Travelzest plc, the online travel group offering specialist
travel programmes, is pleased to announce it has acquired the
assets of The Malaysia Experience from Bob Mortimore Travel Limited
for £45,000.
The Malaysia Experience brand will be maintained and will
operate as part of Travelzest’s Faraway Holidays business, a
specialist in luxury tailor-made holidays and tours to Vietnam,
Cambodia, Bali and Thailand.
The acquisition extends Faraway Holiday’s expertise and
knowledge into Malaysia, introducing a range of new destinations
across the country. The expanded customer base presents a
number of cross-selling opportunities and the enhanced product
range will appeal to a wider audience.
Faraway Holidays was launched by Travelzest in August 2006 and
from inception to October 2007 it achieved turnover in excess of
£1.5 million.
Commenting on the acquisition, Chris Mottershead, Chief
Executive of Travelzest, said:
“The Malaysia Experience brand is an
excellent fit with Faraway Holidays, with both having built a
reputation for providing high quality, tailor-made holidays.
This is a great opportunity to enhance the range of destinations
offered by Faraway Holidays, our Far East specialist, and to
continue to develop this business.”
Enquiries:
| Christopher Mottershead |
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| Travelzest plc |
01442 874 322 |
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| Samantha Robbins / Anna Dunkin |
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| Redleaf Communications Limited |
020 7822 0200 |
Notes to Editors
The Group
currently comprises:
itravel2000.com
itravel2000.com was founded in 1994 and is an online travel
agent specialising in the sale of travel and travel related
products. Sales are made through various internet web sites and a
customer call centre located in Mississauga, Ontario. The greater
proportion of itravel2000.com's business is winter-based, thus
providing counter-seasonal revenue to the predominantly
summer-based revenues of Travelzest's businesses in Europe.
www.itravel2000.com
HolidayExpress
Holiday Express is one of the UK's leading on-line travel
businesses. It specialises in both on-line travel fulfillment
services and online travel sales. Holiday Express' retail business
(acting as travel agent), provides package holidays, charter
flights and ski booking services, accounts for the vast majority of
its revenue and the remainder of its revenue is generated through
acting as a tour operator. Holiday Express owns a number of
travel website domain names, including:
- www.holiday.co.uk
- www.flight.co.uk
Fair’s Fare
Fair's Fare was established in 1995 and is the UK's leading firm
of airfare analysts, offering a unique travel planning service to
both private and business clients. The company seeks out the
very best financial options, on all major airlines, but primarily
for long-haul travellers in the first and business class cabins of
the world's leading airlines.
VFB Holidays
VFB Holidays is a long established, award winning tour operator,
which provided holidays for approximately 24,000 passengers in its
last financial year. VFB is currently contracted with the
owners of approximately 350 holiday cottages throughout France for
the summer season, and has booking arrangements with over 150
hotels, most of which are privately owned and are located in rural
or semi-rural locations. VFB specialises in cottage holidays
in France, but also has a number of other holiday programmes
including: France à la Carte (hotel accommodation), Corsica,
Short Breaks, Escorted Tours and River Cruises.
www.vfbholidays.com
Best of Morocco
Best of Morocco is a tour operator specialising in high quality,
tailor-made holidays to Morocco for individuals or small
groups. It provides a personalised service and
it’s highly experienced and knowledgeable staff help each
customer select the hotels / resorts from their large range which
are appropriate for the customer's desired style of holiday.
Best of Morocco is the premier agent for the Marathon des Sables, a
foot race that takes place in Morocco in April each year, covering
some 230km. Best of Morocco provides the largest contingent of
runners for the race each year.
www.bestofmorocco.co.uk
Peng Travel
Peng Travel was formed in 1971 to arrange naturist holidays for
the UK market. Since then, it has grown to become Britain's biggest
naturist tour operator. It has unrivalled experience of
naturist areas worldwide and has selected only the best. The
range of naturist holidays offered is unmatched by any other
British tour operator.
www.pengtravel.co.uk
Faraway Holidays
Faraway Holidays was launched by Travelzest in August
2006. It offers tailor-made holidays to many of the world's
top exotic destinations in the Far East, Middle East, Indian Ocean,
South Pacific and South America. Every destination offered by
Faraway Holidays will have been visited by at least one member of
the sales team, ensuring that customers receive informed and
knowledgeable advice when planning their holiday.
www.farawayholidays.co.uk
Tapestry Collection
Travelzest acquired the assets of Tapestry Holidays and has
launched a revitalised brand consisting of the very best of the
Tapestry range. The Tapestry Collection will initially
showcase the very best of Turkey and Crete featuring many of the
most popular hotels, apartments and villas, together with some
exciting new properties.
www.thetapestrycollection.com
The Wow
House Company
Wow House Limited, trading as The Wow House Company, is a
specialist UK accommodation provider offering an exclusive
portfolio of large, prestigious houses to rent for short breaks in
the UK. The company also offers a comprehensive event planning
service.
www.thewowhousecompany.co.uk
Captivating Cuba
Captivating Cuba is a tour operator specialising in quality
tailor made holidays to Cuba. It’s highly experienced
team provide customers with the very best advice regarding how to
get the most from their visit to the largest Caribbean island.
www.captivatingcuba.com
JMB
Travel
JMB Travel
Consultants Limited is a leading UK specialist in opera holidays
offering an extensive range of destinations noted for their operas
and music festivals. It has unrivalled experience in catering for
the particular needs of the opera and music lover and has
connections with every major opera house and music festival in
Europe and a small section of North America.
www.jmb-travel.co.uk
