10th Mar 2006 15:36
Holidaybreak PLC10 March 2006 10 March 2006 HOLIDAYBREAK PLC Steven Whitfield appointed Managing Director of Camping Division Holidaybreak, the European specialist holiday group, today announced that StevenWhitfield has been appointed Managing Director of its Camping Division. Hereplaces Matthew Cheetham who has decided to stand down from the role and hasalso resigned from the plc Board. Steven Whitfield has been the Camping Division's Operations Director since 1998,having originally joined the business in 1984. Matthew Cheetham joined thecompany in January 2004 from MyTravel where he was responsible for itsSpecialist Holidays Division. Carl Michel, CEO of Holidaybreak said: 'Matt has done a great job over the lastcouple of years in reorganising our Camping business and restoring its fortunes.With this job done, he feels it is time to seek out a new challenge. He leaveswith our thanks and best wishes for the future. Steven has over twenty yearsexperience of working in the Camping Division and is a well-known industryfigure. He is the ideal person to take Camping to the next stage of itsdevelopment.' Enquiries: Carl Michel / Robert Baddeley Holidaybreak +44 (0) 1606 787100James Hogan / Craig Breheny / Lucie Anne Brailsford Brunswick +44 (0)20 7404 5959 Note to Editors Holidaybreak (HBR.L) is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Europeanspecialist holiday group sold 3.0m (2004: 2.3m) holidays in the year ended 30September 2005. Holidaybreak has three operating divisions: Hotel Breaks,Adventure Travel and Camping. Each is a market leader in its respectivespecialist sector of the European holiday industry, has multi-channeldistribution and is recognised for providing high standards of product andservice quality. In December 2004, Holidaybreak announced the acquisition of twomarket leading Dutch holiday businesses: BRC, the on-line intermediary forshort-stay leisure hotel breaks, and Djoser, the market leading 'soft adventure'specialist. For more information on the Group, please go towww.holidaybreak.co.uk. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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