EUROPEAN CAMPING GROUP announces the acquisition of PALMIERS OCÉAN

Aurélien PIOGER is Group Commercial Director. He is a graduate of Ecole Centrale Lyon and Imperial College London. He joined the Group in 2022 as Head of Revenue Management.

With 15 years experience in the airline industry, Aurélien has built up a strong experience in the design of reservation systems, the piloting of revenue management and the coordination of commercial strategies at Amadeus and International Group Airlines. Finally, his role at Amazon confirms his operational and strategic excellence in creating processes, procedures and automation to improve the efficiency of day-to-day tasks and projects.

Maud FREDRIX is Roan’s General Manager. A graduate of Breda University with a specialization in purchasing and product development, she began her career at Roan in 2007 as Sales Manager and then Operations Manager. She has progressed through various positions and missions, always with a product focus.

Alain CALMÉ became Chairman of European Camping Group in January 2024, after 14 years as Group CEO. Under his CEO leadership, the Group increased its revenues by almost 20 times, to become the European leader in camping and outdoor vacations, through a mix of organic growth and acquisitions, as well as permanent innovation and strong focus on customer satisfaction. Previously, he was a partner of PwC strategy Group, within Transaction Services, and a manager in Boston Consulting Group. He started is career at Pierre & Vacances. Alain is graduated from Ecole Centrale de Paris

Quentin SCHAEPELYNCK, a graduate from Paris-Dauphine and HEC, is the Managing Director of Homair Vacances and Group VP Sales, Marketing & Guest Experience. He started his career in 2004 in the car rental industry, as the E-business Manager of FordRent and Rent and Drop brands. He became then a startup entrepreneur when he founded in 2008 the secondary ticketing platform zePASS.com. In 2012, he sold the company to the French leading e-ticketing company Digitick / See Tickets (Vivendi) whose he became Deputy CEO. Late 2016, he joined Homair Vacances as Sales & Marketing Director, then Managing Director in June 2018. Since early 2022, he is also the Group VP Marketing & since early 2024 Group VP Sales, Marketing & Guest Experience.

Sébastien MANCEAU, actually Group CEO, joined ECG in 2023 as Deputy CEO responsible for Strategy and development of the Residential model.

This followed 16 years at consulting firm Roland Berger, where he was Senior Partner in charge of Retail and Tourism and co-head of the Paris Office. In this prior role, Sébastien advised ECG on various assignments including its acquisition and integration of Vacanceselect.