Mila Merker was born in Bellinzona, son of a Doctor from Geneva and a Tessiner business-woman.

After living his first years in Geneva the family moved to the Tessin, where Mila attended the primary school in Losone, followed by grammar and high school at  the Collegio Papio in Ascona, where he obtained his A-Level certificate in 1987.

During these years he also had his first working experiences in his mother’s company - the Camping Delta in Locarno - as a bathing-attendant, general worker, and receptionist.  He then continued his studies at the renowned Dolmetscher Schule in Zurich, and in March 1993 he obtained his degree as a translator.

During his numerous study-travels abroad Mila developed an intense passion for the underwater world, which led him to specializing as a diving instructor. This new job kept him working many years in the Red Sea and the Maldives, where he met his future wife, Petra.

Mila is proficient in four languages: Italian, French, German and English. His hobbies - besides diving - are high-mountain trekking, travelling abroad, music, reading and the cinema.

Since 1998 Mila Merker has been at the head of  the Camping Delta as General Manager.

Silvia Rossetti works since August 2004 for the administration of Camping Delta. She is responsible for the incoming and outgoing mails, the seasonal guests and the leasehold properties.

For many years she lived in Basle and Lucerne where she worked as a secretary for an insurance, for an hotel and for a chiropractor. Before coming back to Ticino she spent one year in London.

Silvia Rossetti grew up in Ticino, went to the compulsory schools in Locarno and did her commercial degree in Bellinzona.

She speaks fluent French, German and English, is open and talkative.

Silvia is married to Claudio, has a daughter and a son. In her spare time she loves reading, skiing, bike-riding and travelling.

Pascal Battagello was born in Neuchâtel on the 24th of August 1973. Son of a Swiss Italian father and a Swiss German mother who both grew up and met in Lucerne. Due to his father’s career his family moved several times around  the country (Neuchâtel, Liechtenstein, Ticino, French speaking and German speaking part of  Switzerland).

In 1990, after more than ten years, the family moved definitely back to Ascona in Ticino, where Pascal obtained his A-Level certificates in 1995. After military service he decided to study at the Hotel-Management-School in Thun, where he obtained his diploma in 1999.

At the beginning of the Millennium he made his first work experience for a hotel in Ascona. During the following years he worked for different hotels in Locarno and Ascona.

After almost eight years he decided to take a slightly different direction and accepted the job as Guest Manager at Camping Delta from the beginning of 2008.

Because of his bilingual parents and living in different regions of Switzerland he speaks German, Swiss-German, French, Italian and English.

Pascal has a passion for all music genders - especially jazz and blues - and for his electric guitar, which he never really learned to play! In the spare time he has interests for walking in the mountains and for esotericism.

Grant Dow, born in Peterborough, England on the 18th of February 1966.

At the age of four his parents immigrated to Brisbane, Australia where he started his compulsory school education, which he finished in Peterborough after his family returned to England 3 years later.

While continuing his studies in London, at the age of 17 he was also working part time for The Wildfowl Trust bird sanctuary.
On vacation in the south of Switzerland during the summer of 1985 he was taken back by the landscapes and climate of Canton Ticino. When an opportunity arose to return to Ticino a year and half later he jumped at it and a year later started a 3-year apprenticeship with a well-known local landscaping company.

After successfully completing his formation in 1992 he was employed by Camping Delta in January 1993 as the head gardener and a few years later given also the responsibility for some of the technical aspects as a Technical Manager who is as well responsible for the ambience of the campsite.

During his free time he is involved in various music projects and enjoys walking in the mountains and riding his mountain bike in the valleys of Ticino. He also spends his winter vacation traveling and has had the opportunity to visit countries on all five continents.