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Evergreen Escapes group announces appointment of former Awaze CEO
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Holiday resorts and leisure destination operator Evergreen Escapes has announced the appointment of Geoff Cowley as its new CEO.
Hoseasons relocates to Lowestoft office at Trinity House
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Self-catering holiday provider Hoseasons has opened its new office at Trinity House, Riverside Road, Lowestoft.
Awaze touted for $2.1bn sale by Platinum Equity
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Vacation rental and holiday resorts company, Awaze, has reportedly been put up for sale for up to £2 billion by US-based private equity firm Platinum Equity.
Cancellations at Cottages.com and Hoseasons provoke customer anger
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Multiple bookings made through Hoseasons and Cottages.com have been cancelled last minute, provoking anger from affected guests. The sites noted that a system overload led to a lack of booking confirmations and the resulting string of double bookings and cancellations. The most notable guest affected by these was former children’s poetry laureate Michael Rosen, […]
150 jobs at risk as Awaze streamlines brand operations
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Vacation rental and holiday resorts company, Awaze, has announced it is planning to relocate its UK headquarters to Manchester, with the move putting an estimated 150 jobs at risk across its Hoseasons and Cottages.com brands. The company, which also owns brands such as Landal GreenParks, James Villa Holidays and Novasol, plans to close its […]
UK holiday bookings quadruple following lockdown update
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: As UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the reopening of the hospitality sector in England from 4 July, holiday bookings across the United Kingdom have quadrupled in some cases. UK citizens are booking significant numbers of staycations, with coastal counties and holiday destinations, such as Devon and Cornwall, in particular seeing notable surges in […]
Vacation Rentals backs down on no-refund policy after CMA probe
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Vacation rental site Vacation Rentals, which owns holiday lettings firms such as Hoseasons and Cottages.com, has reversed its decision not to offer refunds to all customers whose trips had been cancelled to the coronavirus outbreak, following an independent probe by industry watchdog The Competition and Markets Authority [CMA]. The CMA confirmed that Vacation Rentals […]
CMA consumer watchdog threatens legal action over refund refusals
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: UK government department and consumer watchdog, The Competition and Markets Authority [ CMA ], has threatened legal action against firms who fail to provide refunds to those affected by cancellations of holidays and weddings due to the coronavirus outbreak. The CMA claimed that 80 per cent of the complaints it had received since the […]