Holidaybreak
{{Short description|Travel agency in the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
Holidaybreak Limited is a company based in London whose main business is the Meininger hotels chain.
History
By 2007, Holidaybreak held a portfolio of specialist holiday businesses.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Corporate information |url=http://www.holidaybreak.co.uk/holidaybreak/corpinfohome.jsp |website=Holidaybreak.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224172954/http://www.holidaybreak.co.uk/holidaybreak/corpinfohome.jsp |archive-date=24 February 2007 |via=Internet Archive}}
Holidaybreak became a wholly owned subsidiary of former competitor Cox & Kings in July 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.holidaybreak.co.uk/holidaybreak/uploads/HolidaybreakjoinsCoxandKings.pdf |title=Holidaybreak Joins Cox & Kings Limited |date=27 September 2011 |publisher=Holidaybreak.co.uk |access-date=2013-08-16}} after a long period of attempting to sell two loss-making parts of its business, Explore and Superbreak.{{cite web|url=http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?id=1148039 |title=For Sale sign goes up on two leading brands |publisher=Travelmole.com |date=2011-06-13 |access-date=2013-08-16}} Three years later, in June 2014, Cox & Kings announced the sale of the camping division of its subsidiary Holidaybreak Ltd to France’s Homair Vacances, for 89 billion Rs (approx. $145 million).{{cite web |title=Cox & Kings Sells Unit For '892 Cr|url=http://www.btvin.com/videos/watch/7372/cox-&-kings-sells-unit-for-%60892-cr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720103920/http://www.btvin.com/videos/watch/7372/cox-&-kings-sells-unit-for-%60892-cr|url-status=usurped|archive-date=20 July 2014|publisher=Bloomberg TV India}}{{cite web |title=Cox & Kings Sells Camping Division for over Rs. 880 Crore|url=http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-cox-kings-sells-camping-division-for-over-rs-880-crore-390202|publisher=NDTV Profit}}
In 2022, following the 2020 collapse of Cox & Kings,{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Jane |title=The curious case of Cox & Kings |url=https://moneyweek.com/investments/stockmarkets/604419/the-curious-case-of-cox-kings |website=Moneyweek |date=5 February 2022 |access-date=15 October 2023}} Holidaybreak was ultimately controlled by Ares Management, an American asset management company.{{Cite web |date=30 March 2022 |title=Holidaybreak Limited: Report and Financial Statements |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02305562/filing-history/MzM3MTk4NTc5MWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 |access-date=15 October 2023 |website=Companies House |page=69}} It conducts most of its business through Meininger Hotels Limited, which operates hotels in Germany and several other European countries.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Holidaybreak Limited |url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.holidaybreak_limited.2bc8d66da219caa7a06a274f47d3dca9.html |website=Dun & Bradstreet |date= |access-date=15 October 2023}}
Brands
Holidaybreak operates under multiple brands, however, the majority of their customer volume is through PGL and through their Meininger Division.{{cite web|url=http://www.holidaybreak.co.uk/holidaybreak/brandshome.jsp?n=4 |title=an education and activity travel group |publisher=Holidaybreak |access-date=2013-08-16}} Other brands include NST, EST, and Travelplus.
= PGL =
{{Main|PGL (company)}}
PGL is a children's holiday firm providing educational and residential school trips as well as holiday camps in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |title=Holidaybreak - travel |url=https://craptravel.com/ |access-date=16 September 2019}}{{cite web|author=Simon Bowers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/may/18/8 |title=Multimillion pound windfall for PGL bosses | Business |publisher=theguardian.com |date=2007-05-18 |access-date=2013-08-16}}
= NST =
{{Main|NST (company)}}
NST or the NST Travel Group is a British educational travel company specialising in tailor-made tours for schools and colleges.{{cn|date=September 2019}}