The British Holiday and Home Parks Association – soon to be rebranded HARPA – is anticipating the busiest-ever annual conference in its 75-year history in January 2026.
The association says that advance bookings are at an all-time high for the two-day event which takes place on the 21st and 22nd of the month.
It will be held at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster, London and will be attended by hundreds of holiday and residential park business from across the UK.
Many delegates will also be hosting visits to the conference from their constituency MPs who will be taking time out from the Houses of Parliament opposite the QEII Centre.
The event will additionally see the rebranding of BH&HPA to its new identity as the Holiday and Residential Parks Association, or HARPA, as it will be known in the future.
The association says that a packed agenda for the conference is now in the final stages of preparation.
Guest speakers will include senior political figures plus experts from industry-related organisations and businesses, and high-profile personalities well known from across the media.
Running alongside the conference will be a traditionally well-attended exhibition featuring many major suppliers of goods and services to park businesses.
The association will also be marking the culmination of its year-long Parks Make Places campaign which has successfully highlighted the benefits brought by parks to their local communities.
As ever, the conference will provide plenty of opportunities for members enjoy social get-togethers with colleagues both during and after each days’ business sessions.
They will include a banquet on the final night when Devon’s Beverley Holidays director Claire Flower will be formally installed in the role of HARPA’s national chair.
Claire will be taking over the position from West Country parks group director Ian James of Coast and Country Parks following his two-year term in office.
