HOLIDAY firm Butlins is raising prices to help pay for a multi-million pound revamp at its new-look centre in Bognor.

The company announced yesterday that prices will rise by up to eight per cent when it reopens at the end of March.

It says the added cash will help offset the £40 million investment programme at Bognor as well as covering the cost of inflation.

Visitors will pay £70 each for a three-night self-catering break in July and August.

This rises to £191 for three nights' half-board.

Last year, visitors would have paid £56 for the self-catering break and £148 for three nights' half-board.

During the off-peak season, visitors will fork out about £40 for three nights' self-catering. Half-board will be £130.

Ayear-round entertainment package will offer West End-style musicals and street performers will create a 'Covent Garden atmosphere' in the camp's newly-built Skyline Pavilion.

Butlins says 650 jobs will be created at the site, including more than 50 posts at a new Tom Cobleigh pub there.

A spokeswoman said: "Our prices have increased mainly to reflect inflation as well as the investment in our resorts, which has been huge.

"This investment has resulted in new accommodation, the new Skyline Pavilions and new Splash Waterworlds, plus the new shows."

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