Pontins in Southport shall be shut from at the moment, the resort has confirmed. Bosses at the moment confirmed that that they had made the choice after ‘assessing the longer term viability of the park’.
In a press release on its web site, Pontins stated: “It is with nice unhappiness that we announce the closure of Pontins Southport Holiday Park. After assessing the longer term viability of the park, we’ve come to the troublesome determination to shut our doorways.
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“Unfortunately, because of this Pontins Southport Holiday Park shall be closing from Wednesday third January 2024. We apologise for any inconvenience triggered.”
The Southport resort not seems as a reserving choice on Pontins’ web site.
The Liverpool ECHO stories that it rang Pontins to try to ebook a vacation after receiving a variety of messages from its readers. The name handler stated Southport Pontins was “closed from at the moment”, the ECHO stories.
The organisers of Southport Weekender additionally launched a press release after they reported being instructed the vacation vacation spot has “closed its doorways with rapid impact”.
The assertion from Rave Kidz Family Rave, which runs the occasion, stated: “We have simply obtained an official electronic mail from Pontins informing us that Pontins Southport has closed it is doorways with rapid impact. We are nonetheless processing this information ourselves.
“Obviously with the recent closures of Prestatyn & Camber we have been fearful this will likely occur however we have been assured by the best folks in Pontins that the park could be open for us in February. We now have the duty of sorting this mess out.
“You are crucial folks to us proper now. So please bear with us whereas we work the whole lot out.
“Undoubtedly you’ll have plenty of questions which we wont have the solutions to simply but. But as soon as we do will let all ticket holders know. Don’t panic, go away it to us.”
Earlier this yr, Pontins introduced the closures of two different seaside resorts, Camber Sands and Prestatyn. Remaining Pontins websites embody Pakefield, Suffolk and Weston-super-Mare. In 2011, Pontins was introduced out of administration by Britannia Hotels for £20 million.
Last yr, it was named the worst worth vacation park within the UK by Which? with Camber Sands getting simply two out of 5 stars on-line.
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