Holiday Snaps - John Bunn

Boasting state-of-the art facilities including a 10 pin bowling alley, indoor sports area, a new outdoor pool, a bar and restaurant plus a beautiful new lounge and 1,400 seater Show Bar, John Bunn, Managing Director at Bunn Leisure, wants to continue to make serious waves in the industry…

What do you enjoy most about your job?
The variety in the type of work, as no day is ever the same.

What’s been the landmark moment of your career?
Completing the coastal works that now protect our business. It has created some incredible beaches and habitat as a by-product. How do you see the holiday park industry at the moment? I think it has been undervalued as part of the British tourism industry, but it is now starting to make its mark! It has been much sought after as an investment vehicle, but I feel that this could be the root cause of some of the industry issues that are starting to surface.

What are the biggest challenges facing the sector?
Reputation as a bucket and spade holiday when in fact Holiday Home Ownership is a luxury costing anything from between £16,995 to £249,995.

What’s the best piece of business advice that you have been given? And by whom?
Never worry about what someone else is paid and never turn away a salesman who will earn £100k a year, because if you have structured his pay correctly, he will earn 10 times that for your business! Cecil Redfern

Where do you go on holiday?
Caribbean generally to relax, or the Alps, but I need to expand the horizons and learn to take all my holidays now the major projects are complete.

Final thoughts?
Although a small independent, we are one of the biggest caravan holiday parks in the world so we haven’t gone unnoticed by the big players in the industry. We have and continue to make serious waves in the industry and have been the apple of many eyes over the years.