Cox & Kings Ltd. (CKL) is the longest established travel company in the world since 1758. Headquartered in India, it is the leading holidays and education travel group with operations in 26 countries across 4 continents. In India, Cox & Kings has 168 offices located across the country.
A premium brand in all travel related services, the business can be broadly categorised as Leisure Travel, Corporate Travel, Education & Activity Travel, MICE, Trade Fairs, Visa Processing and foreign exchange.
CKL is amongst the largest players with its range of specialist options. Innovative packaging, pricing and marketing have been the hallmarks of its success over the years.
In India, the company has a robust domestic business under the brand name Bharat Deko and is a leading MICE operator out of India. CKL is amongst the major Foreign Exchange providers in the country. The Outbound Tours are segregated into Duniya Dekho (escorted tours), FlexiHols (customised tours), Luxury Escapades (unique & luxurious travel) & NRI (catering to Indians across the world).
CKL also owns Holidaybreak, an education and activity travel group based in UK. It has more than 15 long-established and widely recognised brands. Holidaybreak provides educational and activity trips for school children; worldwide adventure holidays; short breaks in the UK and Europe & mobile-home and camping holidays on sites throughout Europe.
Over the years the company has won many awards that stand testimony to its excellent service. Among the many awards it has won in 2013 are:
• ‘India’s Leading Tour Operator’ & ‘India’s Leading Travel Agency’ by the World Travel Awards 2013
• ‘Best Inbound Tour Operator’ by the TAAI Travel Awards 2013.
• ‘Best Inbound Tour Operator from UK’ awarded by the Ministry of Tourism, Govt of India (2012-2013)
• ‘Best Company providing Foreign Exchange Award’ constituted by CNBC Awaaz in 2013
Our camping division, Eurocamp recently won three awards at the annual British Travel Awards.
• Best Medium Holiday Company to Western Europe
• Best Medium Holiday Company Family
• Best Medium Company Camping and Mobile
These awards are based entirely on the results of customer voting.
Superbreak, a subsidiary of Cox & Kings’ Holidaybreak Ltd, the European Education and Leisure specialist group, has won two awards from UK’s well known travel magazine, Travel Weekly:
• Best accommodation only supplier
• Best UK operator
CKL is one of the founding members of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), and are members of premier industry associations namely the Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI), the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), European Tour Operators Association (ETOA), and the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).
Mr. Karan Anand, Head - Relationships and Supplier Management, Cox & Kings Ltd., was conferred the prestigious Gold Medal for Tourism (Médaille d'Or du Tourisme) by the French government during a special ceremony hosted at the French Consulate in Mumbai. This is the first ever Gold M... (more)
Festive season starting from Diwali in October and Christmas/ New Year holidays thereafter, present a great opportunity for travellers to explore new places as they get consecutive holidays during this time. Usually people combine these holidays with weekends and also take a day or two off from wor... (more)
Bollywood fans, after watching a film, always fancy about visiting the beautiful foreign locales where the movie is shot. Cox and Kings, a leading leisure and education travel group with operations in 22 countries, has introduced a special romantic trail to Europe based on the film Jab Harry met Se... (more)
It’s time to celebrate as Superstar Salman Khan’s new film Tubelight is set to release on 23rd June. Joining the celebrations is Cox & Kings which has partnered with Tubelight to launch `Pose Karo, Tubelight se Milo’ contest. The lucky winners stand a chance to live their fan ... (more)
Cox and Kings, a leading leisure and education travel group with operations in 22 countries, has introduced special monsoon travel offers such as free nights on different instant and tailor-made travel packages to various domestic destinations making monsoon travel inexpensive like never before. In... (more)
Cox & Kings Ltd., the leading holidays and education travel group having operations in 22 countries today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended March 31st, 2017.
As per the latest Cox & Kings Survey on 'Top Vegetarian-Friendly Destinations and Preferences of Indian Vegetarian Outbound Travellers', Dubai, the United Kingdom and Singapore have topped the list of most preferred Vegetarian-Friendly destinations for Indian Vegetarian Travellers. Othe... (more)
Summer vacations are round the corner and the demand for holidays have risen by at least 20 percent compared to the same period last year. Close to 65 percent of outbound travel trips happens during the period April to July. This is primarily driven by family holiday.
In a move to make tourism more inclusive and accessible, Enable Travel - India’s first Accessible Holiday initiative was launched to cater to the travel aspirations of people with disabilities. A ground-breaking initiative in the area of accessible tourism, Enable Travel aims t... (more)
Women’s Day is the best occasion to celebrate aspirations, spirit and ability of women to do things in a way that is unique to them. Women of today are empowered, vibrant, energetic, adventurous and more comfortable in stepping out of the comfort zone. As a tour operator, ... (more)
