Clive Jacobs is a British businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder of
Holiday Autos Group and
Travel Weekly Group.
Career
Holiday Autos Group
In 1988 he co-founded
Holiday Autos Group, the first car rental broker in Europe, and one of the first travel companies to offer a pre-bookable pre-paid fully inclusive product that was guaranteed in price. The company also claimed to be the first to offer a late deals car hire website. Backed by
ECI Ventures Jacobs bought out his partners in 1995. Jacobs went on to sell Holiday Autos to
lastminute.com
lastminute.com is an online travel and leisure retailer.
The company was founded by Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman in 1998 and was a part of the UK internet boom of the late 1990s, part of the dot-com bubble and trading on the London S ...
for £43 million in 2003.
Travel Weekly Group
In 2009, Jacobs founded
Travel Weekly Group and acquired ''
Travel Weekly'' and its associated brands, websites and events from
Reed Business Information
RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British Multinational corporation, multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal i ...
.
In 2012 he added to the portfolio with the acquisition of ''
The Caterer'' (formerly ''Caterer and Hotelkeeper'') also from Reed Business Information. In 2016 he launched the umbrella brand Jacobs Media Group. He is chairman and majority owner of the group, which employs around 100 people based in Victoria, London.
Other business interests
In 2008 Jacobs bought the Michelin-starred New Angel Restaurant and Rooms in Dartmouth in Devon, which he went on to sell to
Alan Murchison
Alan Murchison is a former Michelin-starred Scottish chef and restaurateur, living in England.
Career
Murchison started his kitchen career as a kitchen porter, aged 14. Like most chefs, he worked in a number of restaurants, learning and promoti ...
’s 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group in 2010.
In 2012, Jacobs was involved in talks with other investors, including former
Thomas Cook Group
Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — an ...
executive Terry Fisher, about a possible £400 million buyout of Thomas Cook Group.
In 2014, Jacobs took a stake in and became chairman of luxury travel business Tully Luxury Travel (formerly known as The Cruise Professionals).
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Clive
Living people
British chief executives
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)