Travel chaos as package holiday company goes into administration
People’s holiday plans have been thrown into confusion with the news that a York-based holiday company has gone into administration.
Superbreak Mini Holidays, which employs about 250 people and also has offices in Manchester, has ceased trading along with a web-based company called LateRooms.
Both are owned by parent company Malvern Group. An official Cease Trading notification on Malvern Group’s website states: “We regret to advise you that Malvern Group incorporating Superbreak Mini Holidays Limited and Late Rooms Limited, has filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint an Administrator on 1st August 2019 and have ceased trading with immediate effect.
“It is the company’s intention to appoint an administrator to deal with the affairs of the business.”
The administrator is expected to be confirmed today.
The notice goes onto advise Super Break customers that no further bookings will be accepted and that the company’s contact centre is no longer operational.
Hotel-only breaks through the firm, which is based at Artemis House in York’s Eboracum Way, have been cancelled and customers currently on a break may be asked to pay again.
But customers booked on package holidays, excluding flight inclusive breaks, should be financially protected by the travel association ABTA.
According to the BBC, Super Break had approximately 20,000 bookings, involving about 53,000 people.
The short holidays specialist firm was founded in 1983. It used to be owned by Cheshire-based Holidaybreak, a subsidiary of the oldest travel company in India, Cox & King.
Malvern UK acquired Super Break from Holidaybreak in April 2016 in a total sale and purchase agreement worth £26.7m, with net cash consideration of £9.25m. At the time, TheBusinessDesk.com reported that Super Break employed 150 people at its base in York.
