TUI’s popular family hotel brand Holiday Villages is turning up the heat this summer with the launch of a brand-new party-fuelled entertainment programme across all eight of its resorts. 

The new programme features themed nights such as Ibiza Sunsets, Neon Nights with DJs and live performances, and Little Ravers for under-3s, along with more chilled-out activities like movie and games nights. 

The re-vamp comes after Holiday Villages delved into Brits dancing habits revealing we’re a nation of ravers with 60% of parents missing child free clubbing and 67% admitting to re-creating their dancing days by hitting the floor with their kids in the kitchen. And they’re not alone, as demand is booming for daytime clubbing events and family raves with searches increasing 53%** in the last two years alone.  

As well as a love for raving in the kitchen, the research revealed that half the nation are wannabe DJs, admitting to having self-DJ’d their own kitchen discos.

 These insights have helped shape a jam-packed entertainment programme featuring two family rave nights to bring generations together through the love of dancing, music and banging floor-fillers.  

To celebrate Holiday Village Seaview Ibiza is declaring the last weekend of July as the official Ibiza family opening weekender, with a very special guest DJ act headlining the new Ibiza Sunsets night on 26th July – a talented pair of pre-teens performing as the world’s newest tribute act … Half Punk. 

Holiday Villages Product & Proposition Manager Natalie Johnson is delighted to be launching the careers of Half Punk and unleashing a new program of raves to unite families on the dance floor on holiday. She explains: “We’ve totally re-vamped our entertainment programme this summer based on customer research which showed a massive demand for high energy themed nights, like our new Ibiza Sunsets and Neon Nights events. They will have a pumped-up vibe, with vibrant staging and lighting, face paints, lots of neon and feature DJ sets, live performances with dance floor action at their heart. And we’ve got something for ravers of all ages with a new Little Ravers event at Holiday Villages’ creches.

“Half Punk is the perfect act to kick off the peak summer season although they’ll be keeping their identities hidden… for now. We can’t wait to see them in action in Ibiza but guests at our hotels in Greece, Türkiye, Spain and Egypt will get to join in the party too, with the nation’s favourite playlist banging out at all resorts.”

Two of the UK’s brightest new crop of young DJs, Half Punk, has already honed an iconic look and will preside over the decks in their debut at the Holiday Village Seaview Ibiza, playing the top 20 bangers as voted by the British public as part of Holiday Villages research.  

·       SNAP! – Rhythm is a Dancer (28%)

·       ABBA – Dancing Queen (27%)

·       Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (24%)

·       Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now (20%)

·       Fat Boy Slim – Right Here Right Now (19%)

·       Daft Punk – One More Time (18%)

·       Danzel – Pump It Up! (18%)

·       Daft Punk – Get Lucky (16%)

·       S Club 7 – Reach for the Stars (16%)

·       Beyonce – Single Ladies (16%)

·       AQUA – Barbie Girl (15%)

·       Stardust – Music Sounds Better with You (15%)

·       Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance with Somebody (15%)

·       Darude – Sandstorm (14%)

·       Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up (10%)

·       Phats & Small – Turn Around (Hey What’s Wrong With You) (10%)

·       Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (9%)

·       The Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme (8%)

·       Van Halen – Jump (8%)

·       Madonna – Like a Prayer (6%)

So, move over Super Clubs – Holiday Villages are set to be the hottest venues this summer