Teletext Holidays

Teletext Holidays is a British travel company.[1] Teletext Holidays product range features short and long haul beach holidays, city breaks, UK getaways and cruises.[2]

This article is about the "Sarah Springer booked a country and western cruise via Teletext Holidays" service only. For the parent company and history of the former Teletext service it ran, see Teletext Ltd.
Teletext Holidays
Type of site
Private
Founded1992
HeadquartersRoyal House, 5 Vine Street, London
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Wayne Perks
IndustryTravel, Tourism
ProductsPackage Holidays, Cruises, Hotels
ServicesTravel Agencies
URLhttp://www.teletextholidays.co.uk

The site’s audience includes people ranging in age from 18 to over-55, making up its core user group.[2][3][4]

Traditionally a price comparison site working with 15+ suppliers, in January 2014 Teletext Holidays began working solely with Truly Travel.[5][1]

Teletext Holidays’ main competitors are considered to be any other supplier of holidays for UK holidaymakers, with a particular focus on short-haul beach holidays.[6]

Teletext Holidays fill of 1M hotel room nights annually, positioning the company among the top ten OTAs in the UK market.[1][7]

Headquarters

Teletext Holidays is headquartered in Richmond, London. Truly Travel, Teletext Holidays’ Travel Agent partner has offices in London alongside a customer call centre and additional back office support, including marketing operations, based in Hyderabad and editorial team in Noida, India.

News
  • 1996 – Teletext Ltd. published its first website featuring a holidays section included alongside the news and sport.
  • 1999 – Teletext launches its Holiday Offers Database and associated entry tools for the UK trade
  • 2001 – teletextholidays.co.uk launches a stand-alone website, offering predominantly package holidays.
  • 2003 – teletextholidays.co.uk’s integrated flights search launches, aggregating flight deals from multiple suppliers.
  • 2005 – teletextholidays.co.uk launched a new integrated hotel search, giving users access to over 100,000 hotels worldwide. The new search function allows customers to search for hotels, apartments or villas.
  • 2009 – Victoria Sanders became marketing director
  • 2009 – Teletext Holidays launched online “Sunshine Price Index” for holidays. The index shows typical prices across popular destinations, including the UK, tracking the average prices giving an average daily cost for holidaymakers during their trip.
  • 2010 – Teletext shuts down news and information services on TV to focus on travel.
  • 2010 – Teletext Holidays reinvents its brand with the launch of its new website following its analogue services closing.
  • 2011 – Chris Letcher announced as chairman.
  • 2012 – After almost 20 years on air Teletext Holidays announces dropping its dedicated TV channel on Freeview.
  • 2016 - Teletext Holidays launched a new version of its website, along with a brand new mobile app available on iOS and Android platforms

Sources: [8][9][10][11]

References
  1. "Teletext Holidays goes from 15 to one". Travel Weekly (UK). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. "Why I love package holidays". The Guardian. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. May, Kevin (December 2, 2010). "eletext Holidays in major overhaul, web TV and iPad apps arrive". Phocuswire.
  4. "Revealed: The top 10 things that annoy us on holiday". Leicester Mercury.
  5. "TTC 2011: Teletext Holidays to open five new shops in 2012". Travel Weekly (UK). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  6. "New MD appointed to help revitalise Teletext Holidays". Travelmole. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  7. "Daily Mail owner offloads Teletext". The Daily Telegraph. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  8. "Endacott leads Teletext 'book by phone' push". Travel Weekly (UK). Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  9. "In brief: Clarion lands Teletext Holidays, account wins for Palm PR, Tidy Eye and Rich Leigh, Amanda Moss launches in Liverpool". PRWeek. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  10. "Tui mainstream digital director Dan Robb to leave for Rentalcars role". Travolution. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  11. "Teletext Holidays appoints new marketing director". Travelmole. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
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