The Independent - London, May 29th, 1994
THE TRAVEL industry is on tenterhooks right now, waiting for the results of an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigation into domination by the big tour operators. The large companies put together most of the 10 million or so package holidays sold each year and own the principal chains of travel agents. Is this, the OFT wants to know, working in the public interest? Are the high-street agents turning into holiday "supermarkets" selling only a limited range of package holidays? Will smaller agents be forced out of business?
Perhaps the OFT is worrying unnecessarily. People who want a package ...
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