Blackstone Inc. agreed to sell British seaside holiday resorts operator Butlins back to a former owner, the Harris family -- also a partner in the US private-equity giant’s larger UK Bourne ...

Tourists 'ran in terror' after a 90mph tornado flattened a popular Butlin's resort, uprooting trees from the ground and ...

Roy Williams spent more than 30 years at the Butlins camp The son-in-law of Sir Billy Butlins has returned to his native Barry to set up home on the site of a demolished Butlins camp where he worked ...

The Skegness Esplanade and Tower Gardens, Lincolnshire is where Billy Butlin opened his first Butlins holiday camp in 1936 THE UK’s first Butlins holiday camp has become a Grade II Listed ...

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Holiday camp chain Butlins has announced a major refurbishment. Best known for its 1950s 'Hi-de-Hi' image, the company is looking to leave the past behind with a £16m investment in new 'mum ...

Butlins holiday camp in Skegness opened in 1936, and quickly became a huge hit with Brits It's known as the Blackpool of the East Coast and now photos have revealed just how the first Butlins in ...

A university has teamed up with a Butlins holiday camp - to offer degrees in becoming a Redcoat. Students will learn the skills needed to entertain campers, from singing, dancing and performing to ...

Des O'Connor's career has spanned TV, stage and music over five decades. Before finding fame, he was a Butlins red coat, a holiday camp entertainer who wears the designated jacket. The red coats ...

Staff at a Butlins holiday camp are being quizzed in the hunt for a sex attacker who has targeted four women in separate incidents, police said today. Detectives said more than 100 male staff at ...

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