Imaginations run wild at Butlins this half term
Released on: February 15, 2012, 9:27 am
Author:
Butlins
Industry:
Travel
In a quest to show how magical reading can be, Butlins is
welcoming some of the UK’s best-loved children’s authors to its resorts
in Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness this February half term.
Butlins is joining World Book Day celebrations to give families the exclusive
opportunity to meet children’s authors Holly Web and the Alien Invaders crew for
special readings and super fun activity sessions.
14th February 2012, 10.30am: Holly Web, author of the Animal Magic and Animal
Stories series was at Bognor Regis on 14th February to charm youngsters with a
reading of Magic Molly: The Clever Little Kitten – a specially published book for
World Book Day. Young fans had the chance to quiz Holly on her inspiration behind
the cute furry characters.
15th February 2012, 11.30am: The power of the universe is coming to Butlins in
Skegness on 15th February as the authors behind the Max Silver Alien Invaders series
host an activity session that’s out of this world. The exhilarating event will be
packed with readings, alien costumes, games and non-stop space fun.
On 16th February, Butlins Minehead is joining World Book Day celebrations to
captivate kids’ imaginations with swizfiggling stories and time-twiddling tales. The
exhilarating event will be packed with readings and performances from Roald Dahl’s
Dirty Beasts and Revolting Rhymes – fairytales with a fun twist.
Hosted by The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, there will be plenty of
opportunity for audience participation and hands-on fun.
The session is FREE and starts at 10:30am. If you’re not already booked in to
Butlins Minehead for a half term break, visit www.butlins.com or call 0845 070 4730 to book a day pass.
Matt Rake, Head of Entertainment at Butlins, said: “Butlins is all about creating
magical moments for families, so we’re thrilled to be joining forces with World Book
Day to help let children’s imaginations run wild this half-term. Roald Dahl’s
classic tales are really inspirational - and the perfect way to get children
discovering the fun of reading.”
To help kick-start story time this spring, Butlins has already distributed 180,000
World Book Day £1 Book Tokens to families across the UK, giving kids the chance to
read for free.
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Notes to editors:
Butlins has three beachside resorts, Bognor Regis (West Sussex), Minehead (Somerset)
and Skegness (Lincolnshire) and welcomes around 1.5m guests per year.
Butlins won the Tourism and Leisure Training Team Award as well as the Overall
Winner Award in the Training Team categories at the Customer Service Training Awards
2011.
It was named as the Best UK/Domestic Tour Operator 2010 in the British Travel Awards
as well as 2010 UK Customer Experience Award in Travel, Leisure and Tourism. It is
part of Bourne Leisure Ltd which also owns Warner Leisure Hotels and Haven Holidays.
For more information contact:
Sam Crossfield or Danielle Wright at Consolidated PR on 020 7781 2300/
butlins@consolidatedpr.com
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