Major Travel Plc

Name

Major Travel Plc

Legal name

Major Travel PLC

Website

https://major.travel

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Travel Wholesale and Tour Operations

NAICS

Travel Agencies (56151), Tour Operators (561520)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731)

akta.pro primary industry

Wholesale Groups, Series & Allotments (Group Blocks/Charters/Allotment Contracting) (THAKAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate/Business Retail Travel Agencies (THAKABAB), Travel Ancillary & Add-on Booking Platforms (Insurance/Baggage/Seat/Upgrades) (BPAMAIAN), Corporate Travel & Accommodation Coordination (HSACADAL)

Keywords

• Airline consolidator services
• Package holidays wholesale
• Travel agent booking platform
• ATOL bonded tour operator
• Hotel booking platform

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Package Holiday Sales: Revenue generated from selling ATOL-bonded package holidays combining flights, hotels, and ground arrangements to travel agents who resell to end consumers. The company operates as a tour operator and airline consolidator with nearly 50 years of experience.
2. Airline Consolidator Services: With almost 50 years trading as an airline consolidator, the company offers fares on all world's leading airlines including complex itineraries, round the world tickets, inclusive tour fares, and GDS terminal access to travel agents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Major Travel Plc is a trade-only tour operator and airline consolidator that supplies UK travel agents, homeworkers, and tour operators with ATOL-bonded package holidays combining flights, hotels, and ground arrangements, alongside access to 250,000+ hotels across 120+ countries and fares on all major airlines. Its proprietary Major Go online booking platform enables agents to build custom itineraries, compare 150+ suppliers, hold seats, book with deposit only, add markup to net prices, and send branded PDF itineraries. The company has traded as an airline consolidator since 1974 under the Widdowson family.

Product overview

Major Travel Plc operates as a trade-only tour operator and wholesaler offering a comprehensive travel product portfolio centered around their Major Go online booking platform. The core offering includes ATOL-bonded package holidays combining flights and hotels, access to over 250,000 hotels globally, airline consolidator services with nearly 50 years of expertise, and curated tour packages. Travel agents access these products through the Major Go platform which provides real-time booking capabilities, itinerary building tools, and API connectivity for online sales. The product suite is complemented by the Major Miles incentive program for travel agents. All offerings are protected by ATOL and ABTA financial protection schemes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Package Holidays ATOL-bonded package holidays combining flights, hotels, and ground arrangements, sold exclusively to travel agents for resale to end consumers. Includes deposit-only booking, cabin upgrades, luggage additions, and wheelchair assistance options.
• Hotel Booking Platform Provides access to over 250,000 hotels in more than 120 countries across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia, with rates often 10-15% cheaper than Trivago, accessible to travel agents through the Major Go platform.
• Airline Consolidator Services Airline ticket consolidation with nearly 50 years of trading history, offering fares on the world's leading airlines, complex itineraries, round-the-world fares, inclusive tour fares, and direct GDS terminal access for travel agents.
• Tour Packages Curated multi-destination tour itineraries including guided tours with English-speaking guides, game drives, and cultural experiences such as the Indian Golden Triangle and Ranthambore tours, sold through travel agents.
• Major Go Online booking portal for travel agents providing real-time pricing, itinerary building, seat holding with passenger names, supplier comparison across 150+ providers, and PDF itinerary generation with customizable gross pricing display.
• Major Miles Travel agent incentive program offering gadgets, vouchers, free travel, familiarization trips, and Major Money rewards, with additional override bonuses for top-performing agents.

Quantifiable outcome

• 150+ suppliers compared in booking platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TravelgenixcoreTechnology or Integration · 17 June 2026Major Travel partnered with Travelgenix to enable the technology company's clients—including travel agents, homeworkers, and operators—to access and sell Major Travel's ATOL-bonded package holidays as live, online-bookable products via API connectivity. The integration allows agents to sell Major Travel's holiday packages directly through their own websites alongside other supplier content. Travelgenix currently supports more than 400 firms across the UK travel industry, and this partnership marks the first time Major Travel package holidays have been made available through this type of platform integration.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Midoco: German travel consolidator and tour operator selling flights and packages to travel agents across DACH. Comparable in B2B consolidator model and supplier aggregation, but focused on the German-speaking market rather than the UK.

Direct peers

• dnata Travel: UAE-headquartered global travel wholesaler and consolidator that supplies travel agents with flight and hotel inventory worldwide. Directly comparable to Major Travel as a B2B consolidator serving agents, with a broader international footprint but overlapping trade-only business model.
• Traveltek: UK-based travel technology platform providing agents with API access to multiple supplier inventories for flights, hotels, and dynamic packaging. Directly comparable to Major Travel's Major Go platform and complementary to its Travelgenix integration play.
• Broadway Travel: UK trade-only tour operator selling package holidays, flights, and hotels exclusively through travel agents. Comparable to Major Travel in B2B2C model, ATOL bonding, and reliance on the UK agent channel for end-consumer bookings.
• Travelpack: UK-based travel agency and tour operator offering ATOL-bonded packages to both consumers and through travel agents. Comparable to Major Travel in product mix (flights, hotels, packages) and regulatory protection, with some direct-to-consumer overlap.
• Bedsonline (Hotelbeds B2B brand): Hotelbeds' B2B accommodation platform tailored to travel agents and tour operators. Highly comparable to Major Travel's hotel-inventory offering but with a much larger global supplier footprint and a heavier technology/online focus.
• Sunset Travel: UK trade-only tour operator selling long-haul package holidays through travel agents. Comparable to Major Travel in B2B-only model, ATOL bonding, and long-haul product focus, though smaller in supplier breadth.
• JacTravel: London-based B2B tour operator and hotel consolidator supplying travel agents with accommodation and package products across Europe. Directly comparable in scale, geography, and B2B2C consolidator model to Major Travel.

Broad incumbents

• Hotelbeds: Largest global B2B bed bank and ancillary seller, supplying 250,000+ hotels to travel agents and tour operators. Highly comparable to Major Travel's hotel-aggregator function, but operating at significantly greater scale across multiple regions.

Emerging players

• InteleTravel: US-headquartered host agency and travel platform integrating supplier content (including Major Travel) into its agent-facing booking tools. Comparable as a B2B2C distribution channel for travel agents, with growing overlap in the platform-aggregation space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xfacebook.com/major4agents
• Facebookfacebook.com/major4agents
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/majortravel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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