Entertainment Franchises

Meet Dan, and how his family GoCruise & Travel business has spiked to over £2 million sales since the Pandemic, here’s their storyOur franchise operates from two offices within our home in Kent. The family business is heavily focused on being a cruise specialist, with service and valuable advice being very high in our priorities for our clients.Our business journey started with building a small customer database from scratch, then setting about increasing that, using direct mail and attending co...

Lucy Martin runs a Language for Fun franchise teaching French, Spanish and Italian to more than 100 adults in Greenwich, south-east London.“My quality of life is beyond what I thought possible five years ago.”As one of those people instinctively attracted to teaching, I never had any doubt after graduating with a languages degree in 2000 that I would qualify as a teacher. The dynamism and ever-evolving challenge of mainstream education, the energy of working with teenagers and the deep satisfact...

GoCruise & Travel recently held its annual Franchise Top Achiever event during which it not only celebrated the success of its 20 top franchisees but also the growth of the business with 12 new franchisees added this year and double the number of franchisees achieving over £1 million of sales compared with last year.The event, which took place from 10th to 12th September, was held at the five-star Carden Park Hotel & Spa just outside Chester and hosted by Dan Jones, Business Manager for Cunard....

George has approached SportsCool in April 2023 about a potential franchise. Within a number of weeks, he found himself having a face to face meeting with the owners. He advised the conversation was “informative, professional, clear and helpful.” Describing the process, he said it was “Simple and easy”. “Paul was on hands with his expertise of the business and any legal questions I had - he had the knowledge and communicated with me promptly. This took huge pressure off me, I always felt...

GoCruise & Travel, alongside our parent Brand, Fred. Olsen Travel held our Annual Conference last week at the Latimer De Vere Estate, 23/24 April 2024 with 186 attendees. The two day Conference included key business sessions, from our Trade Partners we work with, both Cruise and Travel focused to help improve our Franchisees knowledge on their products they sell. We held presentations covering the progress of the business as a whole, and gave the opportunity to network, to help with ideas to...

At SportsCool we see first-hand and understand how bringing up a child with disabilities or additional needs can be very demanding, as well as rewarding. Children can present with very particular challenges or require intensive care and support. We know that through play, children learn to build confidence, self-esteem, creativity, and how to interact with others. It is a sad fact that too many disabled young people miss out on play every day because of their additional needs.That’s where we com...