Acquisition of Djoser BV

Holidaybreak PLC
14 January 2005



14 January 2005: For immediate release



                              HOLIDAYBREAK PLC

         Acquisition of Djoser BV receives Dutch regulatory clearance


Holidaybreak, the UK's leading operator of specialist holiday businesses, today
announces that its acquisition of Dutch 'soft adventure' company Djoser BV
(Djoser) has received approval from the Dutch Merger Authorities (NMa).

Holidaybreak announced on December 23 2004 that it had reached agreement to
acquire Djoser for €22.75m (£15.7m), subject to this approval.

The acquisition is due to complete on 19 January 2005.


Enquiries:

Richard Atkinson / Robert Baddeley      Holidaybreak    [phone]
Craig Breheny                           Brunswick       [phone]


Note to Editors

Holidaybreak (HBR.L) is listed on the London stock market. The UK's leading
operator of specialist holiday businesses, it sold 2.3m holidays in the 12
business months to end-September. Each business is a market leader in its
respective specialist sector of the holiday industry, has multi-channel
distribution and is recognised for providing high standards of product and
service quality.

For more information, please go to www.holidaybreak.co.uk.






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