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Landal announces Jeremy Hipkiss as MD
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Holiday resort operator Landal has announced that Jeremy Hipkiss has succeeded former Landal UK managing director Paul Hardingham.
Evergreen Escapes group announces appointment of former Awaze CEO
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Holiday resorts and leisure destination operator Evergreen Escapes has announced the appointment of Geoff Cowley as its new CEO.
Sykes Holiday Cottages partners with Landal
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Sykes Holiday Cottages has partnered with holiday park operator Landal to expand its UK holiday park portfolio, adding more than 1,200 properties across 23 parks to its booking platform.
ParkBooker raises AU$600k in pre-seed funding
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: ParkBooker, an independent online travel agent that is aiming to “make camping, holiday and caravan park bookings as easy to discover and book as hotels”, has raised $600,000 in an oversubscribed pre-seed round.
Pontins issues apology over Irish Traveller discrimination
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: British holiday park operator Pontins has apologised to Irish Travellers and the Gypsy community for previously refusing to allow guests with surnames of Irish descent to stay at its parks.
Seventy Ninth Group launches £500m bond for holiday parks
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Asset management firm Seventy Ninth Group has launched a £500 million real estate bond in order to fund to acquisition and development of leisure and holiday parks across the UK.
Software solution Elite Dynamics secures £5m in investment
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Elite Dynamics, a specialist management software solution for the holiday home, holiday park and marina industries, has secured £5 million in investment.
Pontins closes third holiday park in a month
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: British holiday park operator Pontins has shut its site close to Southport in Merseyside – its third park closure in the space of a month.
Pontins closes two UK parks with immediate effect
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: British holiday park operator Pontins has closed two of its parks, in Prestatyn, Denbighshire in North Wales, and Camber Sands in East Sussex, “with immediate effect”.
Seventy Ninth Group to buy two holiday parks in Scotland
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Southport-based asset management company Seventy Ninth Group has agreed terms to buy two holiday parks in Scotland for acquisition and subsequent redevelopment.