The bungalow tents taken over by the bankrupt tourism organization Vacansoleil in Eindhoven have returned to Dutch hands. Last month it was announced that the tents would go together with the mobile homes at the French Homair. The company has now decided to resell the tents to the Dutch tourism organization Rent-a-Tent.
Vacansoleil went bankrupt last September because the company had too much debt. There was hope for a complete restart, but this did not happen. Instead, the name and customer base were sold to French online travel agency Maeva. Some employees have also moved.
A few months later it became clear that Homair, another French company, would take over the thousands of caravans, houses and tents. This seemed to give Vacansoleil’s camping empire a second life in French hands. But the Twente-based Rent-A-Tent company convinced Homair to resell most of the tents to him.
“We are also trying to bring as many Vacansoleil campsites back to the site as possible.”
French company Homair already has a large fleet of mobile homes and does less with tents. “You always have to set it up and take it down,” says Rent-a-Tent director Marieke de Boer. “We know that and they were interested in someone who wanted to take it off their hands.”
Dutch holidaymakers who previously booked luxury camping holidays with Vacansoleil can therefore still turn to a Dutch company. “We are also trying to bring as many campsites from the Vacansoleil offer back to the site as possible.”
Rent-a-Tent has been around for about 35 years. The Twente-based company currently has around 1,000 tents on campsites across Europe. Director De Boer expects about 750 tents to be added. With the acquisition the company says it will soon become the largest provider of this type of camping holiday in Europe.
In the near future, Rent-a-Tent will approach all campsites at home and abroad to cooperate. Furthermore, the company is still in talks with Homair to take over some of the luxury safari tents.
THIS HAPPENED AFTER THE BANKRUPTCY OF VACASOLEIL:
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2024-01-08 14:16:17
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