Sector · 47 companies · 7 battles · 6 VS

Travel and stays

Airlines, airports, trains, ferries, hotels and holiday parks, compared on the accounts.

The biggest here by turnover is easyJet at £10.1bn, followed by Jet2 at £7.2bn.

Deep dives

Deep diveAvanti West CoastAvanti West Coast paid the Government a net £141m in 2024/25, almost 15 times its own £9.5m profit

Battles

UK holiday parks

Making waves or washed out: the great British staycation showdown

Center Parcs · Butlin's · Haven

3 COMPANIES

UK holiday airlines

Flying high, or stuck in a holding pattern?

easyJet · Jet2 · TUI

3 COMPANIES

UK airports

Cleared for take-off, or grounded?

Heathrow · Gatwick · Manchester Airports Group · Edinburgh Airport · Birmingham Airport · Bristol Airport · Luton Airport

7 COMPANIES

Train operators

On track or hitting the buffers: the railway ranking

Avanti West Coast · LNER · GWR · Southeastern · Northern

5 COMPANIES

Ferry operators

Riding the waves, or taking on water?

P&O Ferries · DFDS · Stena Line · Condor Ferries

4 COMPANIES

Online travel

Dream destination, or lost in transit?

On the Beach · Hostelworld · Jet2 · easyJet

4 COMPANIES

London's luxury hotels

Five stars each. Only one checks out on top.

Claridge's · The Connaught · The Berkeley · The Savoy · The Dorchester · The Ritz · The Lanesborough · Raffles London · Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park · Chiltern Firehouse

10 COMPANIES

VS Series

Premier Inn v Travelodge

Budget beds: who fills the rooms, and who makes them pay?

Heathrow v Gatwick

London's two biggest airports: runways, shops and debt

The Dorchester v The Ritz

Park Lane against Piccadilly: two grand hotels on the books

Claridge's v The Savoy

Mayfair against the Strand: two legendary hotels compared

easyJet v Jet2

Two package holiday giants compared on turnover, margin, payroll, financing and ownership.

Center Parcs v Butlin's

Forest luxury against budget chalets, compared on turnover, payroll, borrowings, ownership and profit.

Companies

easyJet£10.1bn turnover Jet2£7.2bn turnover TUI£6.3bn turnover Heathrow£3.5bn turnover GWR£1.7bn turnover Manchester Airports Group£1.5bn turnover Premier Inn£1.4bn turnover Southeastern£1.3bn turnover Northern£1.2bn turnover Gatwick£1.1bn turnover LNER£1.1bn turnover Avanti West Coast£1.0bn turnover Travelodge£1.0bn turnover Haven£899m turnover Stena Line£591m turnover Center Parcs£540m turnover Edinburgh Airport£359m turnover Luton Airport£304m turnover Butlin's£288m turnover Warner Bros. Studio Tour London£264m turnover Birmingham Airport£222m turnover Bristol Airport£204m turnover Claridge's£137m turnover The Ritz£122m turnover Q-Park£113m turnover Gleneagles£111m turnover P&O Ferries£90m turnover Celtic Manor£85m turnover Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park£79m turnover DFDS£78m turnover The Dorchester£74m turnover The Connaught£73m turnover Euro Car Parks£62m turnover The Berkeley£61m turnover ParkingEye£61m turnover The Savoy£60m turnover Raffles London£52m turnover The Belfry£46m turnover Galgorm£39m turnover The Lanesborough£34m turnover Chiltern Firehouse£33m turnover Drayton Manor£29m turnover Trump Turnberry£24m turnover Eden Project£23m turnover Titanic Belfast£23m turnover Condor Ferries£15m turnover The View from The Shard£12m turnover

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