2009 Fast Track 100
Rank: 15 Your Golf Travel.com
Its call-centre staff are mostly keen golfers who advise travellers on best golfing deals
Golfers looking to tee off as far afield as Argentina, Dubai or Barbados can visit this company’s website to plan their dream golf holidays. Your Golf Travel packages trips to 3,000 courses in 26 countries and claims it deals with about 120,000 travellers each year. Founders Ross Marshall and Andrew Harding maxed out their credit cards to fund the start-up of the company in 2005, and their latest offering is Spabreaks.com, a website that specialises in spa holidays. Sales at the London company have grown 139% a year from an annualised £541,000 in 2005 to £7.4m in 2008.
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Golfers looking to tee off as far afield as Argentina, Dubai or Barbados can visit this company’s website to plan their dream golf holidays. Your Golf Travel packages trips to 3,000 courses in 26 countries and claims it deals with about 120,000 travellers each year. Founders Ross Marshall and Andrew Harding maxed out their credit cards to fund the start-up of the company in 2005, and their latest offering is Spabreaks.com, a website that specialises in spa holidays. Sales at the London company have grown 139% a year from an annualised £541,000 in 2005 to £7.4m in 2008.
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Company facts
Your Golf Travel.com
Golf travel retailer
Company website
| Sales growth | 139.35% pa |
| 2008 sales | £7.4m |
| 2005 sales | *£0.5m |
| 2008 staff | 52 |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Location of HQ | Central London |
| If applicable: * = annualised figures‡ = unaudited accounts |
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