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).
How about going on a Europe holiday next year by paying just under Rs 13,000 per month over the next 12 months? And what’s more is that the 13th instalment is Free. Yes. It’s true. To make your dream come true Cox & Kings has partnered with RBL Bank Ltd to launch the "Save Now ... (more)
The tourism industry should be treated at par with exporters based on its foreign exchange earnings. Tourism industry gets discriminated vis-a -vis exporters and tourism industry does not get any benefits that exporters of goods receive inspite of the fact that tourism industry earns foreign e... (more)
Cox & Kings Ltd. the leading holidays and education travel group having operations in 22 countries across continents, has won the World’s Leading Luxury Tour Operator award at the World Travel Awards Finale held at the Mazagan Beach & Golf Resort in Morocco on December 12th 2015.... (more)
Deccan Odyssey, the luxury train operated and managed by Cox & Kings Ltd , was awarded the Best Luxury Train in India at the North India India Travel Awards 2015. The award ceremony took place at the Crowne Plaza, Jaipur on December 8th 2015.
The Cox & Kings Group (“Cox & Kings” or “the Group”) has – through its Holidaybreak plc subsidiary – sold 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Explore Worldwide Limited for GBP 25.8 million to Hotelplan UK Group.
The Cox & Kings Group ("Cox & Kings" or "the Group") has acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Late Rooms Ltd (UK) ("LateRooms") for GBP 8.5 million.
LateRooms is a profitable, leading online hotel booking specialist in th... (more)
Cox & Kings Ltd. the leading holidays and education travel group having operations in 22 countries across continents, today announced its financial results for the first quarter FY 16 on August 07th, 2015.
Cox & Kings Ltd., the leading holidays and education travel group with operations in 23 countries across continents, has won The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2015 for its entry `Grab Your Dream’ in the Marketing—Adventure Travel Category. The awards ceremony tak... (more)
Cox & Kings owned MEININGER Hotels will open a hotel in Rome. The first MEININGER hotel in Italy is going to be located on Via San Martino della Battaglia near to the Termini train station. The 114-room, 394-bed hotel is expected to open in early 2017.
Cox & Kings Ltd., (CKL), the leading holidays and education travel group announced the renewal of its alliance with InterGlobe Technology Quotient, a strategic business unit of InterGlobe Enterprises, for accessing its Galileo platform.
