# Clive Jacobs

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'''Clive Jacobs''' is a British businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder of [Holiday Autos](/source/Holiday_Autos) Group and Travel Weekly Group.

==Career==
===Holiday Autos Group===
In 1988, Clive Jacobs co-founded the [Holiday Autos](/source/Holiday_Autos) Group, which was the first car rental broker in Europe and one of the earliest travel companies to provide a pre-bookable, pre-paid, fully inclusive product that was guaranteed in price.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bawden|first1=Tom|title=Holiday Autos founder to buy car rental company for £155m|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/holiday-autos-founder-to-buy-car-rental-company-for-pound155m-b2zb26r88ph|website=[The Times](/source/The_Times)|access-date=27 November 2017|date=2 July 2005}}</ref>  The company also claimed to be the pioneer in offering a late deals car hire website.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Williamson|first1=Dan|title=Holiday Autos enters late car-hire market.|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/holiday-autos-enters-late-car-hire-market/121660|website=Campaign Magazine|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref> Backed by [ECI Ventures](/source/ECI_Partners) Jacobs bought out his partners in 1995.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} Jacobs went on to sell Holiday Autos to [lastminute.com](/source/lastminute.com) for £43&nbsp;million in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lastminute buys car hire firm|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2889615.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 November 2017|date=26 March 2003}}</ref>

===Travel Weekly Group===
In 2009, Jacobs founded Travel Weekly Group and acquired ''Travel Weekly'' and its associated brands, websites and events from [Reed Business Information](/source/Reed_Business_Information).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/07/reed-business-information-travel-clive-jacobs|title=Reed sells travel portfolio|last=Brook|first=Stephen|date=7 July 2009|newspaper=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077|access-date=13 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Andrews|first1=Robert|title=RBI Selling Travel Publishing Group To Hire Car Co. Founder|url=https://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/419-rbi-selling-travel-publishing-group-to-hire-car-co-founder/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310190254/https://gigaom.com/2009/07/07/419-rbi-selling-travel-publishing-group-to-hire-car-co-founder/|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2015|website=Gigaom|accessdate=27 November 2017|date=7 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Mason|first1=Rowena|title=Holiday Autos founder picks up travel unit from Reed Elsevier|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/5789473/Holiday-Autos-founder-picks-up-travel-unit-from-Reed-Elsevier.html|website=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=27 November 2017|date=9 July 2009}}</ref>

In 2012, Clive Jacobs expanded his portfolio with the acquisition of ''[The Caterer](/source/The_Caterer)'' (formerly ''Caterer and Hotelkeeper'') from Reed Business Information.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Johnston|first1=Chris|title=Jacobs grabs another cracker with deal to buy hotels trade magazine|url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/jacobs-grabs-another-cracker-with-deal-to-buy-hotels-trade-magazine-xsln9kpjc3d|website=[The Times](/source/The_Times)|access-date=27 November 2017|date=18 October 2012}}</ref> Subsequently, in 2016, he launched the umbrella brand Jacobs Media Group. Jacobs serves as the chairman and majority owner of the group, which employs approximately 100 people based in Victoria, London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/caterer-and-hotelkeeper-sold-owner-travel-weekly-group|title=Caterer and Hotelkeeper sold to owner of Travel Weekly Group|website=Press Gazette|date=17 October 2012 |access-date=13 January 2017}}</ref>

===Other business interests===
In 2008 Jacobs bought the Michelin-starred New Angel Restaurant and Rooms in Dartmouth in Devon, which he went on to sell to [Alan Murchison](/source/Alan_Murchison)’s 10 in 8 Fine Dining Group in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kühn|first1=Kerstin|title=Alan Murchison buys former John Burton Race restaurant the New Angel|url=https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/335260/alan-murchison-buys-former-john-burton-race-restaurant-the-new-angel|website=The Caterer|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref>

In 2012, Jacobs was involved in talks with other investors, including former [Thomas Cook Group](/source/Thomas_Cook_Group) executive Terry Fisher, about a possible £400&nbsp;million buyout of Thomas Cook Group.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/leisure/9148059/Thomas-Cook-spurns-400m-funding-deal.html|title=Thomas Cook spurns £400m funding deal|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=13 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas Cook rebuffs £400m cash plan|url=https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/308658/Thomas-Cook-rebuffs-400m-cash-plan|website=Daily Express|accessdate=27 November 2017|date=17 March 2012}}</ref>

In 2014, Jacobs took a stake in and became chairman of luxury travel business Tully Luxury Travel (formerly known as The Cruise Professionals).<ref>{{cite web|title=Tully Luxury Travel announces change in executive leadership team|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2017/03/01/C4941|website=American City Business Journals|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.clivejacobs.com Official website]

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