Camping Trade World – Issue 09

Photo: Bailey of Bristol
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■ou might get tired of it, but
we believe that it’s really
important to give column
inches to anything any company is
doing to try and reduce its impact
on the environment. The more this
becomes the norm, the better it will
be for all of us, so when one of the
UK’s leading caravan and motorhome
producers Bailey of Bristol announced
it was switching to a 100 per cent fully
renewable energy supply, we simply
had to cover it. From October 2022,
Bailey will specify a wind, hydro and
solar power mix for all three of its sites,
which despite being more expensive,
will help drastically reduce its carbon
emissions as a company.
The company’s managing director,
Nick Howard, said: “Switching to the
exclusive use of renewable energy
supplies is the next important step in
helping us achieve our sustainability
▲ Bailey is doing its best to ensure it becomes a carbon neutral company.
and social responsibility goals.
“Powering all three of our three
sites with electricity generated by
either wind, hydro or solar power in
future is part of the positive action we
want to take to help safeguard the
environment for the future.”
Bailey has also signed up to the
Woodland Trust Woodland Carbon
scheme (WCS) which enables
companies to capture greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions by planting new
native woodland in the UK, that in time
will absorb carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere. Its ultimate aim is to be
a carbon neutral business, and while
the road to that achievement may be
long, you have to start somewhere. Any
steps we can take as businesses are
better than no steps.
PITCH PROGRESS
With the boom in interest in
caravanning and motorhoming,
it is vital that we make sure
there are enough pitches
and campgrounds to meet
the demand. That concern is
high on the mind of German
brand Fendt-Caravan, which
recently partnered with online
camping booking platform
AlpacaCamping to try and
help with the problem.
Founded just over a year ago
by Steffen Drews, Simon
Illner, Christopher Feuerlein
and Dominik Quambusch,
AlpacaCamping aims to offer
a new kind of camping and
promote sustaibable regional
tourism with their booking
platform where farms, wine
growers, private individuals,
associations, and municipalities
can offer unused land areas for
camping. Furthermore, new
pitch capacities are created so
that overcrowded campsites
Photo: Fendt-Caravan
▲ Fendt-Caravan will be working in cooperation with Alpaca.
can be relieved. Anyone can
create a free user account at
AlpacaCamping and become a
guest or host. Fendt-Caravan
marketing manager, Thomas
Kamm, said: “As a manufacturer
of leisure vehicles, we naturally
always have the issue of pitch
capacity in mind. For this
reason, Fendt-Caravan is now
supporting AlpacaCamping in
their vision to provide every
caravaner with as pleasant a
camping experience as possible.”
DEALS ON WHEELS
One of the world’s leading RV
manufacturers Thor Industries
has announced a strategic
investment in deep cycle
lithium-ion battery producer
Dragonfly Energy. Leading
outdoor camping, clothing and
gear brand Jack Wolfskin has
announced the acquisition of its
long-time distributor in Poland,
FAM Sp. K. The newly formed
entity will be known as Jack
Wolfskin Poland Sp. z.o.o. and
is based in Gynia near Gdansk.
RV components expert Lippert
has expanded its repertoire into
RV tents with the acquisition
of fellow American company,
TJ Snuggles Inc – an expert in
custom tents for expandable RV
trailers. German caravan and
motorhome specialist Hobby has
agreed a long-term cooperation
with Volkswagen Commercial
Vehicles (VWCV), with new
vehicles expected to be displayed
at Caravan Salon 2022.
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