WATERGATE BUYS SANDS

Watergate Bay Hotel has acquired Sands Resort in Porth.

Watergate plans to turn the 72-bed site into a “new kind of self-catering holiday experience”, which it will operate under its Beach Retreats brand.

A bespoke-designed collection of studios and apartments, work has just got underway for 24 new lodges to be built on the 11-acre site.

Will Ashworth, chief executive of Watergate Bay Hotel, says: “The domestic tourism market is changing. Following the seismic

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Hendra Holiday Park has appointed a new director.

Tom May is a third-generation family member of the business, which has been owned by the same family throughout its 50 years in business, following in the footsteps

Meanwhile, SAS’s twice weekly link to Copenhagen is also set to return this June.

Amy Smith, head of commercial at Cornwall Airport Newquay, commented: “SAS joined us in 2019 and witnessed exceptional success when the carrier linked us to the Nordic nation for the first time.

“Resuming the Copenhagen service will not only enhance the variety of destinations we offer our customers once again, but also re-open the Star Alliance network of over 70 onward destinations in Europe, Asia, and North America.” shift of 2020-21, many self-catering holidaymakers want more from their coastal breaks than solitude and similarity – but to date it’s a demand which has not truly been met in this sector. Through Beach Retreats we’re looking to change this and put Cornwall at the helm of the self-catering evolution.”

Sands Resort was opened by Nicholas Malcolm, in the 1970s as the first purposebuilt family resort in Cornwall and, now retiring, is pleased to pass the baton to Watergate Bay Hotel.

He said: “Sands is very special to me, the hotel, the team, our guests. Retiring from something that has been such a significant part of my life has been a huge decision but is made easier by the knowledge that Watergate’s vision for the future carries on the legacy of innovation that has been the hallmark of my 45 years at Sands.” of Rebecca May, Robert May, Janine Hyatt, Bob Hyatt, Jon Hyatt and finance director Will Dexter.

MD Jon Hyatt said: “We’re committed to maintaining Hendra as a local family business for many generations to come. Appointing another third generation family member, Tom as director, helps us to strengthen the family business and continue with the family name.”