travel founded 2002 founder howard davies headquarters london england uk key people matt davies director services ferry travel aggregator service number of employees 47 slogan the one stop ferry shop website www.directferries.co.uk direct ferries is a uk based ferry travel aggregator service . it provides bookings for ferry crossings across europe and north africa both on and offline including the united kingdom france ireland the netherlands and morocco . 1 2 it is the largest ferry ticket aggregator in europe 3 and sells tickets for over 700 ferry routes . 4 operations edit the company was launched by howard davies in 2002 5 and has been run by his son matt since 2010 . 6 in 2012 the company achieved 177th place in the sunday times international track 200 . 7 direct ferries has reported an increase in cyclists using its service particularly from britain to france after the success of the british cycling team in the 2012 london olympics . 8 references edit een roadtrip kan ook over water . de morgen in dutch . 15 march 2014 . retrieved 22 december 2014 . lonely planet morocco . lonely planet . 2014 . p. 1075 . isbn 978 1 743 60025 2 . moules jonathan 24 january 2013 . from failure can come success . the financial times . retrieved 22 december 2014 . the traveller s guide to european boat trips . the independent . 30 august 2008 . retrieved 22 december 2014 . how not to be left at sea by new business technology . london bbc news . 2012 03 05 . retrieved 2012 10 15 . chynoweth carly 16 december 2012 . how i made it howard davies founder of direct ferries . the sunday times . retrieved 22 december 2014 . private firms with the fastest growing international sales pdf . london sunday times . 2012 07 08 . retrieved 2012 10 03 . eves jason 9 august 2012 . ferry company announces massive increase in cycling holidays . bike biz . retrieved 22 december 2014 . external links edit official direct ferries website this article about a travel website is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title direct ferries & oldid 715124715 categories companies based in londontransport companies established in 2002comparison shopping websitesinternet companies of the united kingdomonline companieswebsite stubshidden categories cs1 dutch language sources nl all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 april 2016 at 21 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view