Newmachar-based Whytes Coaches is returning to the tours market, as it celebrates 50 years in business.
The company came under new management in 2016 and is getting its tours business back on the road after a three-year break from the market, with a new brochure to be rolled out shortly.
Andrew Urquhart, David Campbell and Jason Carrison, who between them have been with the company for 30 years, took control of the company in April. They have been keen to get back in to the tours sector to further diversify the business from coach hire and driver training.
Mr Urquhart, who is a grandson of company founders Bill and Nora Whyte, is the driving force behind the company’s decision to re-enter the tours market.
He says: “We’re very keen to get back in to the coach tours market and are looking forward to an exciting year as the company celebrates 50 years in business.
“The current economic climate and the value of the pound following the Brexit vote are making foreign holidays less attractive to people, so we hope to tap into what should be a buoyant ‘staycation’ market for 2017 as people opt for UK holidays.
“Coach tours have always been popular with north-east residents, and we anticipate significant interest from across the region in our exciting tour programme.”
