The UK Holiday Group

The UK Holiday Group Ltd.

Company type	Private company
Industry	Travel and Tourism
Founded	Norwich, Norfolk (1983 (1983))
Founder	Paul Bennett
Headquarters	The Old Bakery, Queens Road, Norwich , United Kingdom
Number of locations	9 hotels (2018)
Area served	England Wales
Key people	Paul Bennett (Chairman), Neal Fletcher (Operations Director), Harold Burke (Sales Director),
Products	Over 50's package holidays Coastal Breaks
Services	Package holidays Elderly travel Coastal holidays
Number of employees	400+ (2014)
Subsidiaries	Grand UK Hotels Sunrise Direct Just For Groups Grand UK Holidays Glenton Anglia Hosts
Website	theukholidaygroup.com

The UK Holiday Group Ltd. or simply referred to as UKHG is a British privately owned package holiday company based in Norwich, United Kingdom specialising in holidays for elderly couples.

History

The group was founded in 1983 by Paul Bennett when he was 23 with his £500 life savings.[1]

The coaches subsidiary Glenton was launched in 2005 by Steve Turbill, Harriet Stamp and Paul Bennett.[2][3]

In 2010, the year it purchased the Daunceys Hotel in Weston-Super-Mare, the group's sales rose 11% to £26 million with 100,000 annual visitors.[4][5]

In November 2012, the group bought the bookings of the defunct Bowen Travel Group (coaches).[6]

In March 2012, the group closed down the Warwick Hotel in Blackpool.[7] In October 2014, the group announced its intention to demolish the Mount Sorrel Hotel in Barry, and build houses on the lot instead [8] (the hotel was revived in 2016 when a new owner bought it[9]). In 2018, the group sold two of its hotels: the Historic Lake District hotel in Kendal for £975k,[10] and the historic Daunceys Hotel in Somerset for £995,000.[11]

Description

Each year, the hotel group welcomes more than 250,000 overnight guests.

Subsidiaries

• Grand UK Hotels: 6 hotels
• Grand UK Holidays: Cruises, coach tours, holidays by air and rail tours
• Sunrise Direct: Coach tours and cruises
• Glenton Holidays: Based in Glasgow, Scotland. Coach tours and cruises during Scottish holidays.
• Anglia Hosts: Standalone subsidiary that manages the Best Western George Hotel Swaffham, Norfolk, purchased in 2013[12]

Locations

The group operate 9 hotels throughout England and Wales. Eight are traded under Grand UK Hotels, one under Anglia Hosts

List of The UK Holiday Group's hotels[13]

Name of Hotel	Location	No. of Bedrooms	Traded under
Glen Usk Hotel	Llandrindod Wells, Wales	79	Grand UK Hotels
Hotel Richmond	Torquay, Devon	48	Grand UK Hotels
Nelson Hotel	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk	50	Grand UK Hotels
County Hotel Skegness	Skegness, Lincolnshire	40	Grand UK Hotels
George Hotel	Swaffham, Norfolk	28	Anglia Hosts

References

1. "Coach Trip Holidays Galore". 1 June 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2019 – via PressReader.
2. "With the demise of some of the airlines and hotels closing overnight, there is a big comfort in booking with an operator who will look after everything". Insider.co.uk. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
3. "Scottish holiday firm set for another year of record growth". Coachholidaynews.com. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
4. Janet Harmer (15 March 2010). "Grand UK Hotels snaps up Dauncey's in Weston-super-Mare". Thecaterer.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
5. Elaine Maslin (30 March 2011). "Holidays company upbeat after seeing sales surge". Edp24.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
6. "Bowen bookings taken on by UK Holiday Group". Travelweekly.co.uk. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
7. Elizabeth Brought (7 March 2012). "Shock at Promenade hotel closure". Blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
8. Peter Collins (7 October 2014). "Landmark Barry hotel faces demolition after firm who saved it left 'haemorrhaging money'". Walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
9. Chris Pyke (28 October 2016). "New hotel for Barry as former Mount Sorrell is being revived". Walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
10. Zoe Monk (17 September 2018). "Historic Lake District hotel sold to group operator for almost £1". Boutiquehotelier.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
11. Jillian MacMath (9 March 2018). "Big changes are in store for Weston-super-Mare seafront hotel bought by housing developer for £1million". Somersetlive.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
12. Shaun Lowthorpe (12 January 2013). "Swaffham's The George Hotel rescued by Norwich-based UK Holiday Group". Edp24.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
13. "Our Hotels". grandukhotels.com. Retrieved 19 April 2014.