RANKING / GROSS SALES IN 2025
55th in Europe €78 million (€54.2 million in 2024)
21st in the UK £67 million (£46 million in 2024)
CONTACT DETAILS
www.isontravel.com / [email protected]
UK Helford House, Hook Heath Road, Woking, GU22 0QE, +44 20 3657 9738, [email protected]
COMPANY STRUCTURE
Private limited company e.g. Ltd, SARL/SAS, SRL, GmbH
PARENT/OWNER
Helen Cannon - private individual
RELATED COMPANIES
Screen and Music Travel
ACQUISITIONS IN 2025
Effective Business Events and Travel
KEY PEOPLE
Helen Cannon, CEO; Daniel Smith, head of finance; Debra Hollingham, global ops; David Concecau, USA ops; Kendall Murchie, head of account management; Sarah Alexander, chief of staff; Cathy Roberts, head of events; Chris Ward, head of leisure and strategic partnerships
STAFF
UK 80, Europe 80, Global 130, Office-based 20, Home workers 60, Hybrid 50, Business travel staff 125
MAIN INDUSTRY SECTORS OF CLIENTS
Charity and not for profit, Education, Financial and professional services, Healthcare and pharmaceutical, Hotels, tourism and catering, Media and entertainment, Music and film touring, Oil and gas, Shipping and fisheries,
ADDITIONAL SERVICES OFFERED
Consultancy, Group travel, Incentives, Leisure travel, Meetings and events, Passport and visa services, Sustainability programmes, Traveller well-being services, Venue sourcing, VIP travel
AVERAGE LENGTH OF SERVICE/EXPERIENCE
4 years / 20 years
ESG/CSR POLICIES
BAFTA albert sustainable supplier, Committed to net zero by 2050, Greengage ECOsmart, UN Sustainable Development Goals
DEI POLICIES
50/50 Women on Boards or similar (e.g. Diversity on UK Boards), Disability Confident Committed, Equal pay or gender pay gap reporting policy, Flexible working policy (e.g. hybrid or remote working), Own DEI policies, Recruitment and selection policy, Woman-owned
NETWORKS, CONSORTIA AND ASSOCIATIONS
Advantage Global Network (formerly WIN), Advantage Travel Partnership, Focus Travel Partnership, Travel Leaders Network, ABTA, GBTA
NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS
200,000
TRANSACTION BREAKDOWN
Air 55% Hotel 30% Rail 3% Car 7% MICE 5% Other 0%
PROPORTION OF ONLINE BOOKINGS
Less than 25%
GDS PARTNERS
Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport (inc Galileo and Worldspan)
ONLINE BOOKING TOOLS
Atriis, Concur, Cytric, Evolvi, Trainline
OTHER TECHNOLOGY
Mobile booking app, Mobile itinerary app, Pre-trip approval, Profile management, Sustainability reporting, Traveller tracking, Unused ticket management, Holistic travel platform, Cross-channel and OBT approvals, Travel policy compliance notifications, Venue sourcing tool, Meetings management,
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
Acquire third-party developers of technology, Hire third-party developers
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
Amadeus, Atriis, Benerail, Conferma, Evolvi, Navitas, Riskline, Sabre, Thrust Carbon, Trainline, TravCom, Travelport, TripStax, Umbrella
NDC AND DIRECT CONNECTS
AirGateway, Atriis, Farelogix, NDC content from GDS, Supplier direct connects, Travelfusion
TECHNOLOGY ACCREDITATION
Cyber Essentials, BSI IT-Grundschutz, ENS, ACN, ReCyF or similar, PCI-DSS
OTHER INFORMATION
ISON Travel is one of the fastest growing TMC's in Europe and has been placed in the top 25% of the FT1000 fastest growing companies in Europe.