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Horizon Travel

British package holiday company, 1949–1974

Horizon Travel or the Horizon Holiday Group was a British package holiday company which was one of the first ventures in the package holiday market.2 It was founded in 2011.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Horizon Travel or the Horizon Holiday Group was a British package holiday company which was one of the first ventures in the package holiday market.2

Corporate structure

Horizon Travel sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The company was co-founded by Vladimir Raitz and Lenny Koven on 12 October 1949. The company organised the first mass package holidays abroad with charter flights between Gatwick airport and Corsica in 1950, and organized the first package holiday to Palma in 1952, Lourdes in 1953, and the Costa Brava and Sardinia in 1954. In addition, the amendments made in Montreal to the Convention on International Civil Aviation on 14 June 1954 created the impetus for mass tourism using charter planes to Spain.

In 1974, Horizon was taken over by the Clarksons Travel Group, part of Court Line which went bankrupt in August that year.

From Wikipedia’s article on Horizon Travel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

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Sources

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