Blairs Holiday Parks set for expansion following Melior Equity Partners investment [Video]

Blair’s Holiday Parks is to expand significantly following investment from private equity firm Melior Equity Partners.

Blair’s employs over 80 people in peak season and operates three parks in Portrush including Hilltop, Craigahulliar and Blair’s and Castlewood on the eastern shores of Lough Neagh.  

Blair’s has been a key component of the Northern Ireland family holiday and caravan accommodation sector since 1978 when Tom Blair, uncle of the current co-owner and managing director Colin Mayrs, first established the business.  

Mayrs will retain an equity stake in the business and will continue as Managing Director for an interim period while the senior leadership team will remain in their roles to oversee an ambitious expansion plan which will include the acquisition of new sites across Northern Ireland.  

A new Chairman, Tim Gibson, former Managing Director of Haven, one of the UK’s largest holiday park businesses, and former Executive Director of Away Resorts, a private equity backed, rapid growth holiday park business, …