Interview with TV’S KERRY ROY
Kerry Roy is the founder of the renowned Camp Kátur, which was established in Spring 2013 and has grown organically from 6 to 17 plus different types of accommodation, hosts unique woodland weddings, annual festivals and much more. In 2019, Kerry Roy opened a sister site, Cerchio Del Desiderio Glamping Retreat in the region of Abruzzo, central Italy. Having been on a number of TV programs, most recently Kerry appeared on Channel 4’s “A New Life in the Sun”, documenting her work at Cerchio Del Desiderio. International Glamping Business Publisher Steph Curtis-Raleigh caught up with Kerry to ask a few questions about the show and the future. Did you have any idea what was going to be shown?
How did this opportunity come about?
They were filming me from June until October last year, so there was a lot that went in there and there was a lot that wasn't shown because I had too much content. Because it was so long and I didn’t see any of the edits, I did forget a lot, so you do sometimes get concerned about what you said about your team. I've done TV before, but it's usually been generalised about the business or a festival that we've worked on, but this time it was a lot more personal, so for me the nerves were definitely kicking in to watch the first scene.
A friend had posted that the company were looking for people in Italy. It was their first time actually filming in Italy as they've always done France and Spain historically. I thought that it was a great opportunity because I feel like I’ve got a good story, especially with the site being the first glamping in central Italy of its kind.
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What are the pitfalls of letting the cameras follow you in a reality show like this? The amount of time it takes up was a lot,
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especially when you’re busy. Those that watched the program last week saw there were a lot of things that kept coming up, like staff not being able to work and other pressures and I really could have done with the camera not being on me at that time.
Do you think it was a fair representation of your life running a glamping site single-handedly most of the time? Yes, it was at that time, but it wouldn't be now. Obviously, that's not a representation of how I run Camp Kátur because I’ve got a team in place that have been there many
