Elegant Resorts reports ‘best Q1 in history’ for trade business

Elegant Resorts has reported its “most successful Q1 for trade sales in the company’s history”.

 

The operator saw an increase of almost 45% in sales through its travel agent partners from January 1 to March 31 this year compared to the same period in 2025. 

 

More than 10% of trade bookings were worth more than £100,000, with the biggest booking made during the quarter valued at £253,000 for a trip to Dubai departing in 2027.

 

Elegant Resorts also said that bookings from new agent partners made a “significant impact on performance”.

 

National account manager Katie Daniels said: “We have seen a surge of big bookings this quarter, which has contributed to it being our best ever. We appreciate that it has been a testing time for our industry recently, but what this proves is that our agents are trusting us with their very best luxury clients more than ever.

 

“With the issues in the Middle East, we have seen a natural increase in bookings to Europe and the Caribbean, but our tailormade team have also seen a surge in bookings to Japan, Australia and African safari itineraries too.”

 

Managing director Gordon McCreadie added: “Our trade business is a very important part of our company, and we want to thank our travel agent partners for being a pivotal extension of our Elegant Resorts family.”

 

Elegant Resorts shared plans to celebrate its performance with an “exclusive” summer party, held at its head office with key agent partners.

 

The operator will also host a series of regional events across the UK.