More woe for UK holidaymakers as two booking sites collapse ahead of pilots strike and in wake of plunging pound
- Bosses of LateRooms announce they have ceased trading alongside sister company Super Break
- Parent company is appointing administrators after running out of cash before securing sale
- LateRooms said it will be able to guarantee bookings but is not taking any further calls
Holidaymakers face seeing their summer plans fall through after two booking websites collapsed yesterday.
LateRooms announced last night they have ceased trading alongside their sister company Super Break.
The site’s parent company, Malvern Group, said it is appointing administrators, after running out of cash before securing a sale.
Holidaymakers will no longer be able to make bookings on the LateRooms website
It is the latest in a string of holiday disasters this summer, with BA pilots and airport ground crew threatening to strike.
Sterling has also crashed to new depths in recent days – as of last night it was 1.09 euros to the pound.
LateRooms’s will not be taking any further calls, a statement on Malvern Group’s website said.
However, the company has said it will be able to guarantee bookings.
The firm’s other site, Super Break, collapsed less than 24 hours after it announced a partnership with budget chain easyHotel.
It had approximately 20,000 bookings, involving around 53,000 people.