Siblu (formerly Haven Europe) owns and operates 23 large family
holiday parks in
France
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and the
Netherlands
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. Siblu's holiday parks are located across
Normandy
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, the Brittany coastline, the west of France, the
Loire Valley, the
Mediterranean coast
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,
Zeeland
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and the
Wadden Sea
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. The parks have
Dutch
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French and
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staff and the facilities are aimed at families with a mix of accommodation such as mobile homes and chalets.
The sites are mainly classified 4 stars.
Siblu has two distinct activities: the rental of short or long stays in mobil-homes; The sale of mobile homes on its villages via an integrated turnkey offer, with the possibility of including rental management.
History
* 1975 - Start of sales activity in France as a tour operator under the name Freshfields (
The Rank Group
The Rank Group is a gambling company based in the United Kingdom. Rank was involved in the cinema and motion picture industry until 2006, and continues to use the Gongman logo originally used by the Rank Organisation's film distribution subsidi ...
).
* 1981 - The Haven brand (now known as Eurovax) buys the two open-air villages: Les Charmettes and Le Lac des Rêves.
* 1986 - Rank Group acquires Haven and therefore the two villages mentioned above (first parks owned) - Start of the sale of mobile homes.
* 1994 - Haven becomes Haven Europe (
The Rank Group
The Rank Group is a gambling company based in the United Kingdom. Rank was involved in the cinema and motion picture industry until 2006, and continues to use the Gongman logo originally used by the Rank Organisation's film distribution subsidi ...
).
* 1995 - Haven Europe buys Le Domaine de Kerlann .
* 1998 - Haven Europe buys Le Bois Masson and Le Bois Dormant.
* 1999 - Acquisition of 3 new villages: La Carabasse , La Pignade and La Réserve .
* 2000 - Rank Group sells Haven Europe to
Bourne Leisure
Bourne Leisure Holdings Limited is a British private company which owns a number of subsidiary undertakings operating in the leisure and holiday sectors in the United Kingdom including Haven Holidays and Warner Leisure Hotels.
Company structure
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.
* 2003 - Haven Europe is gradually changing its name. Coexistence of the two brand names: Haven Europe and Siblu for four years.
* 2004 - Bourne Leisure sells Siblu / Haven Europe to a group of English investors.
* 2006 - €150 million refinancing operation ( Hermes Private Equity )
* 2007 - Acquisition of four new villages: Domaine de Litteau and Le Montourey .
* 2008 - Two new acquisitions: Bonne Anse Plage and Les Sables du Midi .
* 2012 - Acquisition of the Rives de Condrieu, a campsite located in Rhône Alpes.
* 2014 - Won a silver award at the British Travel Awards in the category of best camping and mobile home company
* 2015 - Bought by
Stirling Square Capital Partners
* 2016 - Appointment of Simon Crabbe as President and CEO
* 2017 - Acquisition of Les Dunes de Contis in the Landes.
* 2018 - Acquisition of Mar Estang in the Pyrénées-Orientales and Le Conguel in Brittany.
* Late 2018 - Acquisition of Siblu's first Dutch holiday park: De Oase in Zeeland, the Netherlands.
* 2019 - Acquisition of a second Dutch holiday park: In de Bongerd in Zeeland, the Netherlands.
* Early 2020 - Acquisition of Lauwersoog holiday park in the north of the Netherlands.
Holiday parks
Siblu owns 20 parks in France and 3 in the Netherlands.
* ''Les Charmettes'' (
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kil ...
)
* ''Domaine de Soulac'' (
Aquitaine
Aquitaine ( , , ; oc, Aquitània ; eu, Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Aguiéne''), archaic Guyenne or Guienne ( oc, Guiana), is a historical region of southwestern France and a former administrative region of the country. Since 1 January ...
)
* ''Le Lac des Rêves'' (
Languedoc
The Province of Languedoc (; , ; oc, Lengadòc ) is a former province of France.
Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately ...
)
* ''Bonne Anse Plage'' (
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kil ...
)
* ''Les Pierres Couchées'' (
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique (; br, Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', br, Liger-Izelañ, link=no) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population o ...
)
* ''La Réserve'' (
Aquitaine
Aquitaine ( , , ; oc, Aquitània ; eu, Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Aguiéne''), archaic Guyenne or Guienne ( oc, Guiana), is a historical region of southwestern France and a former administrative region of the country. Since 1 January ...
)
* ''Domaine de Dugny'' (
Loir-et-Cher
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)
* ''Domaine de Kerlann'' (
Bretagne)
* ''Le Bois Masson'' (
Vendée
Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442. )
* ''La Carabasse'' (
Languedoc
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Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately ...
)
* ''Les Sables du Midi''(
Languedoc
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Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately ...
)
* ''La Pignade''
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kil ...
* ''Domaine de Litteau'' (
Calvados
Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears.
History In France
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)
* ''Le Bois Dormant'' (
Vendée
Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442. )
* ''Le Montourey'' (
French Riviera
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)
* ''Les Rives de Condrieu'' (
Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône an ...
)
* ''Les Dunes de Contis'' (
Aquitaine
Aquitaine ( , , ; oc, Aquitània ; eu, Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Aguiéne''), archaic Guyenne or Guienne ( oc, Guiana), is a historical region of southwestern France and a former administrative region of the country. Since 1 January ...
)
* ''Mar Estang'' (
Languedoc
The Province of Languedoc (; , ; oc, Lengadòc ) is a former province of France.
Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately ...
)
* ''Le Conguel'' (
Bretagne)
* ''De Oase'' (
Zeeland
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, anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem")
, image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg
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)
* ''In de Bongerd'' (
Zeeland
, nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge")
, anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem")
, image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg
, map_alt =
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)
* ''Lauwersoog'' (
Wadden Sea
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)
References
Tourism in France
French companies established in 1975
Transport companies established in 1975
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