One year on: Accessible holiday offering huge success for Ocean Florida

Romford-based holiday provider, Ocean Florida, celebrates one year of its accessible travel initiative, with 1,000 bespoke bookings driving £8m in sales.  With data showing one in five are living with a disability in the UK¹, the villa holiday expert launched its accessible travel initiative in November 2022. One year on, it helped tailor 1,000 dream […]

US government announces vaccine mandate dropped from 11th May

Harry Hastings Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Ocean Florida said “We are thrilled that the vaccine mandate for all UK travellers to the USA is being dropped from 11 May 2023. As the UK’s largest independent operator to Florida, we’ve witnessed 20% of our cancellations since borders opened attributed to members of the travelling party being unvaccinated. […]

The Hastings and Ox brothers celebrating twenty years of Ocean Holidays at the US Embassy in London

Ocean Holidays Group Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Prizes and Rebrand

Learn more about our year of celebrations, including giveaways, competitions and fresh new branding to mark Ocean Holidays’ 20th anniversary.

Ocean Holidays co-founders

How We Made It: Our world fell apart, but now we’re flying high again

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We're proud to share this Sunday Times article, featuring our very own co-CEOs and co-founders, about the trials and triumphs of Ocean Holidays.
Long haul holiday scuba diving

Long Haul Holidays Set for Boom as Short Haul Continues to Suffer Further Disruption

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As Europe’s largest Florida travel specialist, and the UK’s fastest-growing travel business*, we are seeing demand for long-haul holidays skyrocket as consumers seek better value holidays with less risk of disruption:

Best Companies Survey Upgrades Ocean Holidays from ‘One to Watch’ to ‘One Star Accreditation’

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Ocean Holidays is delighted to announce it has achieved 'One Star' status from Best Companies, improving on its previous accolade of being 'One to Watch' in 2021.
Angus Bond, Strategy Consultant

Ocean Holidays appoints Angus Bond as Strategy Consultant

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Ocean Holidays announces the appointment of Angus Bond, ex-Virgin Holidays, as a Strategy Consultant on a contract basis.

DREAM JOB: Theme Park Tester shares top five insider tips.

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After a whopping 63,401 applications, Alexandria shares what life was like as Ocean Florida’s ‘Theme Park Tester’