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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 +44 (0) 1606 787100 James Hogan / Craig Breheny / Lucie Anne Brailsford Brunswick +44 (0)20 7404 5959 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. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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