Siblu (formerly Haven Europe) owns and operates 23 large family holiday parks in

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and the

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. Siblu's holiday parks are located across

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, the Brittany coastline, the west of France, the Loire Valley, the

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. The parks have

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, French and

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speaking 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 (

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). * 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 (

). * 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

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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'' (

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) * ''Domaine de Soulac'' (

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) * ''Le Lac des Rêves'' (

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) * ''Bonne Anse Plage'' (

) * ''Les Pierres Couchées'' (

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) * ''La Réserve'' (

) * ''Domaine de Dugny'' (

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) * ''Domaine de Kerlann'' ( Bretagne) * ''Le Bois Masson'' (

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) * ''La Carabasse'' (

) * ''Les Sables du Midi''(

) * ''La Pignade''

* ''Domaine de Litteau'' (

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) * ''Le Bois Dormant'' (

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) * ''Le Montourey'' (

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) * ''Les Rives de Condrieu'' (

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) * ''Les Dunes de Contis'' (

) * ''Mar Estang'' (

) * ''Le Conguel'' ( Bretagne) * ''De Oase'' (

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) * ''In de Bongerd'' (

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) * ''Lauwersoog'' (

)

References

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