Directorate Change

Holidaybreak PLC
10 March 2006



10 March 2006


HOLIDAYBREAK PLC


Steven Whitfield appointed Managing Director of Camping Division


Holidaybreak, the European specialist holiday group, today announced that Steven
Whitfield has been appointed Managing Director of its Camping Division. He
replaces Matthew Cheetham who has decided to stand down from the role and has
also resigned from the plc Board.

Steven Whitfield has been the Camping Division's Operations Director since 1998,
having originally joined the business in 1984. Matthew Cheetham joined the
company in January 2004 from MyTravel where he was responsible for its
Specialist Holidays Division.

Carl Michel, CEO of Holidaybreak said: 'Matt has done a great job over the last
couple of years in reorganising our Camping business and restoring its fortunes.
With this job done, he feels it is time to seek out a new challenge. He leaves
with our thanks and best wishes for the future. Steven has over twenty years
experience of working in the Camping Division and is a well-known industry
figure. He is the ideal person to take Camping to the next stage of its
development.'


Enquiries:

Carl Michel / Robert Baddeley Holidaybreak [phone]
James Hogan / Craig Breheny / Lucie Anne Brailsford Brunswick [phone]




Note to Editors

Holidaybreak (HBR.L) is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The European
specialist holiday group sold 3.0m (2004: 2.3m) holidays in the year ended 30
September 2005. Holidaybreak has three operating divisions: Hotel Breaks,
Adventure Travel and Camping. Each is a market leader in its respective
specialist sector of the European holiday industry, has multi-channel
distribution and is recognised for providing high standards of product and
service quality. In December 2004, Holidaybreak announced the acquisition of two
market leading Dutch holiday businesses: BRC, the on-line intermediary for
short-stay leisure hotel breaks, and Djoser, the market leading 'soft adventure'
specialist. For more information on the Group, please go to
www.holidaybreak.co.uk.





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