A Brief History of
Serenity Holidays

Begin working with British Airways in offering scheduled flights from Gatwick Airport

Introduction of side trips in neighbouring Senegal and addition of flights from both Gatwick and Manchester airports

We acquire the specialist tour operator Holiday Places who offer holidays to Corsica and short breaks to France and Belgium

We’re awarded Travel Company of the Year by the Travel Trade Gazette and are ‘Highly Commended’ in the AITO Responsible Tourism Awards

Voyages Illena rebranded to Sardinian Places

Launch a brand new programme offering holidays to Sicily – Sicilian Places is born

We continue our destination expansion with another addition to our programme, this time with the launch of The Goa Experience

The Gambia Experience and Corsican Places win Silver in the 2017 British Travel Awards

Company established and begins trading with holidays exclusively to The Gambia

The Gambia Experience brand is introduced with additional hotels added to our programme along with a variety of tours and excursions

Granted the ‘Appointment of the Order of The Gambia’ from Gambian Government in recognition of our tourism efforts in the country

We launch The Cape Verde Experience with the introduction of direct charter flights to the island of Sal

We acquire specialist tour operator Voyages Illena who offer holidays to both Corsica and Sardinia

We add new chartered flights from Stansted to Corsica which are launched with Titan Airways

Introduced for The Gambia in October 2015, we began our partnership with prestigious Titan Airways, also launching our Star Class seats, offering a superior travel experience to West Africa.

Winners of Best Holiday Company to Sub-Saharan Africa at the 2016 British Travel Awards

We celebrate 30 years of providing holidays to the beautiful island of Corsica, as well as 30 years to The Gambia