ANOTHER holiday company has emerged from the collapse of National Holidays' parent firm Specialist Leisure Group - and will serve the North-East.

The former management team at National Holidays and Caledonian Travel, both of which went into administration last month, have launched a new brand.

The Caldedonian Travel and UK Breakways.com brands have been purchased by newly-formed Caledonian Leisure Ltd. 

It comes as the National Holidays brand was purchased by JG Travel Group earlier this month as it promised to 'replicate' the old service and tours.

But announcing the relaunch of Caledonian Travel, the firm said it would be adding departure points in Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Darlington. 

Meanwhile, UKBreakaways.com will continue to offer range of self-drive breaks and holidays, as it did before the parent company's collapse.

Graham Rogers says: “We are thrilled to confirm the launch of Caledonian Leisure Ltd with the acquisition of Caledonian Travel and UKBreakaways.com.

“With over 130 years’ collective experience between the management team in the coach travel sector we believe we have a firm understanding of what the customer wants; good quality products at sensational value.

"Staycations will be the holiday of choice for many over the coming months, and we are looking forward to developing a range of new and exciting breaks and holidays for our customers to enjoy, details of which will be released shortly.”

Martin Lock adds: “Caledonian Travel has been Scotland’s leading coach holiday provider for over 30 years, and we are keen to restore the brand as an innovative provider of short breaks and holidays by coach.

"Expanding into the North East represents an exciting opportunity to grow the Caledonian Travel brand further afield, and we look forward to welcoming new faces onto our coaches as well as loyal customers who have holidayed with us for many years.

“We also believe there is huge scope to develop UKBreakaways.com into a major holiday brand due to the wide range of fun and innovative short breaks it offers at unbeatable prices but with greater freedom of travel options.”