Holding in Company

Holidaybreak PLC
20 April 2001



NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 COMPANIES ACT 1985 (AS AMENDED)

On 19 April 2001 Holidaybreak plc received notification from FMR Corporation
of 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA02109-3614 that FMR Corp. and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International Limited and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders, have an interest
in 3,623,382 ordinary 5p shares in Holidaybreak plc (7.89% of the Company's
issued share capital of 45,905,641) as follows:-

(A)  FMR Corp.                                      
     82 Devonshire Street                          
     Boston, MA 02109

     Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO),
     investment manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for listing of 
     Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

(B)  Fidelity International Limited (FIL)             
     PO Box HM 670                              
     Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

     Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
     including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd (FISL) and Fidelity Pension
     Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US investment
     companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for listing of 
     Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

     
The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

     Mr Edward C Johnson 3rd
     82 Devonshire Street
     Boston, MA 02109

Principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International Limited.

The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorised unit
trust schemes in the UK, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting pursuant
to Section 209 (1)(h)of the Companies Act 1985.

These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate notifications
of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the purposes of clarity.
Nothing should be taken to indicate that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect
subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3rd act as a group or in concert in
respect of the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these
notifications on a joint basis.

The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely
where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a
right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of
such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.

SCHEDULE A

Shares Held    Management Company   Nominee/Registered Name

300,000        FMRCO                HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd
805,095        FISL                 Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Ltd
645,900        FPM                  Chase Nominees Ltd
475,906        FPM                  Bankers Trust
 46,300        FPM                  MSS Nominees Ltd
204,200        FIL                  Nortrust Nominees Ltd
 92,900        FIL                  BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
263,400        FIL                  RBS Trust Bank
630,901        FIL                  Chase Nominees Ltd
 67,400        FIL                  State Street Bank & Trust
 25,000        FIL                  Bankers Trust
 66,380        FIL                  Northern Trust