Which business did Deborah Meaden acquire before becoming a Dragon on the UK show Dragons' Den?

Deborah Meaden acquired Weststar Holidays before becoming a Dragon on the UK show Dragons' Den.

Weststar Holidays was a family holiday business that Meaden bought and developed during her career as an entrepreneur. Her experience in leisure, tourism and consumer businesses helped establish the commercial profile she later brought to the television panel.

Meaden joined Dragons' Den in the programme's third series and became one of its longest-serving and most recognisable investors. Her earlier work is sometimes overshadowed by her television career, which can lead to confusion with businesses founded or owned by other Dragons. Weststar Holidays is the specific company connected with this stage of her biography.

The fact concerns an acquisition before her television role, not a company she funded during a pitch. That distinction matters because the programme has featured hundreds of businesses, while Meaden's own business history includes ventures outside the Den.