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PrivateFor profitLeisure, Travel & TourismBurton on Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Riviera Travel

Riviera Travel is a overseas escorted tour and river cruise companies.

Founded
1984
42 years ago
Staff
51-100
349 on LinkedIn
Followers
9k
on LinkedIn
Funding
$165M
as listed, USD

Riviera Travel celebrates 40 years of providing high quality escorted tours and river cruises plus offering unrivalled value for money. We are incredibly passionate about our holidays and service, and our people both in the UK and overseas are dedicated to ensuring that we meet and indeed exceed the expectations of our discerning and loyal customers. From our roots organising simple coach trips to Paris, we have evolved to be Britain’s largest overseas escorted tour operator with a turnover in excess of… Read all

Riviera Travel celebrates 40 years of providing high quality escorted tours and river cruises plus offering unrivalled value for money. We are incredibly passionate about our holidays and service, and our people both in the UK and overseas are dedicated to ensuring that we meet and indeed exceed the expectations of our discerning and loyal customers. From our roots organising simple coach trips to Paris, we have evolved to be Britain’s largest overseas escorted tour operator with a turnover in excess of £100million, offering a fascinating range of holidays and experiences spread across four Continents. We have now established ourselves as the largest operator in the UK and experiencing stellar growth. The business is highly focused on delivering high quality product representing excellent value for money combined with ‘best in market’ service and high levels of efficiency. Riviera Travel is the most dynamic company in its sector, targeting the over 55 demographic which provides a robust and growing market for the future.

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Size

1-1011-5051-100101-250251-500501-10001k-5k5k-10k10k+

51-100 people: larger than 75% of companies with a size listed. 349 people list it on LinkedIn.

Age

198419002026

42 years old.

Reach

Website ranked #269,031 in the world for traffic, about 150k visits a month. 8,980 followers on LinkedIn.

What it does

LeisureTourismTravel

What it is known for

travel arrangementsheritage destinationscustomer satisfactionheritage city toursheritage and culturefull board diningsolo travelu.s. market expansioneuropean waterwaysluxury shipsluxury cruise amenitiesyacht cruisesriver cruise rebrandingvalue travelfrench balconiespremium service

What its website runs on

Google Search ConsoleApple Business ManagerCloudFlare CDNCloudflare DNSApple School ManagerAdestraMailChimpMicrosoft Email ProvidersMicrosoft Exchange OnlineMimecastOutlookMicrosoft ExchangeMicrosoft 365Microsoft 365 Apps & ServicesMonday.comTwilioAnthropic ClaudeDocuSign

Funding, as listed

$165M raised in total

  • Rounds1
  • LatestDebt financing, Mar 2025
  • Latest amountUSD 160,964,655

What the source datasets report. We have not watched these rounds ourselves.

Annual revenue$271M
FoundersMichael Wright
Part ofSilverfleet Capital
NAICS56151, 561520, 487210

Every detail we hold

Everything the source datasets list about Riviera Travel, field by field. Contact details are held but never shown.

The company

Name
Riviera Travel
Type
For profit
Status
Private
Founded
1984
Founders
Michael Wright
Industry
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Categories
Leisure, Tourism, Travel

Where

City
Burton on Trent
Region
Staffordshire
Country
United Kingdom
Markets
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Size and reach

Staff band
51-100
People on LinkedIn
349
LinkedIn followers
8,980
Web traffic rank
#269,031
Monthly web visits
150,232
Annual revenue
$271M

Funding, as listed

Total
$165,000,000 USD
Rounds
1
Latest round
Debt financing
Latest round date
Mar 2025
Latest amount
160,964,655 USD
Listing status
private

Corporate family

Part of
Silverfleet Capital
Parent website
silverfleetcapital.com

Classification

NAICS
56151, 561520, 487210
SIC
7999
Keywords
16 listed, shown above
Technologies
18 detected, shown above

About this record

Sources
Crunchbase, LinkedIn, Apollo
Last imported
Sept 2026

Growth, as the source summarises it

Riviera Travel may be growing as evidenced by a reported trade sales growth of 50% and a 134% increase in trade river cruise sales year-on-year. The company has also been actively expanding its team, with the appointment of new key account managers and plans to recruit three more, indicating an investment in its workforce to support further growth. Additionally, Riviera Travel has launched new 29-day combination itineraries, suggesting an expansion of its product offerings to meet customer demand.

Summaries written by the source dataset, not by us, and not checked.

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