reception’
for its latest debit
card system products, including the Online Party Booking Module and Online Membership Programme. The company has secured several new high profile clients including Giant International and Magic Oman in Oman. In addition, Coin Tech is currently installing for the Robert’s Group at new sites that are due to open soon in Lebanon. “Indian operators are demanding the latest technology
for their amusement projects in the growing economy and one of our long-standing customers, Fun City India, has recently committed to its business relationship with Coin Tech for the next five years,” the group said.
South African success for Magic Memories
TOURISM photography experience company Magic Memories is celebrating the success of a South African business relationship that has had a positive ‘knock-on’ effect for the local community. Magic Memories co-founder Stuart Norris said the
relationship with licence partner The Happy Snappy Photo Company was a great example of the work they could do alongside a local company with local knowledge and a great sense of community. Magic Memories has been supporting Happy Snappy’s
work with the Etafeni project, a community ‘Fit for life, fit for work’ programme which focuses on supporting unskilled workers from disadvantaged backgrounds to source and find employment. The partnership between Magic Memories and The
Happy Snappy Photo Company has been in place since 2010 and is growing in strength. Happy Snappy is Magic Memories’ South African partner in providing onsite and online high performance tourism photography solutions for one of the biggest attractions in South Africa and now one of the seven Natural Wonders of the World, Table Mountain, and also the Wheel of Excellence in Cape Town. This South African partnership is one example of the
licence partnership model that Magic Memories has set up around the globe. Recently, Magic Memories also launched its first operation in China, providing holiday memories and storytelling photobooks for guests who visit Shanghai Chang Feng Ocean World, another prime example of the company working successfully with a local partner in an overseas market.
Noland to take IAAPA helm
THE International Association of Amusement
Parks and Attractions
(IAAPA) has announced IAAPA president and CEO Chip Cleary has decided to return to a leadership position within the theme park industry after the end of the year. Paul Noland, theme park
consultant, IAAPA board member and former Walt Disney Parks and Resorts executive, will take over as IAAPA president and CEO on January 1, 2013, with the leadership transition beginning this autumn. Noland is currently Principal and
CEO of RPN Associates, a consulting and project management firm in the attractions industry.
NEWS IN BRIEF
SEVERN-LAMB DELIVERS TO QATAR AND INDIA UK Specialist transport engineering systems manufacturer Severn-Lamb has supplied and installed a 1.6km long rail track and a 24” gauge Arrow River locomotive and three coaches in a turnkey project for the Al Khor Park in Qatar. Significantly the order has taken advantage of the benefits Severn-Lamb now enjoys as a result of the company’s association with the Clifton Cowley Group (CCG). Working closely with Xylotec, another company within the group, the partnership has utilised its design facilities to create a train capable of climbing an 11 per cent gradient, something that has previously not been an available option in the light urban and leisure transportation sector. Severn-Lamb has also recently completed a contract in India, in conjunction with the company’s Indian office. This called for the supply of a new train to the Urban Improvement Trust (UIT) in Kota. The turnkey package included the supply and installation of the track and a 24” gauge Lincoln diesel hydraulic locomotive with two coaches, each seating up to 36 adults.
DISNEY LOOKS TO MIDDLE EAST UAE The Walt Disney Company is planning to introduce the Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man and other Marvel characters in a theme park setting for the first time since acquiring the comic book company in 2009. The Marvel Adventure family entertainment centre is expected to open in late 2013 in the UAE with superhero- themed attractions, restaurants and shops. The eight-acre, indoor, mini theme park will be part of the US$5bn City of Arabia entertainment, commercial and residential development in Dubailand, Dubai.
From left to right: Barry Cooper, partner, The Happy Snappy Photo Co; Thembi Kazi, photographer, The Happy Snappy Photo Co; Stuart Norris, founder, Magic Memories; Lisa Sodladla, photographer, The Happy Snappy Photo Co; View Frans, site performance manager, Table Mountain; and James Cussen, partner, The Happy Snappy Photo Co.
IN THE LOOP WITH WHITEWATER US WhiteWater West has announced the opening of the world’s first Flatline Loop at Funtown Splashtown USA, in Maine. The new attraction brings together a true combination of sensations, with riders climbing into an AquaLaunch at the top of the tower. Following a brief countdown, they then plummet into a 60ft freefall and speed into a looping waterslide before a final splash into the shutdown lane. The Flatline Loop is made of SilkTek Translucent fibreglass.
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