New Operator Announced for Dutch Holiday Parks After Peter Gillis Resignation: What You Need to Know

Matthijs Stevens, aged 41, from Den Bosch will take over the operation of the Dutch holiday parks from Peter Gillis. That’s telling Broadcast Brabant. According to the regional broadcaster, Stevens was an employee of a law firm that is assisting Gillis in a lawsuit between him and his girlfriend.

Last week, Gillis announced that he will manage nine Dutch holiday parks at the Oostappen Group. transfer to a new operator. The entrepreneur and television personality lost the supply license at several parks and the operating license for the Prinsenmeer park in Ommel was revoked by the city of Asten, which includes Ommel. According to Gillis, the revoked licenses were one of the reasons for his resignation.

The city of Asten previously announced that a new operator must go through the approval processes again. When applying for a license, a Bibob check is carried out, where, for example, cities have the option to screen the background information of companies and entrepreneurs. This is done to prevent fraud. Stevens must pass that test as well.

Gillis, who is also known from the television series Kassa is Massa, his company came into controversy several times. This is how a Prinsenmeer holiday park should be closed directly.

The park’s permits were revoked at the end of last year because the city of Asten suspects that Gillis is using the park for criminal purposes. People also lived in the park permanently, even though that is not allowed. A year before, studies revealed that there was a fire risk in the park.

In addition, the entrepreneur was prosecuted for tax fraud and has received tons of penalty payments from different cities where his holiday parks are. According to the Council of State, it has issued agreements on housing for foreign workers in the towns of Peel en Maas, Terneuzen and Loon op Zand.