A HOLIDAY camp that took a critical battering in a national TV programme says the publicity has boosted trade with a flood of bookings.

BBC Dragon's Den star Duncan Ballantyne savaged the Coast View Holiday Park, Shaldon, in a new makeover series on Virgin 1 on Tuesday.

As one of the UK's wealthiest tycoons with huge experience in the leisure industry, he is touring resorts in a new series, Seaside Rescue, trying to revitalise struggling businesses.

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