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North Wales Live
12 hours ago
- Business
- North Wales Live
Brits face holiday turmoil as travel company loses licence
A travel firm has lost a key licence, which could leave large numbers of customers facing cancelled summer holidays. Great Little Escapes has lost its ATOL licence, leaving holidaymakers in limbo. The Sandhurst-based firm was known for offering a diverse range of holidays from adventure trips to spa retreats and family resorts but is no longer an ATOL holder. The company is different from and not connected in any way to Great Little Breaks, reports the Mirror. The Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement: "The company based in Sandhurst, Berkshire traded under the names Your Holidays, Great Little Escapes, Tunisia First and websites and "We are currently collating information from the company and will update this page as soon as possible. While waiting for further information, please do not submit a claim as these will be rejected. "If you are a travel agent of Great Little Escapes LLP and you are currently holding consumer payments which you have not yet paid to Great Little Escapes LLP, you must not use these funds to refund consumers until you have received instructions from the Air Travel Trust. "Travel agents will be individually contacted by the CAA with specific instructions for these bookings." The news came in the month after a separate British travel firm went bust. Sign up for the North Wales Live newsletter sent twice daily to your inbox Jetline Travel, a London-based firm established in 2000 and the parent company of Jetline Cruise, ceased trading as an ATOL holder in March. It has now entered administration, as reported by TTG. Alan Clark from financial recovery specialist Carter Clark, and Neil Bennett from restructuring and insolvency firm Leonard Curtis, were appointed on 28 March. Administration is a process that occurs when a business can no longer meet its debt obligations, leading to a licensed insolvency practitioner being appointed to either restructure the business and negotiate with creditors, or to sell off assets, pay off creditors and liquidate the business. Over its 25 years of operation, Jetline Travel took hundreds of thousands of people on holidays. During this quarter of a century, the firm also traded under several other names including Bargain Late Holidays, Best Priced Holidays, Cruise and More, Elegant Getaways, Our Best Holidays and Save on Sun.
Daily Mirror
16 hours ago
- Business
- Daily Mirror
Huge number of Brits face holiday chaos as travel firm loses license
A UK-based travel firm has lost a key license, leaving huge numbers of customers facing cancelled holidays this summer. Great Little Escapes, based in Sandhurst in Berkshire, used to specialise in "adventure holidays to relaxing spa holidays, beach holidays to city breaks, adults-only to fun-filled family resorts". However, it has now ceased as an ATOL holder. The company is different from and not connected in any way to Great Little Breaks. A notice from the Civil Aviation Authority said: 'The company based in Sandhurst, Berkshire traded under the names Your Holidays, Great Little Escapes, Tunisia First and websites and 'We are currently collating information from the company and will update this page as soon as possible. While waiting for further information, please do not submit a claim as these will be rejected. 'If you are a travel agent of Great Little Escapes LLP and you are currently holding consumer payments which you have not yet paid to Great Little Escapes LLP, you must not use these funds to refund consumers until you have received instructions from the Air Travel Trust. 'Travel agents will be individually contacted by the CAA with specific instructions for these bookings.' The news came in the month after a separate British travel firm went bust. Jetline Travel, a London-based company established in 2000 and parent company of Jetline Cruise, ceased trading as an ATOL holder in March. Now it has been taken into administration, according to TTG. It reported that Alan Clark, of financial recovery specialist Carter Clark, and Neil Bennett, of restructuring and insolvency firm Leonard Curtis, were appointed on 28 March. Administration occurs when a business can no longer meet its debt obligations, leading to a licensed insolvency practitioner to be appointed to either restructure the business and come to an arrangement with creditors, or to sell off assets, pay off creditors and liquidate the business. Jetline Travel took hundreds of thousands of people on holidays over its 25 years trading. In that quarter of a century the firm also traded under several other names including Bargain Late Holidays, Best Priced Holidays, Cruise and More, Elegant Getaways, Our Best Holidays and Save on Sun. The Mirror has attempted to contact Great Little Escapes for comment.
The Independent
07-03-2025
- Business
- The Independent
UK travel firm Jetline Holidays loses Atol status leaving thousands of holidaymakers in limbo
Thousands of holidaymakers have been left in limbo after holiday operator Jetline Travel ceased trading as an Atol holder, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) confirmed. The London-based company, which is also the parent of Jetline Cruise, was established in 2000. It also traded under the names Bargain Late Holidays, Best Priced Holidays, Cruise & More, Elegant Getaways, Jetline Cruise, Our Best Holidays and Save on Sun. Nearly 5,000 customers are believed to be impacted, with the majority being cruise holidays. Affected holidays include cruises with Princess, Cunard and Holland America, most of which have been cancelled due to a 'breach of contract' with Jetline. All bookings with P&O Cruises have been transferred to them as direct bookings. In a statement on their website, the CAA said: 'If you are currently overseas and you hold a scheduled flight e-ticket, the flight remains valid for the return journey. 'The CAA is speaking to the service providers for the other elements of your trip to ensure these continue as planned.' While the Jetline Holidays and Jetline Cruises websites are still online today (Friday), they are barely operational, while the 'about us' and 'contact us' sections return error messages. Calls to the business ring out and comments have been turned off on their Facebook page. Jetline's company status on Companies House is active at time of press and insolvency practitioners have not listed the company with the London Gazette. The CAA said: 'Jetline Travel Ltd Atol 6153 has ceased trading as an Atol holder on 6th March 2025. 'Bookings sold as accommodation only, Non-flight Packages & Cruise Only Bookings which do not include a flight element are not protected by the Atol scheme. 'We understand that Jetline Travel Ltd acted as agents for other Atol holders, these bookings are not protected under the Atol of Jetline Travel Ltd. Check your Atol Certificate under the 'Who is protecting your trip?' section, this will show who the responsible Atol holder is. If the protector of your trip is still trading, you should contact that Atol holder for further assistance.' According to its most recent set of accounts, the company had a turnover of £28 million in 2023. A spokesperson for The Advantage Travel Partnership, a travel business network representing Jetline, told The Independent: 'We are greatly saddened that Jetline Travel has ceased trading. 'They have been a highly valued member of the Partnership since 2015, and our thoughts are with their customers and staff who have been impacted.'
