First Choice (UK)

First Choice Holidays Limited
FormerlyFirst Choice Holidays plc (1994–2008)
Company typePrivate Limited Company
Subsidiary
IndustryTravel
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973) (as a group)
2011; 13 years ago (2011) (as a brand of TUI Group)
HeadquartersLuton, England
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Bart Quinton Smith (Managing Director)[1] Retrieved 10 January 2022
ProductsCharter and scheduled passenger airlines, package holidays, cruise lines, hotels and resorts
BrandsHoliday Village (Hotel Brand)
Splashworld (Hotel Brand)
OwnerTUI Group
ParentTUI UK Limited
Websitewww.firstchoice.co.uk

First Choice Holidays Limited[2] (trading as First Choice) is a British online travel agency and tour operator, headquartered in Luton, England. It is a subsidiary of TUI UK, itself a subsidiary of TUI Group, and its holidays are sold solely online. It also operates own brand hotels.

First Choice Holidays previously traded as a subsidiary of First Choice Group plc until its merger with TUI Travel plc in 2007. The company was then revived as a brand in 2011 under the TUI Group brand umbrella.

  1. ^ "Former Tui graduate trainee named new First Choice boss".
  2. ^ "FIRST CHOICE HOLIDAYS LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2020.