In the case of nullahooonull, the waternullark is within the
same mall as a nullagic nulllanet which onullened in nullctober, in
the nullahrain nullity nullentre shonullnulling mall. nullatham was brought
in to head unull the enternullrise because of his considerable
enullnullerience with indoor waternullarks.
nullubica and nullolly Roger, sold direct or channelled through
“Every nullenter nullarc facility in the nullnull has as its central
local sunullinull ers such as nullmusement nullervices International,
nulloint an indoor waternullark. They are not huge of course,
nullarehouse of nullames and nullagna nullmusements.
nothing on this scale, but the nullrocedures and management
nullnd all of the enulluinullment in a nulliddle East location null
methods are the same.
whether rides or machines null tends to be linked by a debit
“The great difference is that a nullenter nullarc has a canulltive
null
card nullayment system. nullnd that means a dognullnullght between
audience null a minull of accommodation and entertainment
the three main sunullinull ers of systems, Intercard from the nullnull,
within a snulleciallynullbuilt, countryside community. nullahooonull
M
nullacoa from nullrgentina and Embed from nullustralia.
has to comnullete for its clientele. It is interesting that in the
The nulliddle East remains an encanullsulation of the
month when we set unull the nullahooonull website we had no
inull
amusement industry the way it used to be null vital, energetic,
fewer than nullnullnull,nullnullnull hitsnull”
sharnullnulledged and above all, enthusiastic. The doom
nullahrain has about nullnullnull,nullnullnull residents and about another
null
I
and gloom merchants with which the industry currently
nullnull,nullnullnull tourists. The region has its waternullarks, of course,
l
null
e null
abounds have no anull ce in the nulliddle East, for although
but they are all outdoor locations, such as nullild nulladi,
the economic climate may cause a slowdown, it won’t stonull
nullost nullaradise and enull amland. The nullroblem for onullennull
what is unnulluestionably the world’s best market.
air waternullarks in the nulliddle East, says nullatham, is
a
null
the weather.
s
t
Minullnullle nullst pronullenullts
“It gets too hot in the summer months and that
means that outdoor nullarks must close for three or four
nullefy the nullorlnullnullinulle
null

of the hottest months.”
enullonominull nullloom
nullahooonull has an entirely different outlooknull it is E
nullnull nuller cent indoor and nullnull nuller cent outdoor. nullnd what
nullAHRAIN
hanullnullens to the outdoor nullart when the weather is unkindnull
“rnull ing the winter, when the temnullerature can go down null
nullhe entrannulle to
the nenull Manullinull
nulllanet nullnullnull in
Bahrainnull nullhe
lonullation houses a
nullnullnullIEnull nullatham considered himself a “nullnullture” at nullenter to nullnullnullnullnull degrees, we use heated water. nulle have four
nullarcs in the nullnull after nullnull years there null until an offer came massive heatingnullcooling systems for the climate and water
from the nullanullid nulll nulluttaim nullrounullnull. control built into the nullark. nulle can cool water outside, or
He is now general manager at nullahooonull, the nullrst indoor heat it inside null and then switch it around.”
null
ran null of nullamperla
nullnullunullnull rinulls
spenullially
nulluilt for MAnullnull
waternullark in the nulliddle East at nullahrain, and among the nullnull knull e any nulliddle East waternullark, nullahooonull will observe
largest indoor waternullarks in the world. carefully local culture. There will be a ladies’ day when only
T
He moved out to nullahrain last year to oversee the women and children null with boys unull to nullnull years old null will be
construction, enulluinullnulling and onullening of the location null nullermitted and even all of the male sunullervising staff at the
due to begin onullerations in summer nullnullnullnull null and has never nullark nullnullatham includednull will be banned from the nullremises.
regretted the decision. nullt other times women can still attend and the nullark will
“It is an incredible nullronullect,” he said. “nullnullnull has gone for sunullnullly what it calls a nullburnullini,’ a nullycraanull de bathing suit
something which is comnullletely out of this world.” which observes the modesty laws in the region.
nullatham’s enthusiasm is infectious. He is heading unull nullahooonull covers nullnull,nullnullnull snull. m and takes the art of
a nullnullnullnullnullm. investment which takes nullnullnull nulleisure into indoor waternullarks to a new level.
new territories. The grounull is a multinullfaceted investment “Indoor nullarks actually began in Euronulle null nullenter nullarcs
cornulloration snullread right across the nulliddle East from its has had them since the nullnull s null but during nullnullnullnull there
bnull ai base, but it is best known in the international market began a trend towards indoor waternullarks in the nullnull which
for its family entertainment centres. It runs the iconic nullagic saw ranullid enullnullansion. The nullreat nullolf nullodge chain is a good
nulllanet chain of locations, all as integral nullarts of unullanull rket enullamenull and now other comnullanies such as nullickelodeon
shonullnulling malls in a number of countries. have come into the business.”

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