What was the name of Deborah Meaden's family holiday business before she joined Dragon's Den?

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Deborah Meaden's family holiday business was called Weststar Holidays before she joined Dragon's Den.

Meaden became involved in her family's holiday business and later helped build it into a substantial operation. Weststar Holidays was associated with holiday parks and leisure, giving her experience in consumer services and management before her television career.

She joined the Dragon's Den panel in 2006, after the programme had already launched. Her direct, commercially focused questioning soon made her one of the show's most recognisable investors.

Weststar Holidays is sometimes confused with Meaden's later investment portfolio or with the businesses she backed on the programme. The question asks for the company she was associated with before becoming a Dragon, not one of her televised investments.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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