The Travel Foundation

Please take a look at the information below, and click on any of the highlighted names to link directly to each members website for further information.

Tazurba International offer a Program for cultural immersion and volunteering in India. The proposed program is the result of a creative collaboration of dedicated educationists, artists, and intellectuals in Jaipur. The objective is to facilitate a unique experience for participants from any part of the world that will stimulate a stronger connection with India, her land and people,contemporary issues and her cultural roots and heritage. By crafting a total immersion program their hope is to help provide these individuals with greater awareness of their own origins, and also acquaint them with the situation of India today.

TCA African & Arabian Odyssey Holidays, a specialist operator of holidays for the independent traveller, was formed in 1989 to provide a service for the creation of a virtually unlimited range of flexible itineraries (along with proposals for a number of pre-planned tours), most of the arrangements being tailor-made to each client's particular needs. Some holidays involve single destinations or two countries in a single area; others combine two or even more of our three featured regions. The permutations are virtually endless.

The TOI (Tour Operators' Initiative) is a network of tour operators that have committed to integrate sustainable development into their business practices and to work together to promote sustainability in the tourism sector as a whole.

Tourism Concern has been working since 1989 to raise awareness of the negative impacts of tourism, economic, cultural, environment and social. Tourism Concern has a wide range of exciting and innovative projects. They work with communities in destination countries to reduce social and environmental problems connected to tourism and with the out-going tourism industry in the UK to find ways of improving tourism so that local benefits are increased.

Transylvan is a small independent tour operator set up by friends from Transylvania, Bucharest and Britain to promote tourism to Transylvania and other beautiful and interesting parts of Romania. Transylvan is committed to playing its part through caring for the places and communities that they visit. They will continue to work with their suppliers to deliver a responsible product and quality performance.

Travel Research International is a specialised consulting and research publishing firm operating solely within the travel and tourism industry. The company’s principals – Graham Todd and Sue Mather - have many years experience in the sector and have worked in over 40 countries around the world. Travel Research International’s consulting services specialise in strategic planning for both public and private sector clients and focus on the economic, environmental and social issues of sustainable tourism development. Projects include tourism development and marketing plans, benchmarking and best practice studies and market analysis.

Travelcare is the UK’s largest independent travel provider (*as confirmed by Airtours, First Choice & Thomson), with branches nation-wide and sales in excess of £430m per annum. Travelcare is the only major travel agent chain not to have ownership links with a tour operator. In line with Co-operative values and principles, they believe in a open, honest and responsible approach to selling holidays, as demonstrated by the ‘Traveller’s right to know’ policy, which is designed to provide customers with all the facts they need to make an informed holiday choice.

TravelMole is an online community of over 100,000 travel and tourism professionals worldwide (predominantly in UK/Europe and North America). Whether you are a travel agent, tour operator, tourist officer, trade supplier, hotelier, travel journalist, destination marketing officer, or other travel professional you can find a wealth of relevant, useful information on their website.

TravelMole.com aims to be the online hub for the travel trade: an online community and information resource.

Travelox is an online and call centre holiday provider with strong links to major and niche organisations in the UK and overseas. It supplies holiday bookings for TTA bonded tour operators, chartered and scheduled flight only, accomodationonly including quality hotel groups, car hire via major trade suppliers, late bookings and anciliaries like airport parking, hotels, lounges and insurance.

TravelRoots are a travel agent, who vet all thier destinations extremely carefully to ensure that they are working closely with local people, partners and communities to ensure sustainability, responsibility and good environmental practice.

Travelux was established in 1972.They are an independent advisory and travel reservation service for their discerning and valued cliental. From a simple journey or holiday to the most demanding tailor-made itineraries, they have the product range, the operating licenses, and the qualified personnel to advise, and arrange individual travel needs. Travelux was the first ever award winner of the TTG `Travel Agent of the Year Award', and has continued to recognise that quality service, value, and expertise are essential to their clients.

Tribal Voice Communications advise national and regional governments, tour operators, and suppliers on responsible tourism policy and its successful implementation. It also works with local communities in the developing world and development NGOs in setting up small-scale community tourism businesses (village excursions, campsites, etc.) so local communities benefit from tourism.

TUI Travel UK is part of TUI Travel PLC,Europe’s largest leisure travel company, which was formed out of the merger of the Tourism Division of TUI AG and First Choice Holidays PLC. In the UK, the company features well-known brands such as Thomson holidays (www.thomson.co.uk) and First Choice (www.firstchoice.co.uk). Between them they employ 19,000 people and take seven million people away on holiday every year to 100 destinations. The company also has a retail network of 982 shops in the UK. The business is committed to understanding and minimising its negative impacts and to maximising positive ones.