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).
Cox & Kings owned MEININGER Hotels and Foncière des Régions, through its subsidiary Foncière des Murs, signed an agreement for a new MEININGER Hotel in Munich located on Landshuter Allee, close to the Olympic Park. This is the first joint hotel project of MEININGER and... (more)
Cox & Kings owned MEININGER Hotels and HGHI Holding have signed a contract for a new hotel in Berlin. MEININGER Hotel Berlin Tiergarten will be located in the Schultheiss Quartier in the district of Moabit next to the Tiergarten. It’s going to be the 6th MEININGER hotel in Berlin.
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Mr. Peter Kerkar, Director- Cox & Kings Ltd, the leading holidays and education travel group with operations in 23 countries across continents, has been honoured by The British Travel and Hospitality Hall of Fame as one of the seven inductees into the Hall of Fame this year. The British Travel ... (more)
Cox & Kings Ltd has been upgraded by Credit Analysis & Research Ltd (CARE), the Rating Agency. CARE has upgraded the rating of Long Term Bank Facilities and issue of Non-Convertible Debentures of the Company to CARE AA (Double A) from the existing ‘CARE AA- (Double A Minus)’. In... (more)
PGL, a subsidiary of Holidaybreak Ltd, the European Education and Leisure specialist group adds its second site, Camp Rumbug in Australia, as part of its plan to expand in Australia. Holidaybreak is a subsidiary of Prometheon Holdings (UK) Limited, which is a part of Cox & Kings Ltd.
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Cox & Kings owned MEININGER Holding GmbH (“MEININGER”) and Foncière des Régions, through its subsidiary Foncière des Murs, announced today that they have formed a commercial partnership in respect of the sourcing by MEININGER and acquisition by Foncière d... (more)
Cox & Kings Ltd (CKL), the leading holidays and education travel group with operations in 23 countries across continents has announced that it has raised around Rs 1000 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP), of equity shares of face value of Rs 5 each.
The Board of Direc... (more)
Cox & Kings Ltd, the leading holidays and education travel group with operations in 26 countries across continents has introduced unbelievable offers on American holiday packages for 2015. Every USA package that you buy, entitles you to bundle of free goodies and holidays, both domestic and int... (more)
Cox & Kings Ltd, the leading holidays and education travel group with operations in 26 countries across continents has introduced unbelievable offers on European packages for 2015. Every Europe package that you buy, entitles you to bundle of free goodies and holidays, both domestic and internat... (more)
The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), has appointed Cox & Kings Ltd (CKL), as its outsourced partner to operate the luxury train, Deccan Odyssey from October 2014. This partnership will cover full management of on-board and off-board services, sales, marketing and operat... (more)
