Libra Holidays Wins Best Tour Operator to Cyprus at This Year's British Travel Awards
UNITED KINGDOM, October 31, 2005. Number one, specialist tour operator to Cyprus, Libra Holidays is delighted to announce that after 34 years in operation, 6,500 UK based travel agents voted Libra Holidays as Best Tour Operator to Cyprus at this year's British Travel Awards. The BTA's is the premier awards event for travel companies in the UK and is the industry's benchmark for excellence.
Managing Director of Libra Holidays, Akis Kyprianou said, "We are all very proud to announce that Libra Holidays has won an award for The Best Tour Operator to Cyprus at the British Travel Awards held on October 27th 2005. This award is particularly special as it comes after a difficult year so re emphasizes once again the continuous support the tour operator has in the UK from its retail partners. We wish to congratulate all our staff, managers, directors, all our business associates and suppliers and agents, who over the years have supported this operation and in their own way have contributed towards this achievement. I am sure that this is the beginning of a new era for Libra Holidays UK. It certainly provides the motivation to achieve more in the future."
Libra Holidays has been in operation since 1972 and has been serving both the British and Cypriot public and has contributed significantly towards the development and increase of Tourism to Cyprus.
At the start it specialised in direct sell holidays to four and five star hotels in Cyprus. By 1995, the programme was increased substantially, and due to its success it was launched to the consumer via UK travel agents. Today, Libra Holidays offers 5 destinations including Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, Turkey and Dubai as well as offering a specialist diving programme with Goldenjoy Holidays.
In November 2004, Libra Holidays Group acquired scheduled low fare, full frills airline Helios Airways. The airline offered a flexible service, operating daily services from Heathrow and Luton therefore enabling Libra Holidays to expand into the short breaks market as well as adding to capacity for Cyprus.
Libra Holidays would also like to announce that they have also won an award for Best tour operator to the Mediterranean and Islands by Short Breaks and Holidays Travel Awards 2005.
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