McCord Travel founder Scott McCord is joining Direct Travel senior management team as Director of Customer Experience. He will continue to oversee the operations of McCord Travel.
“For years, both Direct Travel and McCord Travel have consistently gone above and beyond for business and leisure clients alike,” said McCord. “Our team at McCord Travel is excited to combine our focus on highly personalized service with the expanded range of global services that Direct Travel will provide our clients.”
Travelweek checked in with Robertson this morning, to ask if the McCord deal signals a steadily building momentum in the travel sector. The acquisition is Direct Travel’s first in Canada since 2019.
“We are back to 40% across Canada and 50% across the U.S.” for transactions, measured against pre-pandemic 2019 volumes, Robertson told Travelweek.
“Forward leisure bookings are going through the roof and current corporate / meetings activity is coming back despite…