Introducing Ashton & Dave Travels and Holidays Limited
Ashton & Dave is a Travels and Tours Management Company We are an IATA accredited agent, a member of NANTA & ASTA.
Mission:- To provide Excellent and Best-in-class Travel solutions, the First Time and at All Times for Real Value and Returns on Investment to our Stakeholders.
Our core value system:- Our values at Ashton & Dave is code named ‘’T.I.P.A’’ Teamwork, Integrity, Professionalism, Accountability. We provide full support services to our clients in various aspects of travels. These services include but not limited to: Ticketing & Reservation, Protocol & Logistics Services (Car Hire Services), Tours, Hotel reservation, Travel Packages, Travel Insurance, Visa Assistance, Cruises, Travel consultancy, Cost optimization for corporate organizations, Global destinations for Conferences & Training, Global sporting Events & Packages (Domestic, Regional and International).
Contact Us: No.7 Saka Tinubu VI Lagos. Tel:07044987104-6, Email:info@ashtondavetravels.com, Website:www.ashtondavetravels.com
2. INTRODUCTION TO ASHTON & DAVE TRAVELS AND HOLIDAYS
Ashton & Dave is a Travels and Tours Management Company that was formed and also incorporated in the year 2007. Since its formation, Ashton & Dave has
delivered unparalleled and personalised travel solutions that have translated to high returns on our clients’ corporate business and leisure travel & tour investments.
We are an IATA accredited agent. We are also registered members of NANTA (National Association of Nigerian Travel Agents) and ASTA (American Society of
Travel Agents).
Our organisation specialises in Business, Educational and Leisure travel services management. We are dedicated to assisting individuals, companies of all sizes as
well as governmental and non-governmental organisations optimize their travel programs. In all our transactions and dealings with clients, we put the satisfaction of
our clients first and also not compromising our standards and value.
In delivering services to our clients, we focus on these core principles:
Safety
Comfort
Cost Effectiveness
Excellent Customer Services
Reliability
Over the years, Ashton & Dave has grown and has invested in people and travel technology thereby positioning itself as one of the best travel companies in the
country. We ask that you experience our services and take advantage of our professionalism, flexibility and proficiency in service delivery.
In the following pages, you will find a brief overview of our services, clients and team. We hope that you will grant us the opportunity to explore services that will be
mutually beneficial and fruitful to both parties now and in the future.
From Ashton & Dave Travels and Holidays Ltd
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Executive Chairman
3. OUR MISSION AT ASHTON & DAVE
To provide Excellent and Best in-class Travel solutions, the First Time and at All Times for Real Value and Returns on Investment to our Stakeholders.
OUR CORE VALUES SYSTEM:
Our values at Ashton & Dave is code named ‘’T.I.P.A’’
T Teamwork
I Integrity
P Professionalism
A Accountability
5. SCOPE OF SERVICE
We provide full support services to our clients in various aspects of travels. These services include but not limited to:
Ticketing and Reservation
Protocol and Logistics Services ( Car Hire Services)
Tours, Hotel reservation and Travel Packages
Travel Insurance
Visa Assistance
Cruises
Travel consultancy and Cost optimization for corporate organizations
Global destinations for Conferences & Training.
Global sporting Events & Packages (Domestic, Regional and International)
6. Ticketing & Reservations
As an IATA certified agent, we issue your ticket direct with no middleman for all our Local and International airlines within and outside Nigeria .We have hands-on
professional Ticketing and Reservation Officers with wealth of experience who assist with making sure your demands/request are attended to professionally. The
services offered under this department include:
Planning of travel itinerary
Issuing flight tickets
Re-routing
Re-validation of tickets
Ticket upgrade
Date change
Ticket Refunds
Our goal is to assist our clients optimize their travel budgets , cost effective and Accuracy (accurate booking, effective follow-up, good seat allocation, track your
mileage, good connecting flights etc) with the best customer service always.
7. PROTOCOL & LOGISTICS
We are one of the best providers of Airport transfers in the country. We have been able to achieve this is as a result of our Protocol team which comprises of
professionals, trained overtime to maintain the best standard. We are always conscious of the fact that quality customer service is top priority, always on time to pick-
up and drop-off clients. The services rendered by the Protocol unit include:
Meet & Greet and Airport Transfer Services: Our Protocol Officers are always on stand -by waiting to receive clients at designated airports. Our Return airport transfer /
Airport pickup and Drop off service is one of our strongest points as our officers are always on time and do not compromise standards. Based on request, clients’ passports are
collected to assist with their Airport/ Immigration formalities. We take the burden off our clients.
V.I.P. Transit Clearance: For our Transit/Stop-over clients, we receive our clients in one terminal, convey them in our chauffeur driven vehicles and check them in
at the other terminal. This service is particularly packaged for international passengers and Senior executives traveling within and outside the country who have to
board a connecting flight at a different Airport/ Terminal.
Luminary Check-in Services: At Ashton & Dave, we offer Check-in services to our clients on request. Clients’ luggages are received in advance and pre-checked
with the intended airline (subject to airline and airport security procedures). Clients are thereafter presented with their boarding passes and in some cases, escorted
to the foot of the aircraft to board on a fast track. Our aim is to ensure that clients make the flight with minimum efforts or challenges.
Movement Logistics: We offer Car Hire Services to our clients within Nigeria. We are also in strategic partnership and have signed contracts with reliable world
class service oriented car hire outfits that have their presence both in the local and international airports in Lagos, Abuja, and Port-Harcourt respectively. We provide
brand new, fully air-conditioned automobiles of all classes for the comfort of our clients at a moment’s notice. These providers have a combined fleet of over 1,000
(one thousand) vehicles of various classes at their disposal.
8. TOURS & HOLIDAYS
Our Travel and Tours department is handled by professional and experienced hands-on travel consultants whose primary objective is to ensure you have a
memorable travel experience. We handle your travel packages from the minute you make a request for a package till when you return from the trip. Our Tour
Consultants provide valuable advice to our customers and we do all that is professionally possible to meet their needs. The Tours department will assist with the
following and much more:
Hotel reservation (Outbound & Inbound)
Travels & Tour packages (Outbound & Inbound)
Visa guidance /assistance.
Honeymoon Packages
Travel Insurance
Corporate/Company Incentives
Cruises
Tours, Sightseeing & Excursions (Outbound & Inbound)
Outbound Team building group packages
Global Sporting Events (Football, World Cup, Olympic etc)
Hotel Reservation: At the Tours & Holidays department, we assist our clients in making their hotel reservations in countries all over the world. The reservations are
made subject to the client’s request. We review all hotels before recommending to or reserving for clients .A lot is put into consideration before making reservations such as
clients’ taste, budget, health and lots more. As the comfort and satisfaction of our client is paramount to us.
9. Packages: We offer quality packages to various interesting destinations. Our packages range from Budget-friendly to Luxury/Bespoke packages,
Honeymoon packages, Educational/School trip packages, Family packages, Group trips and lots more.
Visa Guidance /Assistance: We assist with inspecting and putting them through on getting their documents together for visa application .We provide
you with travel requirements.
Travel Insurance: We assist clients with travel insurance needs and this is done in conjunction with reputable, well known and generally preferred
Insurance Companies.
Tours, Sightseeing & Excursion: Tours and sightseeing activities within and outside Nigeria are handled in collaboration with experienced Tour guide
and without stress. Various tours and sightseeing activities are offered to clients and we also guide our clients into making choices that will suit their budgets
and make sure they have fun. We also organise school trips and excursions.
At the Tours & Holidays department our duty is to make your trip is hassle free, fun and memorable.
10. PILGRIMAGE DEPARTMENT:
This department handles the holy pilgrimages (Umrah and Hajj), from processing of the Saudi Arabia visa, return flight ticket, accommodation to the movement
logistics from Mecca to Medina. Ashton & Dave is direct registered tour operators of Association of Hajj and Umrah Operators of Nigeria for the Hajj and Umrah.
We also offer accommodation in Mecca and Medina, as well as movement logistics between Mecca and Medina.
We are also registered and authorized by the Nigeria Hajj Commission as a private Hajj Operator.
11. OUR PARTNERS
Our partners are all over the world in the travel and hospitality industry.
British Airways Emirates Qatar Airways Royal Jordanian Airways
South African Airways KLM Air France Arik
United Airlines Delta Airways Ethiad Airways Egypt Air
Lufthansa Kenya Airways Iberia Turkish Airways
Ethiopian Airways Aero contractor And others
12. OUR CLIENTS
Some of our corporate clients include:
Oando Plc Argentil Capital Partners Carlyle Group Nigeria Access Bank Plc
Innovatum Technologies Ltd Tech Mahindra Nigeria Ltd National Troupe of Nigeria SAP Nigeria Ltd
Afren Nigeria Plc . Fidelity Bank Plc. Century Energy Plc
COMPANY SET UP : Management
Abiola Lawal (Executive Chairman)
13. alawal@ashtondavetravels.com
Mr. Abiola Lawal is an experienced senior manager in multiple industries ranging from Energy, Power, Aviation, Technology and Financial Industries. He
worked in broad segment of the Energy value chain from – Upstream to Downstream. He also worked in several aspects of the Aviation industry in the United
States covering air and ground transfer, logistics, ticketing and general airline operations while working for SkyWest Airlines at the Los Angeles International
Airport, in California, USA between 1991 and 1995.
Mr. Lawal has over 20 years senior level experience in strategic, operational and financial processes. He most recently served as Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer of a publicly quoted Amex/NYSE company. Prior to this, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for CIL, a $1.5B
annual Turnover Energy Conglomerate based in USA and Nigeria.
He was a Co-founder, Vice Chairman and CEO of Innovatum Technologies - an integrated technology company. He also served as Group Chief Strategy
Officer, Oando Plc, a $3Billion annual turnover integrated oil and gas company. He was Director of several of Oando subsidiaries such as Gaslink Nigeria. Ltd,
Oando Ghana, Eastern Horizon Gas, and Oando Gas & Power.
Mr. Lawal has over a decade of experience serving on corporate boards or interacting with board members at senior management levels; including
board-level experience in the areas of strategy, business development,finance and capital allocation. In addition to his professional pedigree, Mr. Lawal holds an
MBA from the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), California, USA. He also holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree
in Economics from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Mr Lawal is a member of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria and Com
SHERIFF LAWAL Director/Country Manager
slawal@ashtondavetravels.com
Mr Sheriff Lawal is an Executive Director and Country Manager at Ashton & Dave Travels and Holidays Limited. He worked in the manpower and development
division of United Bank for Africa (UBA) between 1995 – 1997. In 2005, he worked with Tyre Protector Nigeria Ltd and also at Zyrex Product Incorporated as an
Operations Director.
He started working with Ashton & Dave as a Business Development Manager and was later promoted to the post of an Executive Director. He is a registered
member of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. He has Diploma in Banking and Finance from the Lagos State Polytechnic. He has a Bachelors
degree from Ogun State University, He has a MBA degree (Masters in Business Administration) from the University of Lagos.
Oyebanji Oguntoye (Financial Controller)
boguntoye@ashtondavetravels.com
14. Mr Oyebanji Oguntoye is a an Associate Chartered Accountant with over 13 years experience in Auditing, Internal Control, Finance and Operations. He had
also worked with Doyin Group of companies as a team leader in the Internal Control Department. He served at Intercontinental Home Savings & Loans Ltd at as
Head, Internal Control and as also in the Treasury and Strategy departments respectively. Mr. Oguntoye served as the Regional Finance Manager with
Tantalizers Ltd before moving to True Tales Publication and Press Ltd as Chief Operating Officer.
He is the Financial Controller at Ashton & Dave Travels and Holidays Ltd
Olanrewaju Onabanjo (Head, Business Development/Protocol)
lonabanjo@ashtondavetravels.com
Mr. Onabanjo Olanrewaju is the head of Business Development at Ashton & Dave Travels and Holidays Ltd . He has over 15 years of experience in the travel
industry. He started his career in the travel industry as a Ticketing and Reservations Agent at Biscordint Travels Ltd. He also served as a Ticketing and
Reservation Officer at Skyways Travels and Tours Ltd. At China Southern Airline, he served as a Customer Relations Personnel. Mr Onabanjo also served at
Europ Cars Nigeria and the Alto-Vista Logistics as Operations Manager. He is well ground in the specialized field of travel logistics which
includes coordinating and routing of clients’ airport transfers, protocol services and passenger handling. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics
and Transport Nigeria.
Folasade Salman (Head Ticketing & Reservation/Customer Service)
fsalman@ashtondavetravels.com
Folashade Salman is a graduate of the College of Aviation & Management Studies. She has an Advanced Diploma in Air Ticketing and Reservations and
Diploma certificates in other IATA certified courses.
She has vast experiences in core reservation platforms such as Amadeus/Sabre; Emirate FLX; BSP: VMPD, Disputing ADM and others.
She started her career in the travel Industry as a Ticketing & Reservation officer with Samubi International Travels from 2003-2005. She then moved to FOCAL
POINT TRAVELS as Ticketing Supervisor. She later moved to SUPER TRAVELS in the year 2007 as she was later promoted to the position of Agency Travel
Manager. She joined Ashton and Dave in 2013 as the Reservations and customer service Manager.
15. Omolola Adeniji (Head, Tours Department.)
ladeniji@ashtondavetravels.com
She has years of work experience as a Tour consultant. Mrs Adeniji worked previously worked as a Tour consultant at World n Traveland. She has a Bachelors
Degree from the University of Lagos, Akoka and a Masters in Public and International Affairs (MPIA). She has undergone trainings in Professional
Development. She is the Head of Tours Department at Ashton and Dave Travels and Holidays Ltd.
Oladosu Ebenezer Oluwatosin (Head,IT /Administrations)
toladosu@ashtondavetravels.com
Oladosu Ebenezer Oluwatosin - joined Ashton and Dave in 2012 as the Admin/IT Officer. Due to his vast experience in core Information Technology/
Administrative procedures coupled with the knowledge of Amadeus PNR & FARE acquired, he was promoted to be the Head of Administration & IT manager.
He is a graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University with (B.SC) in Computer science.
16. CONTACT US;
Our doors are open always and we will be happy to receive you:
Work hours: Between the hours of 8am – 5pm
Days of the week: Mondays – Fridays
We can also be reached
General information:
Visit our website: www.ashtondavetravels.com
Call us on: +234-1-3423744, 07044987101-6
Email: info@ashtondavetravels.com
Ticketing & Reservation reservations@ashtondavetravels.com 234-1-3423744
fsalman@ashtondavetravels.com 07044987102
susiabulu@ashtondavetravels.com 07044987103
ioleka@ashtondavetravels.com
ashtondavetravels@yahoo.com
Protocol Department lonabanjo@ashtondavetravels.com 234-1-3423744
protocol@ashtondavetravels.com 07044987107
08023271759
Tours Department tours@ashtondavetravels.com 234-1-3423744
(For Hotel reservations ladeniji@ashtondavetravels.com 07044987106
Tours, Visas & Travel Packages)