Scots-based tour operator Caledonian Travel has closed down after its parent company plunged into administration. More than 64,000 bookings have been cancelled and around 2,500 jobs lost due to the failure of Specialist Leisure Group (SLG).
Seven hotels owned by the firm have also closed their doors including the Bay Great Western Hotel in Oban, Bay Tarbet Hotel at Loch Lomond and the Bay Caledonian Hotel in Fort William.
The Bay Waverley Castle Hotel in Melrose, the Pitlochry Hydro Hotel, the Bay Highland Hotel in Strathpeffer and the Portpatrick Hotel, Portpatrick has also shut down.
In a statement yesterday, Caledonian Travel said: “We regret to inform you that we have ceased to trade as Administrators have been appointed.“All tours,