BIG4 Holiday Parks, stylised BIG4, is a network of holiday parks that are located throughout Australia. Parks offer various accommodation, including cabins, caravan and camping sites, and even glamping facilities.
BIG4 Holiday Parks is known for being family friendly. Many parks contain facilities that include jumping pillows, splash or water parks, mini-golf facilities and swimming pools.
The Wiggles
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wrote a song for BIG4 as part of the companies’ major partnership
BIG4's headquarters are in
Melbourne
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, Victoria.
History
The company began in 1979 in the
Victorian city of
Ballarat
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where four independent
caravan park
Caravan or caravans may refer to:
Transport and travel
*Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together
**Caravanserai, a place where a caravan could stop
*Camel train, a convoy using camels as pack animals
*Convoy, a group of veh ...
owners united to form the BIG4 brand. As of 2021, BIG4 has more than 180 holiday parks all over Australia, including in capital and major regional cities.
In 2017, BIG4 implemented a new business model and franchise arrangements.
In 2020, one of BIG4's founders, Desmond Watts, was recognised for his outstanding service to the tourism accommodation sector with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Mr Watts received this distinction as part of the Queen's Birthday Honour's List in June.
Accommodation types
BIG4 parks offer a range of accommodation styles including cabins, caravan and RV sites, and camping spots. Some parks have capitalised on the emerging glamping trend, too. The majority of the parks have pet-friendly accommodation
and associated facilities.
See also
*
List of hotels
This is a list of hotel-related list articles.
By type
* List of casino hotels
* List of chained-brand hotels
* List of largest hotels
* List of tallest hotels
By country
*Hotels are indexed by country in alphabetical order and are mainly fiv ...
*
List of motels
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References
External links
* {{Official website
Hospitality companies of Australia
Transport companies established in 1979
1979 establishments in Australia