Ocean Beds and the wider Ocean Holidays Family is featured in the Travel Trade Gazette (TTG)!

Our very own Co-CEO Harry Hastings was interviewed by Katherine Lawrey of the TTG about the exciting developments in the Florida rental home market. Read the whole article below about how Ocean Beds proudly offers exact homes as well as allocation on arrival as one of the biggest receptive tour operators in the UK and USA. Read the full TTG article below:

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Ocean Holidays Enters Travel Hall Of Fame

Ocean Holidays co-founder, Harry Hastings was crowned 2016 Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the Travel and Hospitality Hall Of Fame. The company has firmly secured its place amongst leading brands, innovative thinkers and hard grafters in the travel industry with its first award of 2016.

The Young Entrepreneur of the Year title celebrates the enviable success achieved by the Ocean Holidays umbrella, under which Ocean Florida, Ocean California, Winged Boots and Ocean Beds trade.

It began in 2004 with Ocean Florida, a tour operator specialising in villa holidays to the Sunshine State. Since then, the five directors – George and Harry Hastings, David and Daniel Ox and Chris Ford have focused on USA and luxury travel and have grown Ocean Holidays to include a California specialist (Ocean California), a luxury tour operator (Winged Boots) and a receptive tour operator (Ocean Beds).

Hastings said: We saw an opportunity to focus on high-volume holidays to Florida and grabbed it. Since then we’ve grown our expertise and built an incredible team dedicated to bespoke USA and luxury itineraries

Ocean Holidays has a growth goal of 300% and a passenger total of 100,000 per year by 2020. Winning this award is a big step in building the company’s recognition and increasing its customer base across all four brands.

Hastings now sits in the Hall Of Fame amid legends of Florida travel, Sir Richard Branson and the late Sir Freddie Laker. Previous winners of the Young Entrepreneur Award also include Chris Loughlin of Travelzoo, Cheapflights’ Hugo Burge, Attraction Tickets Direct’s Oliver Brendon and Renaldo Scheepers, of A2B Travel Extras.

Ocean California Has Arrived!

We are extremely pleased and excited to announce that we have now launched the fourth brand that sits under the Ocean Holidays umbrella.
www.ocean-california.co.uk

Ocean California is a dedicated California travel specialist that sells some of the best itineraries, hotels and destinations across Golden State, from the outdoor experiences of Yosemite to the cool downtown nightlife of San Francisco. Our experienced travel experts are on-hand to help individuals, couples, families and friends plan their dream California getaway!

Ocean Florida #STAYWITHUS TV Ad

We are very excited to release the Ocean Florida #STAYWITHUS TV ad. The advert launched on Ocean Florida’s website and social media channels on Tuesday, 20th January, and featured on TV from Wednesday, 21st January on Sky 1

Featuring the strapline: ‘Stay with us and we’ll stay with you,’ we aimed to reinforce the message that a Florida villa will leave families with ever lasting memories that they’ll want to share for a lifetime.

Harry Hastings, Ocean Florida’s Joint Managing Director, said, “Our Kissimmee villas provide a great base for a Florida holiday close to Walt Disney World Resort. They’re also perfect for those wanting to combine the parks with Florida’s beaches on a multi-centre holiday. With more than 10 years of sending holidaymakers to Kissimmee, we are very excited to be on UK national TV for the first time with our #STAYWITHUS campaign. We are really proud to be continuing to showcase everything this fantastic destination has to offer.”

Watch our TV ad below: