Major £550k investment for holiday park in Skegness

A major £550,000 investment will see caravans upgraded and facilities renovated at a holiday park in Skegness
Caravans are to be upgraded and facilities renovated in plans for Southview Leisure Centre.Caravans are to be upgraded and facilities renovated in plans for Southview Leisure Centre.
Caravans are to be upgraded and facilities renovated in plans for Southview Leisure Centre.

Parkdean Resorts, has announced the plans for Southview Holiday Park, as part of an £80million investment in its business nationwide.

In total, 17 brand new caravans will be introduced to replace old fleet, while money has also been invested to renovate the restaurant and outdoor dining spaces, as well as extend and improve the arcade.

Southview Holiday Park employs almost 200 staff in season, and the Park is currently hiring for a number of seasonal roles across sales, food and beverage, and housekeeping.

Parkdean Resorts is the UK’s largest operator of caravan, lodge, cabin, glamping and camping holiday resorts, and was named Best UK Family Holiday Company 2019 at the British Travel Awards.

The company’s most recent financial results showed like-for-like revenue for 2019 at Parkdean Resorts was up 5% to £453.2million.

Steve Richards, Chief Executive of Parkdean Resorts, said: “We’ve made great progress in the last year and our success is down to the passion of our teams in helping to deliver great holiday experiences for our customers. We want to build on momentum in 2020, so we’re on the lookout for vibrant people to join our teams at our Lincolnshire parks.”

The investment in Southview Holiday Park is part of the company’s largest ever annual investment in its estate, to deliver holiday parks that provide inter-generational family fun and freedom for its holiday homeowners and holiday guests.

In total, £5.8M will be invested in 2020 in a pilot ‘parks of the future’ initiative in four locations to create state-of-the-art amenities including accommodation, park facilities and kids’ activity-based entertainment such as the Bear Grylls Survival Academy.

Parkdean is also investing more than £13million to provide free high-speed Wi-Fi in every caravan and lodge across all 67 of its parks across Great Britain – an industry first.

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