30th Apr 2008 12:26
Travelzest plc30 April 2008 Date: 30 April 2008 On behalf of: Travelzest plc ("Travelzest" or the "Group") For immediate release Travelzest plcResult of AGM The Board of Travelzest plc, the online travel group offering specialist travelprogrammes, is pleased to announce that at its Annual General Meeting, held at12pm today, all resolutions put to Shareholders were duly passed. Enquiries: Travelzest plc 01442 874322Christopher Mottershead / Colin McKinlaywww.travelzestplc.com Investec 0207 597 5970Martin Smith/Erik Anderson Redleaf Communications 020 7822 0200Samantha Robbins/Anna Dunkin Notes to Editors The Group currently comprises: itravel2000.com itravel2000.com was founded in 1994 and is an online travel agent specialisingin the sale of travel and travel related products. Sales are made throughvarious internet web sites and a customer call centre located in Mississauga,Ontario. The greater proportion of itravel2000.com's business is winter-based,thus providing counter-seasonal revenue to the predominantly summer-basedrevenues of Travelzest's businesses in Europe. www.itravel2000.com Holiday Express Holiday Express is one of the UK's leading on-line travel businesses. Itspecialises in both on-line travel fulfillment services and online travel sales.Holiday Express' retail business (acting as travel agent), provides packageholidays, charter flights and ski booking services, accounts for the vastmajority of its revenue and the remainder of its revenue is generated throughacting as a tour operator. Holiday Express owns a number of travel websitedomain names, including: www.holiday.co.ukwww.flight.co.uk Fair's Fare Fair's Fare was established in 1995 and is the UK's leading firm of airfareanalysts, offering a unique travel planning service to both private and businessclients. The company seeks out the very best financial options, on all majorairlines, but primarily for long-haul travellers in the first and business classcabins of the world's leading airlines. VFB Holidays VFB Holidays is a long established, award winning tour operator, which providedholidays for approximately 24,000 passengers in its last financial year. VFB iscurrently contracted with the owners of approximately 350 holiday cottagesthroughout France for the summer season, and has booking arrangements with over150 hotels, most of which are privately owned and are located in rural orsemi-rural locations. VFB specialises in cottage holidays in France, but alsohas a number of other holiday programmes including: France a la Carte (hotelaccommodation), Corsica, Short Breaks, Escorted Tours and River Cruises. www.vfbholidays.com Best of Morocco Best of Morocco is a tour operator specialising in high quality, tailor-madeholidays to Morocco for individuals or small groups. It provides apersonalised service and it's highly experienced and knowledgeable staff helpeach customer select the hotels / resorts from their large range which areappropriate for the customer's desired style of holiday. Best of Morocco is thepremier agent for the Marathon des Sables, a foot race that takes place inMorocco in April each year, covering some 230km. Best of Morocco provides thelargest contingent of runners for the race each year. www.bestofmorocco.co.uk Peng Travel Peng Travel was formed in 1971 to arrange naturist holidays for the UK market.Since then, it has grown to become Britain's biggest naturist tour operator. Ithas unrivalled experience of naturist areas worldwide and has selected only thebest. The range of naturist holidays offered is unmatched by any other Britishtour operator. www.pengtravel.co.uk Faraway Holidays Faraway Holidays was launched by Travelzest in August 2006. It offers luxurytailor-made holidays and tours to top exotic destinations, including Vietnam,Cambodia, Bali and Thailand. Every destination offered by Faraway Holidayswill have been visited by at least one member of the sales team, ensuring thatcustomers receive informed and knowledgeable advice when planning their holiday. www.farawayholidays.co.uk The Malaysia Experience The Malaysia Experience, operated by Faraway Holidays, was acquired byTravelzest in February 2008. This extends Faraway Holidays expertise and localknowledge to be able to offer individually tailored holidays to destinationsacross Malaysia. www.malaysiaexperience.co.uk Tapestry Collection Travelzest acquired the assets of Tapestry Holidays and has launched arevitalised brand consisting of the very best of the Tapestry range. TheTapestry Collection will initially showcase the very best of Turkey and Cretefeaturing many of the most popular hotels, apartments and villas, together withsome exciting new properties. www.thetapestrycollection.com The Wow House Company Wow House Limited, trading as The Wow House Company, is a specialist UKaccommodation provider offering an exclusive portfolio of large, prestigioushouses to rent for short breaks in the UK. The company also offers acomprehensive event planning service. www.thewowhousecompany.co.uk Captivating Cuba Captivating Cuba is a tour operator specialising in quality tailor made holidaysto Cuba. It's highly experienced team provide customers with the very bestadvice regarding how to get the most from their visit to the largest Caribbeanisland. www.captivatingcuba.com JMB Travel JMB Travel Consultants Limited is a leading UK specialist in opera holidaysoffering an extensive range of destinations noted for their operas and musicfestivals. It has unrivalled experience in catering for the particular needs ofthe opera and music lover and has connections with every major opera house andmusic festival in Europe and a small section of North America.www.jmb-travel.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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