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Gray Dawes Travel
Established in 1927, Gray Dawes Business Travel Management is now one of the UK’s leading independent business travel management companies. Its headquarters in Colchester, Essex is home to a national Reservations Centre, the nerve centre of the business.

An Investor in People employer, Gray Dawes has a highly qualified workforce which services the business travel requirements of its clients throughout the UK and Jersey. Its ISO9001:2000 accreditation confirms the quality of its processes and performance.

History
Gray Dawes has been a pioneering business since its inception. Scottish entrepreneur, Archibald Gray, and partner Edwin Sandys Dawes formed the London-based business in 1865 to act as agents for the expanding network of steamship routes connecting outposts of the British Empire.

In 1927, it became the first agent to sell Imperial Airways (now British Airways) tickets on commercial routes to Cairo and Karachi, and in 1946 became one of the first companies to receive an IATA Ticketing Licence. Significant other firsts have followed.