We know that customers will enjoy the great value that easyJet Holidays offer as well as fully flexible, consumer protected holiday options." "This will provide customers exclusive access to an extensive holiday offering. Nick Hughes, head of ancillary revenue at easyJet, added: "We are delighted that Teletext Holidays is the exclusive pre-launch partner for easyJet Holidays. The tie-up between the companies follows the relaunch of Teletext Holidays, which has shifted its sales channel away from analogue television to internet TV. EasyJet Holidays will launch its own website next month. Under the settlement, Stelios has agreed not to launch a rival low-cost holiday package for the 12 months from October last year.ĮasyJetHolidays will go on sale through Teletext Holidays and also through a dedicated easyJet Holidays call centre. He ended his spat with the company last year after agreeing a multimillion-pound-a-year settlement. Sir Stelios has been involved in a very public row with executives at the company he founded, over the use of the "easy" brand. It could in the long-term potentially go up against rival easyHoliday, which is reportedly being launched by EasyJet founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ionnaou. The service will offer package holidays by enabling customers to combine easyJet flights with some 10,000 hotels across Europe to create their own holiday. You may also be able to claim a refund if you paid on credit card, via Section 75.Īlternatively, if you paid on a debit card, speak to your bank as you may quality for a Chargeback claim – this is essentially when the transaction is reversed.EasyJet Holidays is a joint venture between easyJet and accommodation provider Lowcosttravelgroup. While these reports will concern people awaiting refunds, we will continue to take all possible action to get people the money they are owed.”Ī claims process for all customers awaiting refunds will be put in place shortly by the TTA. The watchdog said: "We are monitoring the situation and are seeking further clarification. The CMA said it continues to monitor the situation and will take action to claw back the money owed by Truly Holdings. The CMA is in the process of taking Truly Holdings to court over a failure by the company to fully refund those who had holidays cancelled due to the pandemic. The TTA said refunds could up to 12 weeks to be processed. To claim your refund for your Alpharooms booking you will need to file a refund request and provide proof of payment and any reference numbers. The TTA said all customers with an Alpharooms accommodation-booking have been contacted and offered a refund. If you have booked accommodation with Alpharooms, however, this will no longer be valid. If the firm goes bust, the TTA says you will still be able to go on your holiday as normal, or receive a full refund, which will be covered by ATOL. The TTA said it has contacted all suppliers and requested that all bookings remain in place.įlights are also ATOL protected, meaning your return flight home will still go ahead.Īll Teletext package holidays will continue as planned. If you’re currently on a Teletext holiday, your trip should not be affected. It is also understood that Teletext Holidays is no longer taking new bookings, although it will honour existing holidays.Īny future bookings made via Alpharooms will not be fulfilled. The TTA, a trade body, confirmed that directors at Truly Holdings, which owns both firms, “sought the appointment of liquidators” after the company was pulled up by the UK’s competitions watchdog for failing to pay out millions in refunds for holidays cancelled due to pandemic restrictions. It is understood that Robert Cundy and Bijal Shah of Edge Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners were hired by Truly Holding a week ago to manage the company's closure.Įntering liquidation means the company has effectively run out of money - any remaining funds will now be used to pay the people it owes money to. It comes after the Travel Trust Association (TTA) revoked the memberships of Teletext and Alpharooms on Friday on the back of financial concerns. READ MORE: UK holidaymakers will have to pay to enter EU in new 2022 travel rules There are still tens of thousands of holidaymakers still waiting on refunds from the start of the Covid outbreak and up to 4,000 holidaymakers will be affected by the administration. Truly Holdings, which owns both firms, has ceased trading, according to the government's insolvency database, reports The Mirror. Teletext Holidays and Alpharooms have collapsed into administration in a move that will affect millions of customers.
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