On the Beach (business)
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| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Travel |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Simon Cooper |
| Headquarters | Cheadle, Greater Manchester, UK |
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United Kingdom |
| Products | |
| Services | Travel Agency |
| Website | www |
On the Beach is a UK-based travel retailer specialising in short and medium haul holidays to Europe. Holidays are sold primarily via its website https://www.onthebeach.co.uk and they service over one million customers a year.
Founder and CEO of On the Beach, Simon Cooper, began his career in the travel industry while attending university, when he founded a ski holiday company called On the Piste.[2] He geared the business toward groups of students wanting to go on budget-friendly ski holidays to the French Alps via coach. Cooper operated On the Piste from 1995 to 2008. Meanwhile, in 2004, Cooper started working on a new venture, On the Beach. When Thomson’s purchased On the Piste in 2008, Cooper then directed his full attention to his new platform[2]
In 2007, private equity investor Livingbridge acquired a majority stake in the company for £36 million.
In 2008, the company relocated to larger premises at Spectrum House on Towers Business Park in Didsbury, Manchester to house additional employees.[3]
In 2011 On the Beach expanded further by acquiring Resort Taxis out of administration for £10,000 to assist with transporting holidaymakers in its most popular destinations of Egypt, Turkey, The Balearics, The Canaries, mainland Spain, Greece and The Algarve. The Resort Taxi arm was later re-branded into On the Beach Transfers in 2012. The company also continued to build on its services by founding On the Beach Beds in 2011. The self-contracted hotel organisation allowed On the Beach to contract directly with hotels, attempting to secure better rates for their customers and increase their market advantage.
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