Welcome
Thank you for visiting the Mark Hammerton Group website.
As you will see, we are the organisation behind some of the most successful and well-known specialist travel and travel publishing brands in the UK.
The Group has grown, developed and flourished thanks to the hard work and commitment of our experienced and enthusiastic team and we look forward to continuing our successful development over the years to come.
Latest News
Change of Ownership Announced
We are pleased to announce that on 5th October 2012 the business was acquired by The Caravan Club; under Club ownership it will be known as The Alan Rogers Travel Group.
Commenting, Mark Hammerton said "I am very proud of the business we have developed over the past 10 years and I am delighted that The Club has recognised the strength of our brands and the reputation of the services we offer."
To read the full statement, please click here.
Belle France Prestige
Our activity holiday programme Belle France seems to be defying the economic downturn with an increase in the proportion of high value holidays sold. Our programme for 2012 sees the introduction of more 'Prestige' holidays.
Alan Rogers iPhone app
In April 2011 camping subsidiary Alan Rogers launched a free iPhone App. Within the first day, the App became the 27th most popular free travel app and became the most popular camping app on the entire UK App Store! On the second day, Apple promoted the App to 1st place in it's prestigious and hand-picked 'New & Noteworthy' category.
Alan Rogers announces the Best Campsites
The annual Alan Rogers Campsite Awards were held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on 11th January 2012. As always, award winners came from all over Europe. The Awards cover 10 unique categories.
Launch of Create Digital Media
With the pace of change accelerating in the digital publishing arena we have recently set up a joint venture company to create iPad versions of all Alan Rogers titles in 2012 and to further develop our hugely successful iPhone and Android apps.
Create Digital Media also creates apps and e-books for external clients.
Social networking
You can now keep up to date with what’s happening at Alan Rogers and Belle France by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
