UK Cruise and Tour Firm All Leisure Group Collapses
Photo Credit: Swan Hellenic’s Minerva ship. Parent company All Leisure Group has gone out of business. Flickr / Gary Bembridge
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Since the heady days of a stock market floatation in 2007, there has not been much to shout about for All Leisure Group. Like a number of other travel companies, it has not been able to cope with the level of geopolitical upheaval in key destinations. It is unlikely to be the only big travel casualty of 2017.
Long-struggling UK cruise and tour operator All Leisure Group has gone out of business.
Prior to its demise it managed to offload a number of its brands but still had 13,000 bookings for future holidays and 400 people abroad at the time.
The bookings relate to two of its cruise lines Voyages of Discovery and Swan Hellenic. As no buyer could be found for these businesses, both have been closed.
Around 7,000 of those who have yet to travel will receive a refund though the Civil Aviation Authority’s Air Travel Organiser's Licence (ATOL) scheme, which handles payouts in the event of a company collapse for holidays inv
