Holidaybreak Limited is a company based in London whose main business is the Meininger hotels chain.
By 2007, Holidaybreak held a portfolio of specialist holiday businesses. [1]
Holidaybreak became a wholly owned subsidiary of former competitor Cox & Kings in July 2011 [2] after a long period of attempting to sell two loss-making parts of its business, Explore and Superbreak. [3] 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). [4] [5]
In 2022, following the 2020 collapse of Cox & Kings, [6] Holidaybreak was ultimately controlled by Ares Management, an American asset management company. [7] It conducts most of its business through Meininger Hotels Limited, which operates hotels in Germany and several other European countries. [8]
Holidaybreak operates under multiple brands, however, the majority of their customer volume is through PGL and through their Meininger Division. [9] Other brands include NST, EST, and Travelplus.
PGL is a children's holiday firm providing educational and residential school trips as well as holiday camps in the United Kingdom. [10] [11]
NST or the NST Travel Group is a British educational travel company specialising in tailor-made tours for schools and colleges.[ citation needed]