Abercrombie & Kent sales jump 25pc as Britons head for Africa The company's UK business has shrugged off the problems experienced by other tour operators to post revenues of more than £30m in 2011, up from £24m a year earlier. However, pre-tax profits more than halved to £89,000 from £180,000 previously, according to accounts filed at Companies House. Ian Coghlan, chief executive of travel at Abercrombie & Kent, said the profits slump was due to some costs for the whole group, which is made up of 50 destination management companies, being booked through the UK division. He said the top end of the travel market in both the UK and US was holding up well despite the economic squeeze but warned that French and Spanish households were cutting back on travel as a result of the eurozone crisis. "We are having big struggles in France and Spain, where we are seeing quite large reductions in outbound traffic," he said. Strong demand for luxury holidays in the Far East, South America, Africa and Europe helped the UK business offset a decline in sales to destinations in the Middle East, Japan and Thailand, which was hit by serious flooding last year. The company said sales in the first five months of this year were up 7pc on the corresponding period in 2011 but raised concerns about the continued impact of geopolitical events on popular destinations such as Kenya. The UK business represents 10pc of the group's sales.