After welcoming 126 new members this year, Protected Trust Services has bolstered its Franchise ATOL limit to 5,000 passengers, up from the existing 1,000 capacity
New members have included homeworking models with over 200 homeworker franchisees, retail agents expanding with high street shops and a host of tour operators.
The licence increase marks a five-fold passenger increase for members, with PTS users empowered to hold their own ATOL licence without the need for a bond.
Emma Collis, Protected Trust Services' executive director, reported, "There has been a visual turn in membership dynamics in 2024 compared to previous years, prominently those joining us now are larger trading businesses who are focused on growth and the freedom and flexibility PTS offer to take their businesses to the next level.
"They want to branch out into dynamic packaging by obtaining ATOL licences, expand by collaborating with new suppliers, recruiting homeworkers, and broadening their market presence through other agents— and that’s exactly what PTS fully supports and facilitates."
