Park Resorts are one of Britain’s biggest holiday operators and Parkdean are up there among the most popular too and today the news has been announced that the two operators are to merge, creating the UK’s biggest holiday park chain expected to serve almost 2 million customers a year.
We keep hearing good things about the UK holiday industry recently and this merger is only going to be good news for British holidays in general, creating what is likely to be the backbone of the UK holiday industry. A takeover for Parkdean has been on the cards for a while and the company really couldn’t have fallen into better hands.
Parkdean has 24 parks around the UK , mainly in the South of England and Scotland, and added to Park Resorts 49 parks, the larger company will dominate the self-catering holiday market.
Both companies have faced difficulties in the past. Parkdean has been around since 1999 and was started by a single park, the brand has been up for buyout for quite some time now. Park Resorts started life as a buyout, taking 12 parks from Bourne Leisure in 2001 and with 49 parks today the company has gone from strength to strength.
While it may seem like a lot of caravan parks, there are over 3,000 parks in all around the UK so the merged company will only take a small slice of the market, but this will still leave them as Britain’s biggest operators, and while the British holiday industry is booming, we’re only expecting good things and more investment in the coming years.
By: Kath Cross
