• Davis World Travel

    It’s always big headlines when a travel company collapses, with travellers stranded, holiday deposits at risk and staff out of work.

    So when Hampshire’s Davis World Travel folded and shut its four offices, administrators Begbies Traynor called in Polymedia to advise how to manage the media storm.

    Our experienced team swung into action, preparing a strategic response that ensured calm, accurate information was reported across regional media, trade and the BBC.

    Key aims included diffusing panic among holidaymakers with money on deposit, publicising the existence of a helpline and highlighting the successful relocation of the staff to new jobs with another local company.

    Read the BBC report here