Luxury Dream Holidays Named Leading in Long Haul at Hays Travel Independence Group Annual Conference

We honestly didn’t see this one coming – but we’re absolutely thrilled to share it.

Claire and the team spent the day at the Hays Travel Independence Group Annual Conference at the beautiful Carden Park Hotel in Cheshire, soaking up a full day of sessions, brilliant company and a wonderful gala dinner to round everything off.

And then came the awards. Out of the whole of Hays IG, Luxury Dream Holidays was named Leading in Long Haul – a huge honour for our little team of long haul travel specialists, and a title we’re still slightly in shock about.

As Claire puts it: “Long haul travel is so close to our hearts – it’s where so many of our clients’ biggest dreams live. To be recognised as the leading company for it across the whole of Hays IG is just extraordinary. We really didn’t expect it.”

For us, this award is all about the holidays you trust us with – the once‑in‑a‑lifetime safaris, the overwater villas in the Maldives, the family adventures in Florida, the honeymoons in Mauritius and the big‑birthday escapes to the Caribbean. Planning those tailor‑made long haul trips for you is the best part of what we do, every single time.

So this one belongs to our clients just as much as it does to us. Thank you for trusting us with your trips, your dreams and your adventures, and for coming back to us whenever the next big idea starts to take shape. If you’re starting to daydream about your own long haul holiday, honeymoon or bucket‑list escape, we’d love to help you turn it into a plan.

Huge thanks as well to Hays Travel Independence Group for a brilliant event and to Carden Park Hotel for such a wonderful setting – the perfect backdrop for a day of inspiration, industry insights and celebrating independent travel businesses across the UK.

Claire and the LDH Team