Holidaybreak Limited is a company based in

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which primarily serves customers in the

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and the

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. It describes itself as "an education, leisure and activity travel group with market leading positions in the UK and other major European markets." Holidaybreak became a wholly owned subsidiary of former competitor

Cox & Kings Cox & Kings Ltd. is an Indian travel company. It was established in 1758 and is one of the longest established travel companies. Headquartered in Mumbai, the holiday and education travel group has subsidiaries in the United States, Canada, th ...

in July 2011 after a long period of attempting to sell two loss making parts of its business, Explore and Superbreak. Three years later in June 2014,

announced the sale of the camping division of its subsidiary Holidaybreak Ltd, to France’s Homair Vacances, for 89 billion Rs (approx. $145mill).

Brands

Holidaybreak operates under multiple brands, however, the majority of their customer volume is through PGL and through their Meininger Division. Other brands include NST, EST, Travelplus.

PGL

PGL is a children's holiday firm providing educational and residential school trips as well as holiday camps in the

NST

NST or the NST Travel Group is a British educational travel company specialising in tailor-made tours for schools and colleges.

References

{{reflist, 2 Companies based in the City of Westminster Travel and holiday companies of the United Kingdom