Divisional Profiles

The principal activity of the division is the provision of outdoor education and educational travel tours for school children. PGL is the market leader in the residential, outdoor education and adventure sector for UK primary schools. NST is the market leading provider of educational travel tours for schools and colleges. EST specialises in bespoke travel and subject specific conferences for higher and further education students aged 16 and over.

The division is less exposed to discretionary consumer spending and enjoys a very high visibility on bookings.

Superbreak (UK) and Bookit (the Netherlands) provide primarily domestic short-break holidays to their respective markets. West End Theatre Bookings is a London theatre ticket agent.

Superbreak's bookings come through UK high street travel agents, direct by phone and via the internet. Bookit is the market leading on-line intermediary for short stay leisure hotel breaks in the Netherlands.

Explore (UK) and Djoser (the Netherlands) are market leaders in specialist small group exploratory trips in their respective markets. Regaldive (UK) is one of the leading UK dive operators. German based carpe diem Sprachreisen provides English and other language holidays, while TravelWorks offers working holidays and gap-year breaks.

Bookings come direct, through specialist and overseas agents and increasingly via the internet.

The division provides self-catering holidays in mobile-homes and tents pre-sited on high quality European camp-sites.

Sales are mainly direct, via the internet or through high street travel agents.
Customer satisfaction and repeat booking levels are strong, with high margins and healthy returns on capital.