Q&A: WHSmith’s managing director of UK travel is dialling up its offer to reach new heights
Global travel and high street retailer WHSmith has just come out of a peak summer season that saw total travel revenue grow 10%. Retail Week speaks to WHSmith managing director of UK travel Andrew Harrison about a successful summer, expanding categories and the all-important Christmas season.
WHSmith has been growing its offer to become a one-stop shop for travel in the past year, which has seen the opening of its biggest UK store at Birmingham Airport, the launch of Smith’s Family Kitchen, and new store openings in hospitals in areas such as Cardiff, Colchester and Southampton.
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