ORN Europe
UK & Europe operation · Business update

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ORN Europe Limited is the group's UK and European operation — owning contracting, quality control, delivery and customer support from central London.

17 Hanover Square, Mayfair, London W1S 1BN
Introduction

One accountable European operation

Owned by ORN Nexus PTE and running its own P&L, the Europe office takes responsibility for the complete delivery chain — contracting the product, controlling the quality of every booking, delivering it in destination and supporting the guest while they travel.

150+Suppliers secured
9Service categories
4Source markets
24hSupport coverage
Who we service

Four markets, one cost base

TAG USA

Groups, incentive and escorted programmes. One accountable European desk in the destination timezone. We also support TAG directly in their sales processes.

Australia

FIT, groups and stopovers. Europe covers the overnight window when Australia is closed.

India & trade

Inspiring Vacations and agent partners, using the same supplier base without duplication.

UAE & Saudi

Growing Gulf outbound market buying premium European product.

Supporting TAG in sales: beyond delivery, the Europe team works alongside TAG in the sales process — building and completing quotes, sourcing product not yet in the system, and giving the sales team a European specialist behind every enquiry.
Coverage

Our European footprint

From our London headquarters we contract and deliver across the whole of Europe — reaching every major holiday destination and gateway city.

Map of Europe showing ORN Europe routes from London to every major capital

Western Europe

UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Benelux

Central Europe

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czechia, Poland

Mediterranean

Italy, Greece, Croatia, Malta, Cyprus, Turkey

Nordic & beyond

Scandinavia, Iceland, Baltics and Eastern Europe

Key destinations covered: London · Paris · Rome · Venice · Florence · Barcelona · Madrid · Amsterdam · Vienna · Prague · Athens · Santorini · Dubrovnik · Lisbon · Edinburgh · Reykjavik · Zurich · and every major gateway across the continent.
Structure

How the operation is structured

ORN Europe Limited sits between the group's source markets and the European supplier base — owning the relationship on both sides. Hover any box; click a function to open it.

Who we service
TAG USAGroups & escorted · one European desk
AustraliaFIT, groups · covers their night
India & tradeIV, agents · shared suppliers
UAE & SaudiMiddle East · growth market
Nexus benefit: four markets served from one cost base.
ORN Europe LimitedOwned by ORN Nexus PTE · runs its own P&L · UK & Europe hub
What we do — click to expand
Quality control+
Every arrival checked
  • Structured 6-point gate check
  • Reconfirmed with supplier
  • Failures caught days out
Contracting+
150+ suppliers secured
  • Negotiated once in the UK
  • Renegotiating key agreements
  • Used by every office
Cruise+
Owned product, real margin
  • Contracting & allocation
  • Charter negotiation
  • Destination & Evergreen cruises
Delivery+
In-destination ops · 24h
  • Real-time issue handling
  • Follow-the-sun support
  • Sales support for TAG
Nexus benefit: the group owns European product instead of buying it at arm's length.
Financial flow
Start-up floatInto UK bank
UK bank accountRaj Kumar signs off spend
SuppliersPaid same day, no FX leg
ORN Nexus PTEMonthly P&L
XeroLive visibility, full audit
BangaloreMonthly P&L, group finance
Nexus benefit: faster payments, lower cost, full control and transparency.
What we do

Core functions

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Quality control

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Every European booking is tracked, reconfirmed and confirmed on one operations platform, against a structured 6-point check before the guest travels.

  • Operator, contact, confirmation, time and pick-up location verified
  • Missing detail researched and completed before the gate
  • Failures caught days out, not at the hotel desk

Contracting & key agreements

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150+ suppliers secured across nine categories. As part of the review we are actively renegotiating terms and establishing new key agreements across Europe to strengthen rates, allocation and commercial position.

  • Renegotiating existing supplier terms for better rates and allocation
  • Establishing new key agreements with leading European suppliers
  • Negotiated once in the UK, used by every ORN office

Cruise

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A full cruise operation under ORN Cruise — contracting, cruise-line relationships, charter negotiation, allocation and shore-side operations, including focused destination cruises and Evergreen product.

  • Ocean, river and expedition lines
  • Focused destination cruise programmes
  • Group blocks, charter and shore excursions

Delivery & support

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In-destination operations plus 24-hour customer support across USA, Australia and UAE, on the same telephone system customers use today with a dedicated European number.

  • Real-time handling of changes and supplier failures
  • Follow-the-sun cover across timezones
  • Sales-process support for TAG
Under active review: as we review the operation we are renegotiating supplier terms and establishing key new agreements across Europe — improving rates, securing allocation, and building direct product including focused destination cruises and Evergreen programmes.
ORN Cruise

Building ORN Cruise

A dedicated cruise business, built on real cruise-industry expertise and direct line relationships.

ORN Cruise is being established as a solid, standalone cruise operation within the group — contracting, cruise-line relationships, charter negotiation and allocation, with a particular focus on focused destination cruises and Evergreen product. The ambition is to move from sourcing cruise as required to owning a genuine cruise business with real margin and direct supplier relationships.

The build is led by senior cruise-industry expertise now working with ORN to grow and establish ORN Cruise.

Contracting & allocation

Direct line relationships, allotment blocks, group space and charter negotiation.

Focused destination cruises

Curated, destination-led cruise programmes built as owned product.

Evergreen product

Year-round, repeatable cruise programmes distributed across every ORN office.

Quality & customer support

Built-in quality control

Quality is built into the process, not checked at the end.

The operation runs on a fully built operations platform where every European booking is tracked, reconfirmed and confirmed in one place. Every component of every booking is reconfirmed directly with the supplier against a structured 6-point check — operator, contact, confirmation, time and pick-up location — before the guest travels, so nothing is left to chance.

24-hour customer support

Customers get support exactly as they do today with the Australia/Oceania operation — the identical support telephone system, with a dedicated European number.

MarketCoverage provided
USA (TAG)European ground delivery, escalations and in-destination support
AustraliaOvernight cover while Australia is closed — no gap in response
UAE / Middle EastEuropean delivery for the growing Gulf outbound market
Follow-the-sun: as Australia closes, support transitions to Europe; as Europe closes it transitions onward across the network — no market left uncovered. The European support number will be shared as soon as it is live.
The team

Experience that runs deep

Decades of combined experience across every aspect of the travel business — hands-on with the bookings daily. Click any team member to read more.

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Ajay Kawa

CEO · Europe · Contracting
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30 years in travel at CEO and senior leadership level.

Over 30 years in the travel industry at CEO and senior leadership level, spanning operations, contracting, commercial growth, product and distribution across the full breadth of the travel business. Ajay has built and scaled travel operations internationally and drives ORN Europe's contracting, supplier strategy and commercial direction.

CEO leadershipContractingCommercial growthProduct & distributionBusiness scaling
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Ken Newton

UK Operations & Contracting
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Extensive experience in European operations and supplier contracting.

Leads UK operations, reconfirmation, and hotel and supplier contracting. Ken brings extensive experience in European travel operations and supplier management — negotiating rates and allotments, managing supplier relationships across the continent, and running the day-to-day quality and reconfirmation process at the heart of the operation.

Hotel contractingSupplier managementReconfirmationEuropean operationsQuality control
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Tim Windsor

UK Operations
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Strong operational background across Europe and Oceania.

Works alongside Ken on UK operations and reconfirmation. Tim has a strong operational background across Europe and Oceania, with deep experience in booking operations and customer service — hands-on with bookings daily and focused on getting every component confirmed and right before the guest travels.

Booking operationsReconfirmationEurope & OceaniaCustomer service
SS

Suman Sethi

Operations & Service Delivery · Bangalore
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8+ years in DMC operations, ground handling and supplier relations.

Based in Bangalore, Suman brings 8+ years in destination management and travel operations, managing supplier relations across multiple countries, guest escalations and logistics. Deeply experienced in the Nexus platform, booking operations and European delivery, he handles day-to-day system updates and service delivery — the operational backbone linking the UK desk with the group's systems.

Nexus platformDMC operationsSupplier relationsBooking operationsEscalation management
Secured supplier access

Over 150 suppliers, every service type

Secured access to a broad panel of leading travel suppliers — enabling us to quote and deliver product within SLA, globally. As part of the review we are renegotiating terms and establishing new key agreements across the panel.

Service categoryNo.What it covers
Ocean & river cruise24Luxury, premium and expedition lines, plus European river specialists
Tour operators & DMCs76Worldwide and regional programmes, tailor-made and escorted
Hotels, villas & beds16Bed banks and villa collections at trade rates
Car hire & transfers7Car hire, private and shared transfers, taxis, lounges, marine charter
Flights & air5Air consolidators, seat-only and airline holiday divisions
Rail4Rail operators and rail-holiday specialists
Ferries & tunnel4Ferry operators and the Channel Tunnel
Attractions & extras9Attractions, theme parks, activity resorts and experiences
Ski & specialist5Ski, snow and seasonal specialists
Total150Suppliers secured across all service types
Ocean & river cruise24
Ama Waterways
Ambassador Cruise Holidays
Avalon Waterways (Globus)
Azamara Club Cruises
Celestyal Cruises
Cruising Power
Crystal Cruises
Disney Cruise Line
Emerald Cruises
Explora Journeys
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines
Holland America Line
Hurtigruten UK
MSC Cruises S.A
Norwegian Cruise Line
Oceania Cruises
Ponant Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Riverside Luxury Cruises
Seabourn
Silversea Cruises
Star Clippers
Uniworld River Cruises
Windstar Cruises
Tour operators & DMCs76
APT Group
Abercrombie & Kent Travel
Africa Collection
African Pride
Alfa Travel
American Holidays
Anex Tour
Audley Travel Group
Beachcomber Tours
Canterbury Travel London
Carrier
Citalia (Travelopia)
Cox & Kings
CroisiEurope
Cyplon Holidays
Dynamic
Enable Holidays
Exoticca
Explore Worldwide
Exsus
First Class Holidays
Fred. Holidays
G Adventures
Gold Medal Travel Group
Great Little Breaks
HX Expeditions
ITC Luxury Travel Group
If Only Holidays
Innstant Travel
Insider Journeys
Intrepid Travel Group UK
Involved Holidays
Ionian Island Holidays
JTA Holidays
Jetset Tours
Journey Latin America
Kirker Holidays
Kuoni Travel
Latin Routes
Leger Holidays / Shearings
Lime Management
Links Travel & Tours
Lusso Travel
Mainstreet USA
Major Travel Plc
Mercury Holidays
Neilson Active Holidays
Newmarket Holidays
North American Travel Service
Omega Holidays
Orbital Travel
Osprey Holidays
Planet Holidays
Premier Holidays
Prestige Travel
Rainbow Tours
Red Sea Holidays UK
Riviera Travel
Solmar Travel
Sovereign Holidays (Travelopia)
Spectate Travel (ITC)
Sunset Travel
Sunspot Tours
Sunvil Holidays
TTC Agents
TUI UK
Tauck
Teldar Travel
Titan Travel
Transun
Travel Solutions
Travelpack
Travelsphere & Just You
Typically Italian Holidays
Wendy Wu Tours
Hotels, villas & beds16
Bedsonline
Bookabed
CV Villas
Destinations of the World — Webbeds
Elegant Resorts
Goodlife Florida Villas
Hoseasons
Interhome
Ocean Florida
RateHawk
SPL Villas
Simply Cuba
Stuba (Getabed)
Sunhotels Webbeds
The Villa Collection
Top Villas
Car hire & transfers7
DriveAway
Flexible Autos
Holiday Taxis
Hoppa
Lifts To Ltd
Lounge Pass
Sunsail
Flights & air5
Aviate
Canadian Affair
Easyjet Holidays
Etihad Holidays
Virgin Flight Store
Rail4
Eurostar International
Great Rail Journeys
Northern Belle
Railbookers
Ferries & tunnel4
Brittany Ferries
Direct Ferries
Euro Tunnel
Irish Ferries
Attractions & extras9
Attraction World
Club Med
Disneyland Resort Paris
DoSomethingDifferent.com
Mark Warner
Not In The Guidebooks
Sandals Holidays
Walt Disney Travel Company
Worldchoice Sports
Ski & specialist5
Crystal Ski Holidays (TUI)
Santa's Lapland
Ski Gems
Ski Independence
Ski World
Contact

How to reach us

Please use the relevant address below from Monday 10th August 2026 — each inbox is monitored, so there's no need for long cc lists.

UK head office

ORN Europe Limited

17 Hanover Square

Mayfair, London W1S 1BN

United Kingdom

Telephone & hours

European support line: going live — shared shortly

24-hour support across USA, Australia and UAE

Same telephone system as the Australia/Oceania operation

For quotes, please include: travel dates · number of passengers (and child ages) · destination(s) and specific service(s) required · any relevant booking reference. The more detail, the faster we turn it around — same day, or within 24 hours at the latest.