Blakes Name Looks To Have Been Retired

[DAVIDH]

I've just noticed that the Blakes website (blakes.co.uk) is no more. It now redirects to Hoseasons. So it seems, the name will be disappearing from the Norfolk Broads. How sad, if inevitable, considering the cost of marketing two separate brands. 

[Guest]

Used them many times in the past.

[rightsaidfred]

Old news I believe this was covered sometime ago when both were taken over by the same company.

Fred

[DAVIDH]

1 minute ago, rightsaidfred said:

Old news I believe this was covered sometime ago when both were taken over by the same company.

The news is not that the company was taken over. It's that the website has ceased operating and as such, the Blakes name looks like it will not be marketed again. 

[rightsaidfred]

But that was apparant some time ago.

Fred

[Broads01]

I agree, I think it's only Hoseasons ineptitude that's left the Blakes website hanging around. The Blakes flag long since disappeared from boats and marketing.

[RS2021]

We have a holiday booked through Hoseasons, deferred from last year. All the paperwork until about May last year was dual branded Hoseasons/Blakes. Latest paperwork is just Hoseasons. So it seems the Blakes brand has had a lingering death.