CMB Travel up over 40%

Travel agency CMB Travel posted turnover worth 3.5 million euros in the first six months of this year, an approximately 42% increase against the value posted in the same period of 2005. “There are two factors for the growth – the increase in the share of the event department (conference organising, teambuilding and training) and the increase in the volume of our business travel operations, which includes business trips, aeroplane tickets and hotel accommodations,” says Roxana Balcescu, chief executive of the agency. However, she makes a point of saying that holiday travel is just as important, accounting for a larger volume of sales in the second half of the year. “There is an increasing trend that the holiday season is extended to traditionally “low season” months. This stands for both businesspeople and others who, for objective reasons, worked during the summertime and are to go on holiday to destinations that are still active or exotic in terms of season,” explains Balcescu.