Virus-hit holiday park stays open

Bosses say it is 'business as usual' at the park

A holiday park where up to 100 guests have been infected with a vomiting bug says it is business as usual despite the outbreak.

Managers at Center Parcs in Longleat, Wiltshire, said the bug was under control.

They said 3,500 new guests had checked-in on Friday and the 400-acre leisure park is now fully booked.

It is the same illness which hit hundreds of passengers on The Aurora cruise ship last November.

That outbreak sparked a diplomatic row between Britain and Spain.

Staying open

Managers said the bug, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea, had not deterred holidaymakers.

"We are informing everyone of the situation on arrival, so they have all the information," a spokesman said.

"We've had a few concerned calls to our medical centre, but it's really business as usual.

"We've been in constant contact with Environmental Health and it was their advice for us not to shut.

"It's a mild form of a very common virus and hopefully it's now on the decline."

Guests who have fallen ill are to be offered compensation with a re-booking, Center Parcs' operators have said.