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In 2015, Bourne Leisure came fourth in the 100 Best Companies to Work For, a list generated in the UK by The Sunday Times newspaper. [10] In early 2021, Bourne Leisure was purchased by Blackstone. [11] Starwood provided a loan of £1.8 billion to facilitate the purchase, which was an estimated £3 billion. [12]
In October 2000, Bourne Leisure purchased part of the Rank Group's UK leisure arm, Rank Leisure, for £700 million, which included the Haven and its sister brand Haven Europe, now known as Siblu, Butlins, Warner Hotels and Oasis Forest Holiday Villages which were sold to Center Parcs.
Owner of Butlins Peter Harris (born March 1934) [ 1 ] is a British businessman. He is best known for founding Bourne Leisure in 1964 and the owner of Butlins from September 2022.
How to Land an Airbus A330 (In his book, May describes how one would go about escaping from a Butlins Holiday Camp). Hodder Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-340-99458-0. There have also been a number of children's fiction books which include Butlins as a location or an integral part of the story. For example: Richards, Frank (1961). Billy Bunter at Butlins.
Hafan y Môr (formerly the site of Butlin's Pwllheli) is a holiday camp located near Pwllheli in Wales.It is currently run by Haven Holidays.. In 1999 the camp became part of Haven Holidays, along with the Heads of Ayr camp, as part of an internal reorganisation within The Rank Group who, at the time, owned both Butlins and Haven (both have since been purchased by the owner of British Holidays ...
Caravans at the Haven site. The site was built in 1940 and opened as a Butlins camp in 1947. [1] In 1999, the camp became part of Haven Holidays, along with the Pwllheli camp, as part of an internal reorganisation within Bourne Leisure, which owned both Butlins and Haven.
Warner's was renamed Warner Leisure Hotels, departing from its holiday camp image. In early 2021, Bourne Leisure was acquired by The Blackstone Group. [1] In 2023, Warner added two hotels to its portfolio; Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club, near Edinburgh, its first hotel in Scotland and Forest of Arden Country Club, near Birmingham.
Park Resorts was created in March 2001 when CBPE (Close Brothers Private Equity), in partnership with a management buyout team of three led by David Vaughan, purchased twelve Haven freehold caravan parks from Bourne Leisure Ltd. The deal was finalised in May 2001 at a reported cost of £46 million. [2]