Managers at Hays Travel North West return to shop floor

Senior managers at Hays Travel North West have returned to the shop floor for this year's peak selling period, with agents challenged to 'Beat the Boss' in sales.

Simone Murphy, regional manager for north Wales and Merseyside, Toni Smith, regional manager for Manchester and Cheshire, and Ruth Ward, retail operations manager all got back into uniform and took up their positions at the branches.

Smith made a Thailand booking in 2023, Murphy made a Turkey booking and Ward booked a twin-centre holiday to Florida.

Smith said: "It was great to be back in the shops, particularly on a busy peaks Saturday, I was unsure if I still had the skills, but it all came back very quickly and I was straight back in the swing of things and back selling and looking after our wonderful customers."

Hays Travel has 44 stores in the north west of England and north Wales.

Don Bircham reported strong sales since the beginning of the year. He said: "We are benchmarking against a very strong January 2020 and although it was a slow start, momentum has been really building over the past week with Saturday being the busiest trading day so far."

Ruth Ward is with agents at Connah's Quay.

Hays Travel is in a recruitment drive.