Nominated finalist for ATOUT FRANCE 2010 Best Camping & Holiday Parks Tour Operator

Report from Martyn Sumners, CEO, ABTOF

The weekend of the 5th &6th June saw the biennial French workshop where operators and suppliers get together to talk about new or up and coming programmes. It was very well attended with ABTOF members out in force talking to French partners and the transport companies.

The Atout France awards were presented during the evening with 71% of finalists (24) being members which was great. Four out of the eight winners were members too. A great effort. A champagne bar and disco followed afterwards, plus a few sore heads I’m sure.

Finalists & Winners for 2010:

Best Camping & Holiday Parks Tour Operator
Keycamp (winner)
Matthews Holidays
Siblu
Thomson Al Fresco

2009 MAFTA Award winners
2009 saw Matthews Holiday pick up a MAFTA Award. These are The Marketing Awards for French Tourism from ABTOF and are a way of recognizing excellence in the field of promoting France to UK holidaymakers. The categories are quite simple. Best Brochure, Best Website, Best Direct Marketing Campaign and Best Classified Advert.

Winners:

Best Classified Advertisement:
Mathews Holidays
Overall Winner:
Brittany Ferries Holidays
Best Direct Communication:
Thompson Al Fresco
Best Website:
Eurocamp
Best Brochure:
Arblaster & Clarke

2006 Maison de la France Winners

In 2006 Matthews Holidays scooped the award for 'Best Camping/Mobile Home Operator'

We have also been runners up in 2008 and 2010