The Co-operative Travel Trading Group (or CTTG) was the central buying group for co-operative travel agents in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

. It was established along the same lines as the

Co-operative Retail Trading Group The Co-operative Federal Retail and Trading Services is the central buying group for co-operative retail societies in the United Kingdom. It came into its current structure in 2015, though its predecessor was established in 1993, and it supplie ...

when the

Co-operative Group Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses including food retail, wholesale, e-pharmacy, insurance and legal services, and funeral care. The Co-operative Group has over ...

merged its own five travel operations in 2003. The CTTG was disbanded following the merger of the Co-operative Travel (including

Midlands Co-operative Midlands Co-operative Society Limited was the second largest consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. It was a registered Industrial and Provident Society, a member of the Co-operative Union, the Co-operative Retail Trading Group and a corpor ...

Travel) with the High Street branches of the Thomas Cook Group in 2011. Following its closure,

Midcounties Co-operative The Midcounties Co-operative, branded as Your Co-op, is a consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom with over 700,000 members. Registered in England under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, it is a member of Co-operat ...

Travel said it “had no alternative but to create a standalone commercial and marketing capacity ndin the spirit of the sixth co-operative principle, has agreed to make this service available to the

Channel Islands Co-operative The Channel Islands' Co-operative Society is a long-established consumer co-operative with stores in the Channel Islands. Its head office is located in Saint Helier in Jersey. In the year ending 13 January 2019, Channel Islands Co-op recorded sal ...

and

Chelmsford Star Co-operative The Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society is an independent consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. Registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, the Society is a member of Co-operatives UK, the Co-operative G ...

, who have also been affected by the joint venture decision. The partnerships will help them optimise their continued development as prominent independent agents.” Channel Islands’s Travelmaker is the leading independent in Jersey and Guernsey. The East of England Co-operative travel business joined the Midcounties Co-operative Travel Consortium in 2013, whereas Lincolnshire Co-operative travel agencies joined Worldchoice when their arrangements with The Co-operative Group came to an end in 2012.

Freedom Travel

Freedom Travel Limited, a subsidiary of Co-op Group Travel 2 Holdings Ltd., was established in 2001 and is an organisation of managed travel agents working together to secure a profitable future. It was originally formed to enable travel agents to become part of a larger buying group benefiting from better commissions, larger overrides, lower operating costs, lower bank charges and better technology. The Co-operative Travel at

Anglia Co-operative Society Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Limited was the fifth largest consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. It was formed by the merger of the Greater Peterborough Regional and Anglia (formerly Waveney) co-operative societies in 1987. The ...

is a trading name of the Freedom Travel Group, part of the Thomas Cook Group.The Co-operative Travel
Anglia Regional Co-operative Society (retrieved 8 May 2013)

References

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Freedom Travel

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