Trip cancelled after tour firm fails
Published:
10:00 AM September 13, 2008
Updated:
5:34 AM February 18, 2021
A YEAR in the planning, it was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. But today, a party of scuba dive enthusiasts who should have been enjoying a holiday in Egypt told of their bitter disappointment after one of the UK's leading tour operators went bust.
A YEAR in the planning, it was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime.
But today, a party of scuba dive enthusiasts who should have been enjoying a holiday in Egypt told of their bitter disappointment after one of the UK's leading tour operators went bust.
Travel firm XL Leisure Group collapsed just three hours before the 11-strong group from Ipswich reached the check in desk at Gatwick Airport.
See today's Eveningstar for the full story.
