After 28 years Andy and Suzanne Leighton are handing over the reins of tour company Travelwise Holidays Ltd to the team at Fuzion Travel.

The company has a tradition of boutique, fully escorted tours for mature travellers and the Leightons will be active in the business for some time while Andrew Parke and Stuart McKay get their feet ‘under the desk’ with the Travelwise crew over coming years.

Developments like allowing domestic cruising and travel to some Pacific destinations would provide a much needed ‘intravenous’ line for those travel companies hanging in through the current crisis, say the directors of Fuzion Travel.

Andrew Parke and Stuart McKay say that despite everything they retain optimism for the future and say their broker model is continuing to hold up well.