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The UK Holiday Group

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Type
  
Private company

Number of locations
  
15 hotels (2014)

Headquarters
  
Norwich, United Kingdom

Industry
  
Travel and Tourism

Area served
  
England Wales

Founder
  
Paul Bennett

Key people
  
Paul Bennett (Chairman), Neal Fletcher (Operations Director), Harold Burke (Sales Director), Gemma Wilson (Operations Manager)

Products
  
Over 50's package holidays Coastal Breaks

Founded
  
1983, Norwich, United Kingdom

The UK Holiday Group Ltd. or simply referred to as UKHG is a British privately owned package holiday company based in Norwich, United Kingdom specializing in holidays for elderly couples. The company was founded in 1983 by Managing Director, Paul Bennett.

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History

The group was founded by Paul Bennett, a graduate from University of Kent in 1983, when Paul was aged 23.

Grand UK Hotels

Grand UK Hotels is the main sister company to the group. It operates 12 of the 15 hotels owned by UKHG.

Grand UK Holidays

Grand UK Holidays is a sister company also. Offering cruises, coach tours, holidays by air and rail tours, they serve internationally with trips within the United Kingdom and in countries in Europe.

Sunrise Direct

Sunrise Direct offer coach tours and cruises in the UK and Europe.

Glenton

Glenton Holidays Ltd is a sister company to UKHG, based in Glasgow, Scotland. They offer all the same services as the other companies but pride themselves in their Scottish holidays. Their slogan is the wee big holiday company.

Door to Door

Door to Door Coach Holidays is a coach holiday company. They offer coach trips throughout the UK and Europe

Anglia Hosts

Best Western George Hotel Swaffham is a hotel in Swaffham, Norfolk

Locations

The group operate 15 hotels throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Twelve are traded under Grand UK Hotels, one under Anglia Hosts and the two others are leased.

References

The UK Holiday Group Wikipedia