Fiona, Carl & Raj head up the holidayrentalhomes.com team. Their diverse experience means they manage the operation with a level of knowledge and expertise that is second to none. With knowledge of the travel industry; property ownership, investment (including long and short term rental); IT; sales and marketing; and a passion for travelling, holidayrentalhomes.com genuinely understands what holidaymakers, business people and holiday home owners want and need.
Due to the company's growth plans we have recently moved to a new Head Office in Rickmansworth (we also have offices in Cyprus and Dubai). We plan to grow this network significantly and are continually taking on more staff to keep up with demand.
Our talented and enthusiastic team comprises:
- A Customer Services Team
- A Technical Team
- A Marketing Team
Our Management Team
Raj Kumar
Raj qualified in Hotel & Catering in 1987. Flyrite Travel, his first “start up” business was born in 1986 and grew from a small two man flight only operation into a successful flight, hotel and car sales machine employing in excess of 40 staff.
Using his now vast experience of the travel industry, in 1992, Raj opened The Destination Group, a prominent ‘tailor made’ Tour Operator which, by 2002, had developed into a leading online travel company under the brand of ‘Travel 4 Less’. Having reached a turnover of £60 Million, the company was sold in 2002 to Lastminute.com and Raj became a member of the Lastminute.com Executive Board.
Two years later he set up two separate businesses, Key 2 Holidays, a worldwide luxury Travel Company and Key 2 Dubai, a Dubai based property Sales and Management Company. Key 2 Holidays was sold to Western & Oriental Plc in 2007 and Raj took up a role on the Executive Board. Key 2 Dubai remains active in the Dubai property market and continues to service clients with new and existing investments in the region.
In addition to his role as Business Development Director at holidayrentalhomes.com , Raj currently manages several property investment portfolios in the UK and Europe .
Carl Davies
Carl graduated in 1985 with a degree in Economics and Public Administration from Royal Holloway, University of London. After gaining several years experience in Sales and Marketing for small businesses, he joined Procter and Gamble on the Graduate Sales and Marketing scheme in 1993. Having developed key skills and expertise, Carl, along with a number of colleagues set up and ran an International Consultancy helping organisations such as Diageo, Gillette & Pepsi-Co with their Sales and Marketing Strategies across the globe.
Carl has always had an interest in property investment and in 2008, having developed his own portfolio, set up a property investment company to bring the world of purchase and rental of residential and commercial overseas property to a wider audience. His involvement with Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson on Q Well Being , a unique accessible development which meets the needs of disabled and able bodied individuals & property investors in Cyprus, has given him invaluable experience in understanding and evaluating the needs of this important sector of the community.
Carl continues to be involved in the Cyprus property market and has a non-executive role with a Financial Planning consultancy that specialises in family & business risk protection.
Fiona Kumar
After a short career in nursing Fiona joined Flyrite Travel in 1989. Fiona co founded, managed & operated The Destination Group until its sale in 2002. She then took a break to concentrate on bringing up her family with part time involvement in Key2Dubai & Key2holidays. For a short time Fiona was based in Dubai and ran a subsidiary of Key2Dubai which involved renting and managing a portfolio of homes for short and medium term rental on behalf of clients who had invested via the sales arm of Key2Dubai. Since the sale of Key2Holidays she has continued with Key2Dubai property management on behalf of clients and also has extensive experience of holiday rental both in Dubai and Europe
