Which holiday company did Dragon's Den investor Deborah Meaden sell in 2005?

Dragon's Den investor Deborah Meaden sold Weststar Holidays in 2005.

Weststar Holidays was a holiday business that Meaden had acquired and developed before becoming widely known through television. Selling the company formed part of the sequence of business deals that established her as a significant British entrepreneur.

Meaden later became one of the central investors on the UK version of Dragon's Den. Her portfolio and television appearances have made her strongly associated with travel, leisure, retail and consumer businesses. Weststar Holidays should not be confused with Thomas Cook or TUI, which are much larger travel groups with different corporate histories.

The 2005 sale is also notable because it occurred around the beginning of Meaden's Dragon's Den career. Her business background, rather than television alone, was the basis for her role as an investor assessing entrepreneurs and their companies.