easyJet holidays has today been named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023, just four years after launching. The tour operator was given special recognition as a medium organisation for the employee experience it provides, as voted by employees through a companywide survey, as well as being highly commended as one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQIA+ employees.

The accolade comes following news that easyJet holidays has extended its growth expectation from 50% to 60%, year on year. The operator launched in late 2019 with a team of 50, before facing the industry wide challenges of the pandemic. It delivered its first fully operational year in 2022, taking away over one million customers and becoming the UK’s fastest growing tour operator. The team is now made up of over 230 people with the business having recruited from sectors including travel, retail, technology and government.

Garry Wilson, easyJet holidays’ CEO, said: “I’m a huge believer that our fast growth and success since we launched our new holidays business is down to the remarkable team we have. I’m thrilled that our team is so excited by what we’re doing in the industry, and I’m passionate about making sure they feel they are making a unique and valuable contribution. So, I couldn’t be more proud that easyJet holidays has been named by The Sunday Times as one of the Best Places to work, as voted for by our people.

“This prestigious list recognises not only the efforts we put into making sure we offer a brilliant employee experience, but also the culture, teamwork and common goal we are lucky enough to share.”

The accolade comes following easyJet holidays being awarded ‘Rising Brand of the Year’ and the Travolution Awards, and being named the recipient of the ‘Sustainable Future Award’ at The Globe Travel Awards.

 

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About easyJet holidays

easyJet holidays offers great-value beach, city and lakes holidays to more than 100 destinations across Europe, directly through its website and through over 3000 travel agent partners. The ATOL-protected holidays company combines easyJet’s flexible flight programme, with handpicked hotels and best-in-class technology to provide hassle-free personalised holiday experiences which can be secured with a deposit of just £60 per person. The holidays operator is an ABTA member too, providing additional reassurance to customers under the UK’s most trusted travel scheme. With a range of holiday types, from adult and family to luxury and undiscovered, transfers included on beach holidays, 23kg hold luggage included on all bookings, and over 5,000 hotels, across over 500 resorts, customers can holiday the way they want.

In 2021 easyJet holidays launched its inaugural sustainability strategy focusing on three key pillars – create better holiday choices which is about making sustainable travel affordable and accessible to everyone; keep our holidays special which is maximising the benefits and minimising the negative impacts of travel and tourism, and transform travel for everyone which means embedding sustainability into business decisions and behaviours and driving meaningful change in the industry. Through ongoing collaboration with the Travel Foundation, the University of Oxford, and as a member of the GSTC, easyJet holidays is focused on building its research, partnerships and certifications, and taking action to make a positive impact on the people and places that make its destinations so special.