Holding in Company

Holidaybreak PLC
3 December 2001


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

On 30 November 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 2,745,336 ordinary 5p shares in Holidaybreak plc (5.92% of the
Company's issued share capital of 46,406,015) 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

200,000        FMRCO                HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd
386,349        FISL                 Chase Nominees Ltd
544,500        FPM                  Chase Nominees Ltd
522,606        FPM                  Bankers Trust
 35,400        FPM                  MSS Nominees Ltd
188,500        FIL                  Nortrust Nominees Ltd
 78,100        FIL                  BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
235,100        FIL                  RBS Trust Bank
407,601        FIL                  Chase Nominees Ltd
 61,400        FIL                  State Street Bank & Trust
 25,000        FIL                  Bankers Trust
 60,780        FIL                  Northern Trust