Bill of Wealth; He Built Scotland's Biggest Independent Travel Empire From Nothing - and Now Bill Munro has Plans to Take On the Global Giants, Writes Roland Main

The HeraldOctober 09, 2004

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For someone who has built one of Scotland's most successful web- based businesses, Bill Munro is disarmingly frank about his prowess with computer systems. "I am not a techie and I'm not sure how it all works, but then I don't need to as long as the end result is right."

And, so far, the end result for Munro and his company Barrhead Travel has been spot on. The company has combined critical acclaim in the shape of many software industry 'Oscars' with the rather more mundane, but rather more important, business of making money.

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Bill of Wealth; He Built Scotland's Biggest Independent Travel Empire From Nothing - and Now Bill Munro has Plans to Take On the Global Giants, Writes Roland Main

Now boasting a turnover of around (pounds) 60m and employing 230 people, he has shown that independent travel agents can survive alongside the multinational high street conglomerates that have increasingly come to dominate the industry in the past few years. But Munro has his sights set somewhat higher than sur...

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