Directors Shareholding(s)

Holidaybreak PLC
15 June 2001


Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
Holidaybreak plc

2   Name of director:
Richard Westaway Atkinson

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:
Director named in 2 above

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them (if notified):
Teawood Nominees Ltd

5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with  
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):
n/a

6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please  
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:
Exercise of an option over 50,000 ordinary 5p shares at a price of £2.10 per
share under the Holidaybreak plc 1991 Executive (Performance Related) Share
Option Scheme and subsequent sale of shares allotted pursuant to the Scheme.

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:


8   Percentage of issued class:


9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
50,000

10  Percentage of issued class:
0.11%

11  Class of security:
Ordinary 5p

12  Price per share:
£4.60 per share

13  Date of transaction:
14 June 2001

14  Date company informed:
15 June 2001

15  Total holding following this notification:
774,159 ordinary shares

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
1.68%

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:


18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:


19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:


20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:


21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:


22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:


23  Contact name for queries:
Julie Vickers

24  Contact telephone number:
01606 787103

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Julie Vickers
Company Secretary





Additional Information:
This announcement relates to the sale of shares following the exercise of an
option granted on 27 August 1993 with an expiry date of 27 August 2003. 
Following the exercise and sale, Richard Atkinson's holding in the ordinary
share capital of Holidaybreak plc remains unchanged at 774,159 ordinary shares
(1,68% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company).