David Crossland
British entrepreneur
David Crossland (born 18 December 1946) is a British entrepreneur from east Lancashire, well known in the British travel (holiday) industry.2
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Born Dec 18, 1946.1
Companies
- MyTravel GroupFounder6
Early life and education
- Date not recordedBurnley Grammar School3
He attended Burnley Grammar School. He left school with three O-levels.
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Career
Occupation: business executive.5
- Date not recordedFounded MyTravel Group4
He first found work in August 1963 in a travel agency within the Colne Cooperative Society's Colne Hall main offices in Albert Road, Colne from where he learnt the tricks of the trade within the travel industry and the knowledge and the leads necessary to embark on his future business career.
Entrepreneur
He formed companies and ended up being the Chief Executive of MyTravel. This had started when an elderly couple sold him two travel agent shops (Pendle Travel Services) based on Railway Street, Nelson, Lancashire, borrowing half the money from his brother-in-law. MyTravel Group was formed in 2002, and was headquartered in Rochdale (Greater Manchester). MyTravel merged in May 2007.
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Personal life
He lives in Jersey.
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Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataDavid Crossland on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaDavid Crossland on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataMyTravel Group, Founder