Apartments abroad and Resort taxis ceased trading
By Darren Cronian on Thursday, January 21st, 2010

I have just heard that accommodation only company Apartments abroad has today ceased trading. The company sold accommodation all over the world including popular tourist destinations in Europe and the US. They do not appear to be ABTA members, I thought they were though.

Apartments abroad and Resort taxis ceased trading

Independent traveller protection issues

I am not sure at this point how many consumers will be affected.

Consumers were able to book accommodation via the website but I understand that travel agents also used them. The company also owns resort taxis, a specialist airport transfer service. I wanted to post this now in case any consumers are looking for assistance.

The problem is most consumers who have booked through a travel agent will not be aware.

Both the Apartments abroad and Resort Taxis website provide very little in the way of information but they are advising consumers affected by the closure of the company to contact Begbies Traynor who are involved in the administration.

Please add your questions below and I will update the post with more information soon.


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3 responses to “Apartments abroad and Resort taxis ceased trading”

Julia | 22 January, 2010 at 11:22 am

I wonder if this has anything to do with e-clear?

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Lee Harrison | 22 January, 2010 at 5:30 pm

I hate to see it when a long standing company goes, especially when there are so many cowboy outfits still trading.

From Travel weekly.
Apartments Abroad managing director Ian Thirlwall said: “Despite the strenuous efforts of the company and its advisers it has unfortunately not been possible to continue trading. It is deeply upsetting as we had come exceptionally close to selling the business as a going concern before Christmas.

“When that fell at the last hurdle, a subsequent promise of support for our cashflow then also failed to materialise. Despite that blow, we and our advisers continued to explore avenues to save Apartments Abroad and right up until today were negotiating a possible sale. Sadly this could not be achieved and with great regret we ceased trading.”

Customers should be able to complete their holildays as planned, he said.

“As Apartments Abroad was almost exclusively a trade wholesaler and because we were committed to pre-paying suppliers prior to departure we expect the impact upon consumers to be minimal.

“I would like to express my gratitude to all those in the trade, at home and overseas, who have supported Apartments Abroad for the best part of two decades. Their support, which I trust they felt we reciprocated, was always much appreciated.”

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Darren Cronian | 25 January, 2010 at 12:27 pm

@ Julia

Good question. No idea, but it makes you wonder how many travel clients of theirs that have been affected by it all

@ Lee

Thanks for the update. It’s never a good thing when a company goes under, for the employee’s and customers. The lack of comments from consumers here makes me wonder how many are aware of this collapse, or, if most have booked through a travel agent who has dealt with it.

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