Group
History Timeline 10 April 2000
- 3X DISTRIBUTORS is established to offer Media,
Marketing and Fulfillment Services to
independent periodical publishers and grows
quickly following distribution deals with
companies such as GoGo Publications and Fat Boy Corporation. 01
July 2000 - 3X TELECOM launches offering
Non-Geographical Memorable Numbering Solutions
to the events and music industry after signing
deals with brands like Garage Fever, Crop Of Da
Crop and Event Horizon to name but a few,
shortly after Premium Rate Services are added to
complement our services to 3X DISTRIBUTORS
growing customer base of independent publishers
such as The Pen Society and Caress. 10 November 2000
- 3X MEDIA launches to handle our PR, Marketing,
Media Buying and Web Development in house prior
to expanding to take on non-group customers. 12
April 2003 - Sees 3X
TELECOM enter the fast growing Discounted
International Calls market with
CheappCalls2U. 01
July 2003 - 3X TRAVEL launches initially as
a travel agent selling Package Holidays and UK
Breaks for tour operators doing international
concert packages, festive shopping breaks, city
breaks and cruises. 05 March 2004 - 3X
TRAVEL re-launches as an
independent direct-sell tour operator to the
Channel Islands and begins to thrive in a market
that at the time was served by in excess of 12
other established tour operators. 01
February 2005 - 3X TRAVEL
launches standalone travel sites for British
Isles holidays with SeaJersey, SeaGuernsey,
SeaHerm, SeaAlderney, SeaSark, SeaManx,
SeaScilly and SeeWight going live. 01 May 2005 -
3X BET launches as a white-label iGaming
business and as one of the first companies to
see the momentum that iGaming is making in the
betting market quickly thrives. 31 October
2005 - We officially re-brand as the 3X
GROUP from 3X DISTRIBUTORS to better reflect the massive expansion we've gone through since
launching and the number of different areas the
company now trades in. 02 January 2008
- After 7 highly successful years of trading the
sees Beauport Enterprises Limited registered as
the ultimate holiday company for the 3X GROUP. 09
May 2008 - 3X
FINANCE launches after teaming up with Card One
Banking to offer non-status bank account and
shortly after add home owner loans with leading
lender Nemo Loans. 13 June 2008 -
Spotting a gap in the fast growing Energy
Comparison Market we team up with Energylynx to
launch 3X ENERGY one of the first white-label
energy sites in the UK. 01
September 2008 - 3X TRAINS launches to offer
Charter Train Services to Tour Operators,
Sporting Groups and Social Clubs working with
the leading independent charter train operators. 24
December 2008 - Sees the launch of a new
Hospitality division 3X HOTELS and
3X INNS with
a view to acquire either freehold or leasehold
sites for our growing travel business. 27
December 2004 - 3X
DATING launches as we enter the fast growing and
hugely lucrative Online Dating market. 10
April 2010 - Sees 3X GROUP celebrate 10 years
of business and continue to thrive. 02
January 2011 - FLY 3X was established with a
view to launching direct flights between
Jersey
and
Poland
but issues with charter partners and slow up
take saw the project placed on hold 05 May
2011 - 3X MOBILE was established to
negotiate the purchase of Jersey Post MVNO Me:Mo
which had been a JV with Airtel-Vodafone talks
were unsuccessful and the venture was put on
hold. 3X GROUP
may one day enter the offshore MVNO space. 08 June
2011 - Sees the 3X GROUP acquire their first
business a national newspaper the DAILY SPORT
out of administration. This iconic British media
brand had been in print since October 1991. 15
August 2011 - Sees the DAILY SPORT re-launch
online and spun-off into a new separate company
DAILY SPORT LIMITED which is still owned by our
founder and sole shareholder. 01 October
2011 - 3X LOTTO we launch one of the worlds
first €25 Million daily draw lotteries with
our partner Maltese licensed iGaming operator
PlayOtto and go live with Daily Sport Lotto for
our owners sister business the recently acquired
national newspaper DAILY
SPORT. 07 February
2013 - Sees the launch of a new Mobile
Casino FONESINO and merge with
3X BET to
re-brand as FONESINO but retained with in the
wider 3X
GROUP. 22 April 2013 - See the 3X
GROUP and our owners other Intellectual Property
operations spun-off into a standalone business DESIGNER
IP who handle registration, enforcement,
sale and acquisition in-house and for
third-parties. 01 December
2013 - Sees 3X DISTRIBUTORS merge with our
recently launched sister company UK
READER PROMOTIONS who have already made great inroads
into the reader offers market working not only
with Daily Sport but also leading national media
brands like Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Mail
Shop. 27 March 2014 - Sees 3X GROUP
purchase our second major brand when 3X TRAVEL
acquired the entire travel assets of the Channel Island's
largest and longest established tour operator
PRESTON TRAVEL (CI) plus parent company PRESTON
TRAVEL GROUP HOLDINGS and who had been established since
1960 and owned numerous other tour operators
such as Jersey Travel Service, Guernsey Travel
Service, Isle of Man Travel Service, Isles of
Scilly Travel Service, Isle of Wight Travel,
Peltours, Longwood Holidays, One Step Holidays,
Med Beach Holidays & Value Breaks. 01
June 2014 3X TRAVEL merges with
PRESTON HOLIDAYS
and is re-branded PRESTON HOLIDAYS to further
cement our growing position with in the Jersey
and Guernsey holiday market with just a handful
of operators left in the market since we
launched in 2003. 20 January 2015 -
Sees
PRESTON HOLIDAYS
strengthen their core holidays business by
adding the established HOLIDAYS
FIRST brand to their portfolio. 10 May 2017 - Sees 3X
TELECOM acquire hosting business VALEN
and add hosting to our growing offering. 10 April 2020 - Yet
another milestone for the 3X GROUP as we
celebrate 20 years of business and continue to
grow and both acquire and launch new businesses
across the group. 05 June 2022 - Sees PRESTON
HOLIDAYS add a raft established tour
operator brands adding ACE
LEISURECARE, BREAKS4LESS,
BRITISH
TRAVEL SERVICE, HOLIDAY
CITY SUPERSTORE, KWIK
TRAVEL and TRAVELCALL
to thier existing stable of well known travel
brands. 03 September 2021 -
Sees
PRESTON HOLIDAYS acquire and amalgamate the Travelsmith,
FlyJersey, FlyGuernsey, Alderney Holidays,
Islanders Holidays and Jersey&Guernsey
brands following the closure of rival operator
TRAVELSMITH in July 2021. 26 January
2022 - Sees PRESTON
HOLIDAYS acquire ITC
GROUP TRAVEL a leading UK package holiday
wholesaler to UK Coach Operators and Group Tour
Organisers and expand into the Group Tours
market. 01 April 2022
- Sees PRESTON HOLIDAYS launch the
IRELAND
TRAVEL SERVICE brand as a Channel Islands
outbound direct-sell tour operator offering
FlyDirect breaks from Jersey and Guernsey to
Dublin. 01 August 2022 - We officially
launch 3X INNS a Channel Islands based Pubco to
acquire Jersey and Guernsey based freehold
hospitality sites to either re-brand under one
of our in-house hospitality concepts or lease to existing tenants on a tied supply
deal with one of our leading brewery partners. 01
February 2023 - Sees the 3X
GROUP acquire a 24.9% stake in FAWNSTARS a new breed in content
creator platform with deals to supply Numbering
Solutions, Ready-made Premium Rates Services,
Ready-made SMS Services, Payments and Online Dating via
3X TELECOM. 03 March 2023 - Sees
3X INNS
make their first acquisition in Jersey the
Gloster Vaults pub in St.Helier adjacent to
Jersey's famous Opera House from Liberation
Group the Channel Islands leading brewing and
pubco. 01 May 2023 - Sees the re-launch
of 3X FINANCE as the Online Payments business of
3X TELECOM offering a vast array of payment
services through a number of operators including
Online Payments, Open Banking, Crypto Payments, Carrier
Billing, Reverse Billing and more. And will soon
be adding a range of Pre-Paid Credit and Debit
Cards to major content creator platforms to
enable faster and more secure outpayments to
creators. 23 May 2023 - Sees 3X
GROUP venture into the world of Sports
Promotion and Management with the launch of 3X
BOXING a brand new promotional outfit to
promote both professional and influencer boxing
across the UK and Europe. 20 July 2023
- Sees 3X
GROUP go back to our founders roots and
venture into the Amusement Industry with the
launch of 3X
AMUSEMENTS to acquire and operate Amusments
Machines, AGC's (Adult Gaming Centres) &
FEC's (Family Entertainment Centres) in the UK
and Channel Islands. 24 July 2023
- Sees 3X
BOXING obtain a boxing promoters and
managers license from the Professional Boxing
Association (PBA) who globally are the main
licensing body for all the Infulencer &
Crossover Bouts around the world.
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