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30 JUNE 2026 ISSUE 504
A SPA BUSINESS PUBLICATION
Mubadala buys Pierre & Vacances
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There are 28 Center Parcs sites on the European continent, across the Netherlands, France,
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■ There are 28 Center Parcs sites on the European continent across five countries
PARCS
have spas with extensive thermal
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The majority of the destinations
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Germany, Belgium and Denmark.
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PIERRE & VACANCES/ CENTER PARCS
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Mubadala Capital has made a binding, fully financed €1 billion offer to acquire Pierre and Vacances SA, the European holiday resort operator behind the continental European Center Parcs business.
facilities. These include the European operation's signature
also entered into an exclusivity
Deep Nature Spas. The transaction
agreement with Mubadala Capital
does not include the privately-
while the transaction progresses.
owned UK Center Parcs business
Pierre and Vacances SA operates
and its Aqua Sana Forest Spas.
more than 330 holiday destinations,
The cash offer has been
residences, aparthotels and holiday
unanimously recommended by
villages across continental Europe.
the company's board, which has
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