff at Holiday House in Rochdale face the axe and whole departments will be cut to the bone, including a training division which will be slashed from 50 to two.

“People are distraught because many long-standing staff are under threat. The atmosphere at Holiday House is dire,” said one source.

A MyTravel spokeswoman confirmed consultation at a senior level. “We are doing it as compassionately as we can and by the book,” she said.