XL holidays causes collapse of Gay tour operator, Throb Holidays which has ceased trading as a direct result of the failure of the XL Leisure Group.
The company, which had been running for 14 years, specialised in holidays to Spain.
A statement on the company’s website said: “It is with regret that we have to inform you that, despite our best efforts,
Throb Holidays Ltd has ceased trading.
Ok we have been saying this for years deal only with the main players Thomas Cook (who own mytravel panorama) Tui Thomson Jet2holidays Virgin and Kuoni holidays Hayes and Jarvis. Forget booking with Teletext or those silly comparison sites book direct…
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Posted on September 12th, 2008 in Featured
As we reported earlier Xl Holidays were in trouble..
We demand that the directors of this company be prosecuted, these directors new they were in trouble last week yet they did nothing, they were so gutless that they could not even send someone to the airport to inform passengers.
Add your name below an lets us get the law changed so directors can be prosecuted and put a stop to companies going bust on a friday and running away over the weekend..
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The average value of online bookings are 6% higher, according to an analysis of booking patterns by a recently-launched holiday comparison site.
However when asked to provide the true stats on its claims its was no surprise that they could not.. Just another of those silly travel comparison sites, which released a report on its first two months booking patterns today.
Here are the true facts “When asked to provide stats on its online booking conversions, “Online and offline are very different metrics so really cannot be compared.”
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Posted on September 1st, 2008 in Featured
XL Leisure Group is at the centre of speculation over refinancing plans.
Weekend newspaper reports claimed that the UK’s third largest tour operating group was in urgent refinancing negotiations.
It seems that Xl needs urgent Finance associated with fuel hedging positions is understood to be at the centre of discussions.
A spokesman for XL, which includes XL Airways and operator brands such as Kosmar Holidays, Aspire, Travel City Direct and Freedom Flights, said it was not close to breaching the terms of its banking loans.
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