On The Beach News
Garner to lead Classic Collection Holidays
Oliver Garner has been appointed chief executive of both Classic Collection Holidays and Classic Package Holidays - the online agent-only booking portal launched by On the Beach earlier this year.
On the Beach issues profit warning as Brexit bites
The weakening value of sterling and continued uncertainty around Brexit have seen package tour operator On the Beach issue a profit warning. In a statement to markets, the company said profits this ear would be “below the board’s expectations”.
On the Beach overcomes Brexit uncertainty to boost first half results
On the Beach Group has reported revenue of £63.5 million for the six months ended March 31st, an increase of 41 per cent when compared to the same period last year. Group gross profit increased five per cent, to £47.5 million, while group adjusted profit before tax was up 14 per cent to £15.7 million.
Pennycook to chair board of On the Beach
On the Beach Group has announce that Richard Pennycook has been appointed as non-executive chair of the board. Taking up the role in April, he will also chair the nomination committee.
On the Beach remains cautiously optimistic ahead of Brexit
The tour operator said it had continued to perform well in the first four months of the financial year, seeing core UK revenue growth, after all marketing costs, of 20 per cent.
On the Beach partners with Emirates for UAE holidays
Having fine-tuned its core business, which has historically focused on short-haul holidays, the online travel agent will introduce medium to long-haul holidays, which will focus on Dubai and popular Arabian Gulf beach resorts such as Ras Al Khaimah.
On the Beach returns to television screens over festive period
The TV ad was shot in Majorca, one of the online travel agent’s most popular destinations, and the quirky character’s suit was made by Millennium FX, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of prosthetics, animatronics and makeup FX for film and television.
On the Beach moves into Manchester headquarters
The lord mayor of Manchester, councillor June Hitchen, joined employees to cut the ribbon deliver a speech to officially mark the opening of the new premises.
On the Beach acquires Classic Collection for £20m
Classic Collection dynamically packages luxury beach holidays and sells its packages through a network of third party offline travel agencies - including independent high street agents and homeworkers.
On the Beach reveals new Manchester headquarters
On the Beach will open a brand new digital headquarters in Manchester in November, creating one of the city’s most exciting new office spaces with a campus style environment.
On the Beach to sell through Apple TV for first time
British holidaymakers will be able to plan, search and book their perfect beach holidays from the comfort of their own sofa, thanks to the new Apple TV app from beach holiday specialist On the Beach. This new holiday deals app for Apple TV from On the Beach gives travellers the ability to search by month of departure, departure airport or multiple departure airports before results are displayed.
On the Beach signs with Travelport
Travelport, a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions and data for the global travel industry, today announces a new agreement with On the Beach, one of the UK’s leading online travel agencies. The agreement is the first time On the Beach has signed a partnership with a GDS