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Summer return for
Kernels
Shanghai conference
Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, California, is to start using compressed natural
gas to fuel its guest trams and recycled cooking oil to power its Disneyland Railroad
Organiser ties-up with OCT
steam trains and Mark Twain riverboat. "These initiatives are just a few steps in our
ongoing journey to reduce Disneyland Resort's environmental footprint," says
for Happy Valley opening
Michael O 'Grattan, senior vice-president of resort operations.
Couples looking for somewhere unusual to get married or renew their vows now
Following its inaugural event last summer, the Global Leaders Institute is to stage have a unique opportunity at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Myrtle Beach, South
a second Asia Tourism Resort & Attraction conference this June in Shanghai, this
Carolina. And, if they’re interested in having a baby, Ripley’s says it can help with
time in the Sheshan district of the city – close to the new Happy Valley theme park
that too. During Ripley’s Unbelievable Wedding event in February, couples could
from OCT.
legally get married or renew their vows alongside the famous Ripley’s Fertility
In 2008, the event attracted over 180 leading players from the world of
Statues, which are credited with helping more than 2,000 women get pregnant!
leisure and entertainment, plus a diverse range of speakers. Conference
Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Santa Claus, Indiana, has two new
organisers promise that the 2009 conference will provide fast and accurate
directors. As director of maintenance, Tony Perkins will oversee a full-time staff of
information on China’s booming tourism industry, still on course to become the
22 technicians. Jason Martin, the new Director of food & beverage, will supervise
world’s number one.
the hiring and training of his 550-member seasonal staff, who operate the parks’
17 food outlets.
Speakers are promised this year from the Chimelong Group, Huaqiang Group,
Dalian Sun Asia, Straco Corporation, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, World Expo,
Alabama Adventure, Bessemer, Alabama, is building a new $1 million
Samsung Everland, Taiwan Janfushan Resort, ECA2 and Gary Goddard
waterpark attraction from Whitewater West. On UpSurge! riders will race down a
Entertainment. Also due to play a major part is the OCT Group, which will
216ft of flume before plummeting down and back up a vertical half-pipe ending
in a splash pool of 25,000 gallons of water.
arrange special tours to its new and eagerly-awaited theme park in Sheshan.
Asia Tourism Resort & Attraction 2009 takes place from June 3 to 5 at the Le
Zebec, the Ohio-based producer of inflatable waterpark tubes, rafts and play
Meridien She Shan Shanghai Hotel, a relaxing retreat from the hustle and bustle of
features, has opened a new 12-acre manufacturing facility. “We simply ran out of
downtown Shanghai, situated at the heart of the tourist resort close to Yuehu Lake.
space at the old place,” explains the company’s Scott Snyder. The new facility
comes equipped with seven machines allowing Zebec to offer a wide range of
Park World is an official media partner and will
product from stock. “A lot of parks rely on us for stock,” notes Synder, “and we have
publish more information nearer the event. In the
a huge warehouse.”
meantime, visit: www.tourism-attraction.com
Residents fail to disrupt
Luna Park party
Attempts by a group of well-heeled local residents to shut down rides at
Sydney Luna Park (LPS) have failed in the New South Wales Supreme Court,
Australia.
The residents, many of them in expensive apartments overlooking Sydney
Harbour, wanted rides shut down and moved to another part of the park.
They claimed that noise levels from screaming thrillseekers made life
unbearable since the park re-opened in 2004. But those that moved in after
the time – or when the 73-year-old park was previously open – surely have
nothing to complain about.
"It is unreasonable for people to move next door to a legally operating fun
park and expect to change the way it operates," said Luna Park managing
director Peter Hearne after Justice Paul Brereton dismissed claims the rides
contravened a 1998 Plan of Management for the site. Hearne added that
LPS had spent millions defending the action, and would apply for costs.
8 MARCH 2009
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