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Dnata weighing sale of UK leisure brands, including Gold Medal

Gold Medal
James Chapple
3 September 2025

Dnata Travel Group is looking into putting its four UK leisure brands up for sale, including trade-only operator Gold Medal.

Gold Medal's Holiday Hotlist
(Credit: Gold Medal)

Gold Medal has three UK sub-brands – Pure Luxury, Insider Journeys and Cruise Plus (Credit: Gold Medal)

Sky News reports dnata has instructed AlixPartners to oversee the process and explore options for the brands, including a sale.

Besides Gold Medal, these include OTA Travel Republic, UK high street agency chain Travelbag flight comparison operation Netflights.

It is not immediately clear whether a sale would include dnata's other trade-facing brands in the UK – Pure Luxury, Incredible Journeys and Cruise Plus.

In a statement provided to TTG, dnata said: "Dnata Travel Group has started a process to explore strategic options for four UK-based leisure brands Gold Medal, Netflights, Travelbag and Travel Republic.