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Groupe Pierre & Vacances Center Parcs (French pronunciation: [ɡʁup pjɛʁ e vakɑ̃s sɑ̃tœʁ paʁk]) specializes in tourism services, providing holiday and entertainment villages, leisure activity residences and hotels under the brands Pierre & Vacances, Maeva, Center Parcs, [3] Sunparks, and Adagio (the last in partnership with Accor).
Center Parcs Europe N.V. (formerly Center Parcs) is a European network of holiday villages that was founded in the Netherlands in 1968, and is currently operated by Pierre & Vacances. History [ edit ]
Center Parcs may refer to: Center Parcs UK and Ireland, a short-break holiday company based in the United Kingdom and Ireland; Center Parcs Europe, a short-break ...
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In July 1987, [5] Center Parcs opened its first UK resort at Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. At that time, "Center Parcs" (under that name, with no regional qualifier) was a single global company owning both UK and continental European resorts. In 1989 it opened its second village in the UK at Elveden Forest. [4]
The project, near Hawick, promises an investment of £350m and could create 1,200 jobs.
On 13 November 2008 Center Parks Europe announced that they would continue with a two-brand-strategy: Center Parcs and Sunparks. This was an easy decision because Sunparks was inspired on Center Parcs. Center Parcs would contain the 5 star parks, and Sunparks would contain the 3 and 4 star parks.
Piet Derksen (February 15, 1913 in Rotterdam – 24 February 1996 in Westerhoven) was a Dutch businessman best known as the founder of Center Parcs. A devout Catholic , he was also a philanthropist donating all his fortune to various causes.