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Editor's letter : Dealing with protests
The industry attracts protesters for the
same reason it attracts sponsors – it's
high profile and extremely engaged with
its audience
Profile: Tim Fisher
The CEO of Village Roadshow Theme
Parks reveals how the company's
defied the double-dip global recession
with record attendances to its existing
parks and three more due to open
Museum: The big idea
San Francisco's Exploratorium reopened
in April in a venue three times its original
size. The museum's Linda Dackman
shows how the new space is being used
Aquarium: Den Blå Planet
The CEO and designer describe
Denmark's new aquarium, which is
shaped like a whirlpool and has 20,000
animals and up to 8,000 visitors a day
New opening: Thinking inside the box
The Perot Museum is shaped like a cube
and described as the next generation
of nature and science museums. CEO
Nicole Small explains how and why
Restoration: Home improvement
The Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood
Home of Johnny Cash project is
restoring the famous singer's house,
educating visitors about the New
Deal era and revitalising the area
Planetarium: The sky at night
Two dome theatres are among the
highlights of Canada's new Rio Tinto
Alcan Planetarium, which shows what's
going on in the universe as it happens
Social media: Smart moves
Find out how to use digital opportunities
beyond your website in a new series
by social media expert Kelly Wheeler
Integrated entertainment system wood rack designs Rackz, UK-based 19 inch rack specialist designer, manufacturer and supplier, has expanded its range of wood finish Credenza rack units. The Credenza range is a self-assembly product in Beech, Knotty Oak and Black Ash designs. It’s been created for commercial applications and for home entertainment and smart home systems to be combined into an integrated package.
attractions-kit.net keyword: rackz
Integrated entertainment system
Syx creates one card for all attractions and more Syx Automations, Belgium, has created a CityCard that combines visits to museums and attractions and includes public transport. The all-in experience card has been launched in Gent, Belgium, allowing visitors to enter the city’s principal museums, other attractions including a boat trip, and public transport without the need for any paper passes. There are two types of cards, one that is valid for 48 hours, another for 72 hours. They cost 25 and 30 Euros. The card comes with a visitors’ guide.
one card for all attractions
Frozen yoghurt store to open at US fun park Frozen yoghurt specialist SweetFrog will open a shop at the Virginia-based Kings Dominion amusement park in spring 2013. The Richmond, US-based self-serve frozen yogurt company will open its store in the newly expanded Planet Snoopy area of the amusement park, near the re-themed Woodstock Express roller coaster. SweetFrog will offer families a large selection of frozen yogurt flavours including fat free, sugar free, and gluten free options. Toppings include fresh fruit, granola, wet walnuts, crushed candy bars, chocolate, caramel and shredded coconut. The park opened on 29 March.
Frozen yoghurt
Bussink Design creates giant moveable wheel Bussink Design, based in Switzerland, has installed a transportable giant observation wheel in Munich, Germany. The brand new Observation Wheel R80XL SP, reaches 80m (263ft) high. It houses 500,000 LED lights, which can be seen from across the city. The giant observation wheel is available in a stationary semi-transportable version for permanent or long term installation and also in a fully transportable version that comes with a base frame.
giant moveable wheel
WhiteWater completes SilkGel slide resurfacing Nessie’s Revenge at the West Edmonton Mall’s World Waterpark in Canada has had a complete makeover with WhiteWater’s new technological innovation, SilkGel. The technology is designed to offer gloss and colour retention and be an eco-friendly, low maintenance product, on which WhiteWater offers a five-year resurfacing warranty against fading and chalking. SilkGel was awarded the Best New Technology Award at IAAPA and was created at WhiteWater’s manufacturing facilities in British Columbia, Canada. It offers UV resistance, consistent gloss and allows for resurfacing with new colours.
SilkGel slide
JPM releases new Casino Crazy Open the Box game JPM’s Category B4 Casino Crazy Open the Box is a new game for casino clubs with features intended to deliver player appeal. The Open The Box feature awards a series of cash offers to the player. Each refused offer causes three of the cash values in the Open The Box area to disappear. If all offers are refused, the player is awarded the cash value revealed when a secret reel is lit. attractions-kit.net keyword:jpm
Casino Crazy
Gateway Ticketing part of Crayola Experience refit Gateway Ticketing Systems is implementing a fully integrated solution for The Crayola Experience’s ticketing and access control operations, as part of a major renovation project. Using Gateway’s flagship product Galaxy, the US-based Crayola Experience began its operational transformation in February with Point of Sale admissions and a new eGalaxy Consumer Web Store, which enables visitors to buy tickets online and print them at home.
Crayola Experience
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Wherever you are in the world, find the right products and services 24/7 by logging on to Attractions Management’s free search engine www.attractions-kit.net
Read more from this issue of Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2013 issue 2
Editor's letter : Dealing with protests
The industry attracts protesters for the
same reason it attracts sponsors – it's
high profile and extremely engaged with
its audience
Profile: Tim Fisher
The CEO of Village Roadshow Theme
Parks reveals how the company's
defied the double-dip global recession
with record attendances to its existing
parks and three more due to open
Museum: The big idea
San Francisco's Exploratorium reopened
in April in a venue three times its original
size. The museum's Linda Dackman
shows how the new space is being used
Aquarium: Den Blå Planet
The CEO and designer describe
Denmark's new aquarium, which is
shaped like a whirlpool and has 20,000
animals and up to 8,000 visitors a day
New opening: Thinking inside the box
The Perot Museum is shaped like a cube
and described as the next generation
of nature and science museums. CEO
Nicole Small explains how and why
Restoration: Home improvement
The Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood
Home of Johnny Cash project is
restoring the famous singer's house,
educating visitors about the New
Deal era and revitalising the area
Planetarium: The sky at night
Two dome theatres are among the
highlights of Canada's new Rio Tinto
Alcan Planetarium, which shows what's
going on in the universe as it happens
Social media: Smart moves
Find out how to use digital opportunities
beyond your website in a new series
by social media expert Kelly Wheeler
Integrated entertainment system wood rack designs Rackz, UK-based 19 inch rack specialist designer, manufacturer and supplier, has expanded its range of wood finish Credenza rack units. The Credenza range is a self-assembly product in Beech, Knotty Oak and Black Ash designs. It’s been created for commercial applications and for home entertainment and smart home systems to be combined into an integrated package.
attractions-kit.net keyword: rackz
Integrated entertainment system
Syx creates one card for all attractions and more Syx Automations, Belgium, has created a CityCard that combines visits to museums and attractions and includes public transport. The all-in experience card has been launched in Gent, Belgium, allowing visitors to enter the city’s principal museums, other attractions including a boat trip, and public transport without the need for any paper passes. There are two types of cards, one that is valid for 48 hours, another for 72 hours. They cost 25 and 30 Euros. The card comes with a visitors’ guide.
one card for all attractions
Frozen yoghurt store to open at US fun park Frozen yoghurt specialist SweetFrog will open a shop at the Virginia-based Kings Dominion amusement park in spring 2013. The Richmond, US-based self-serve frozen yogurt company will open its store in the newly expanded Planet Snoopy area of the amusement park, near the re-themed Woodstock Express roller coaster. SweetFrog will offer families a large selection of frozen yogurt flavours including fat free, sugar free, and gluten free options. Toppings include fresh fruit, granola, wet walnuts, crushed candy bars, chocolate, caramel and shredded coconut. The park opened on 29 March.
Frozen yoghurt
Bussink Design creates giant moveable wheel Bussink Design, based in Switzerland, has installed a transportable giant observation wheel in Munich, Germany. The brand new Observation Wheel R80XL SP, reaches 80m (263ft) high. It houses 500,000 LED lights, which can be seen from across the city. The giant observation wheel is available in a stationary semi-transportable version for permanent or long term installation and also in a fully transportable version that comes with a base frame.
giant moveable wheel
WhiteWater completes SilkGel slide resurfacing Nessie’s Revenge at the West Edmonton Mall’s World Waterpark in Canada has had a complete makeover with WhiteWater’s new technological innovation, SilkGel. The technology is designed to offer gloss and colour retention and be an eco-friendly, low maintenance product, on which WhiteWater offers a five-year resurfacing warranty against fading and chalking. SilkGel was awarded the Best New Technology Award at IAAPA and was created at WhiteWater’s manufacturing facilities in British Columbia, Canada. It offers UV resistance, consistent gloss and allows for resurfacing with new colours.
SilkGel slide
JPM releases new Casino Crazy Open the Box game JPM’s Category B4 Casino Crazy Open the Box is a new game for casino clubs with features intended to deliver player appeal. The Open The Box feature awards a series of cash offers to the player. Each refused offer causes three of the cash values in the Open The Box area to disappear. If all offers are refused, the player is awarded the cash value revealed when a secret reel is lit. attractions-kit.net keyword:jpm
Casino Crazy
Gateway Ticketing part of Crayola Experience refit Gateway Ticketing Systems is implementing a fully integrated solution for The Crayola Experience’s ticketing and access control operations, as part of a major renovation project. Using Gateway’s flagship product Galaxy, the US-based Crayola Experience began its operational transformation in February with Point of Sale admissions and a new eGalaxy Consumer Web Store, which enables visitors to buy tickets online and print them at home.
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Mubadala Capital has made a binding, fully financed
€1 billion
offer to acquire Pierre and Vacances SA, the European holiday resort operator behind the
continental European Center Parcs business.
Expo 2030 Riyadh is being planned as a permanent visitor destination, with organisers
confirming the six-million-square-metre site will become a Global Village after the event closes.
The owner of one of Australia's best-known waterparks has acquired a major competitor,
creating a new attractions business spanning two of the country's largest visitor destinations.
The Toverland theme park in the Netherlands has announced a €98m expansion programme
that will add a resort, new attractions and staff facilities as it pursues plans to become a multi-
day destination.
Hotel de France, located on the British Isle of Jersey, has created a wellness retreat package
that includes a hot yoga session that will take place in Jersey Zoo’s butterfly sanctuary.
A new immersive attraction designed to transport visitors into the final hours of ancient Pompeii
is preparing to open near the world-famous archaeological site in southern Italy.
Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder
Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, while
remaining actively involved with the company.
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th
anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s
longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions
that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once
complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK.
Efteling has opened Hooghmoed, a new family drop tower designed to broaden the appeal of its
recently launched Sirene Island themed area and introduce younger visitors to thrill attractions.
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as well as storyte [more...]
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