West Midlanders Ron and Margaret Brace fell in love with Seven Oak Holiday Home Park at Coedway, between Shrewsbury and Welshpool, the first time they saw it last year. Now, a year later, they have been appointed as managers of the award winning, five star park and have set themselves a target of making...
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The return of ospreys to a Mid Wales nature reserve this spring has delighted the managers of an award-winning caravan park next door.
Dave and Jayne Hollingworth, managers of Morben Isaf Holiday Home and Touring Park at Derwenlas, near Machynlleth, are supporting the Dyfi Osprey Project by providing accommodation for use by staff supervising the...
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The Camping and Caravanning Club has reached an agreement with Forest Holidays to manage its campsites from 2011.
The Club, which already has 110 Club Sites and almost half-a-million members, will be responsible for running the entire site operations, including reservations. Forest Holidays currently has 20 picturesque caravan and camping sites on Forestry Commission land...
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Organisers of the Boat and Caravan Show, which came to a close at the NEC Birmingham on Sunday, siad that the event reflected an industry leading the way out of business gloom, with record orders reported by exhibitors.
Attracting a visitor attendance of 83,364 (this figure excludes exhibitors and press and is subject to ABC...
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On the back of record first day sales at this year’s Boat and Caravan Show Bailey of Bristol yesterday (Thursday 25 February) announced that they had committed to next year’s Boat and Caravan Show with a stand 40% larger than this year. At over 2,000m2, the Bailey stand will be the largest in the...
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Site owners looking to move into the lodge/camping rental market now have a new alternative with a timber lodge product made by Fife-based Microlodge UK.
Microlodges are suitable for sleeping a family of four, with a ‘built in’ double bunk and two single bunks. During daytime each microlodge will easily seat eight. Bespoke versions feature...
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The Boat & Caravan Show, which is the UK’s largest outdoor leisure show, is bucking the trend in exhibitions being one of very few that is set to grow in size in 2010 by 5%.
In 2009, the show comprised five halls but in 2010, due to high demand for space, the wide spectrum of...
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