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Eurocamp is a British holiday company based in Cheshire that provides pre-sited outdoor holidays in Europe to over 500,000 holidaymakers each year. The company works with third party partner campsites and holiday villages to offer beach, city and countryside holidays to over 180 parks across Europe, including France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg and Croatia.

As part of their holiday packages Eurocamp provide their own kids’ clubs as well as optional travel for holidaymakers, by Ferry, Eurotunnel or Plane.

History

Founded in 1973 by Alan Goulding in Knutsford, Cheshire, Eurocamp Travel Ltd sold pre-sited tent holidays to a single campsite in Brittany.

In 1981, Goulding sold the family-run business to retail group Combined English Stores, which was bought by Next plc in 1987. Throughout the 1980s, Eurocamp added a wider variety of locations and introduced mobile home accommodation for the first time.

In 1987 Eurocamp launched Eurocamp Independent, where vacationers bring their own camping equipment and motor homes but use other Eurocamp amenities.

Following a management buy-out in 1988, Eurocamp plc was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991. In the mid-1990s, Eurocamp expanded and diversified through several acquisitions outside the camping holiday sector, including the 1995 merger with Superbreak. In 1998, the Eurocamp plc acquired Keycamp Holidays and changed its name to Holidaybreak plc to reflect the more diverse nature of the Group. By that time, competitors Sunsites and French Country Camping had already been acquired. Airtours' camping product Eurosites was purchased in 2002. By then, few competitors remained, Haven being the largest. In 2011 global travel company Cox & Kings bought Holidaybreak plc, with Eurocamp the main part of its Camping Division. In 2014 Eurocamp was bought by Homair Vacances Group.

Holiday parks and resorts

There are currently 180 Eurocamp Resorts located across Europe.

Austria

* Salzburg: Sportcamp Woferlgut

* Styria: Bella Austria
* Tyrol: Natterer See

Croatia

* Istria County: Brioni Sunny, Lanterna, Park Umag, Simuni
* Å ibenik-Knin: Solaris Beach Resort
* Zadar County: Zaton Holiday Resort

France

* Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Aluna Vacances, Le Pommier, Le Ranc Davaine, La Ravoire, Le Belledonne, Les Fontaines, Les Ranchisses

* Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Domaine de Chalain, Le Val de Bonnal

* Brittany: Des Menhirs, Domaine des Ormes. L'Atlantique, La Baie, La Grande Métairie, Le Mané Guernehué, La Plage
* Centre-Val de Loire: Domaine de la Brèche, Le Parc de Fierbois
* Corsica: Marina d'Erba Rossa, Sole di Sari
* Hauts-de-France: La Croix du Vieux Pont
* Normandy: Château Lez Eaux, La Vallée
* Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Bel La Tranche-sur-Mer, Château de Fonrives, Château La Forêt, Cote D'Argent, Domaine d'Oléron, La Garangeoire, La Guyonnière, La Rive, Le Clarys Plage, Le Paradis, Le Pin Parasol, Le Ruisseau, Le Vieux Port, Le Village Western, Les Ecureuils, Oyam, Palmyre Loisirs, Pomport Beach, Saint Avit Loisirs, Sol a Gogo, Sylvamar
* Occitanie: Airotel Pyrénées, Aloha Village, Camping de la Plage, Club Farret, Club Le Napoleon, Criques de Porteils, Domaine de Massereau, Domaine de la Yole, Domaine Sainte Cécile, Hippocampe, La Chapelle, La Marina de Canet - Le Bosquet, La Sirène, Le Beach Garden, Le Bois de Valmarie, Le Brasilia, Le Front de Mer, Le Méditerranée Plage, Le Soleil de la Méditerranée,
* Picardie: Domaine de Drancourt, La Bien Assise Campsite
* Provence-Alpes-Côte d-Azur: Club Colombier, Domaine des Naiades, Esterel, Frejus, Holiday Marina Resort, La Baume, Les Lacs du Verdon, Les Prairies de la Mer

Germany

* Lower Saxony: Südsee
* Baden-Württemberg: Campingplatz Herbolzheim
* Bavaria: Gitzenweiler Hof

Luxembourg

* Mersch: Birkelt Village

Italy

* Elba: Ville Degli Ulivi
* Emilia-Romagna: Adriano, Spiaggia E Mare, Vigna sul Mar
* Friuli Venezia Giulia: Marina Julia
* Lazio: Baia Domizia, Fabulous Village
* Lombardy: Eden Village, Weekend Village
* Sardinia: Bella Sardinia
* Tuscany: Le Pianacce, Montescudaio, Norcenni Girasole Club, Park Albatros, Valle Gaia
* Veneto: Altomincio Village, Bella Italia, Butterfly Village, Ca'Savio, Cisano, Del Garda Village, Garden Paradiso, Marina di Venezia, Portofelice, Pra delle Torri, Residence Village, Sant'Angelo Village, Serenella, Union Lido

The Netherlands

* Friesland: Blaauw, T Hop
* Gelderland: De Twee Bruggen
* North Brabant: Beekse Bergen, Bospark 't Wolfsven, De Schatberg, TerSpegelt

* South Holland Duinrell, Koningshof
* Zeeland: Roompot Beach

Spain

* Barcelona: El Garrofer, Vilanova Park
* Cantabria: Playa Joyel
* Girona: Caballo de Mar, Cala Gogo, Canyelles, Castell Montgri, La Masia, Tucan Village
* Tarragona: Cambrils Park, La Torre del Sol, Playa Bara, Playa Montroig, Sanguli

Switzerland

* Interlaken: Manor Farm
* Lauterbrunnen: Jungfrau

International presence

Eurocamp has sales operations across 9 European territories; UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Poland.

References

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Travel and holiday companies of the United Kingdom
Hospitality companies established in 1973
Companies based in Cheshire
1973 establishments in England