How Aussies with a party bus turned Top Deck into a 50-year business
Flight Centre boss “Skroo” Turner was in London for the half-century birthday bash of his coach-tour company. A new film breathes life into its origin story.
In a railway arch in Hoxton, the trendiest part of north London, a lively party is in full swing. In one room, under a giant disco ball, shiny young people are shouting happily at each other over the music of a live guitarist. In another room down a corridor, where the background ambience is quieter, a bunch of mostly septuagenarian Australians are enjoying a rare reunion.
Graham “Skroo” Turner, co-founder of Top Deck and Flight Centre, celebrates the coach tour operator’s 50th anniversary in London. Hans van Leeuwen
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondentHans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com
