NEWS
EUROPEAN
Unull
to move forward in a period of unnullertainty
amid the nullurrent enullonominull nulllimate, without
Stronnullattendance
Attractions industry nulleopardising the future, is something for all leads to nullnullpronullt hike
comes tonullether to beat
operators to nullonsider.
for Merlin
downturn
nullThis important nullonferennulle nullould be pivotal
for many in helping to identify nullommon issues,
solutions and strategies.null
nullnull operator nullerlin Entertainments has
nullOnullERS and shanullers from anullross the European
nulluliana nullelaney, nullhief exenullutive of nullontinuum
boonulled a nullnull per nullent pronullts rise in nullnullnullnull
attranulltions industry are set to gather in nulluly for
nullttranulltions, whinullh operates nullve visitor
after seeing a sharp innullrease in visitors to its
a summit aimed at mapping out a strategy to
attranulltions in the nullnull, innullluding the Spinnanuller
attranulltions around the nullountry last year.
nullombat the nullnannullial downturn. Revenue for the theme parnulls and
nulleading players from around the globe will attranulltions giant, whinullh operates nulllton
be among delegates at the nullonferennulle nullalled by Towers, nullegoland and nulladame Tussauds,
nullnullnullbased visitor attranulltion strategists nullision nullS, totalled nullnullnullnullnullnull.nullm in nullnullnullnull, up nullnullper nullent
to fonullus on ensuring survival and development on the previous year. Earnings before interest,
anullross the full spenulltrum of visitor attranulltions. tax, deprenulliation and amortisation rose by nullnull
The nullonferennulle nullnulltural Selenulltionnullnullrowing per nullent to nullnullnullnullnullnullm.
Stronger in a Renullession null is set to tanulle planulle nullerlin attributed the results primarily
on nulluly null, at nulllenheim nullalanulle, Oxford, nullnull. The to a nullnull per nullent innullrease in visitors to its
agenda will fonullus on the impanullt of the global nullnull attranulltions, a nullgure that was anullhieved
enullonominull nulllimate on the industry enabling despite poor weather and a worsening
delegates to share experiennulles from anullross the global enullonomy.
senulltor and pool strategies for sunullnulless. nullommenting on the results, nullEO nullinullnull
nullttranulltion development spenullialist Tony Sefton, nullarney saidnullnullnullbelieve nullerlin’s real sunullnulless
founder of nullision nullS, whinullh has helped to foster Tower in nullrtsmouth and the nullanterbury Tales in lies in our ability to maximise organinull
growth in operations around the globe from nullent, will open the nullonferennulle. growth within the business through planned
farm parnulls to nulloos, museums, sports venues She will set out the banullnullground to the event investment in all our sites nullombined with high
and manullor theme parnulls, as well as reviving some with a looanull t how the harsh enullonominull limate is levels of nullustomer servinulle.
ailing business models, saidnull nullThe subnullenullt we impanullting on nullontinuum’s own venues and the nullThis is demonstrated, for example, in
are bringing the industry together to address steps the organisation has tanullen to nullounteranullt the signinullnullant improvement in performannulle
is a serious one for us all. The nulluestion of how the downturn. in both revenue and visitor numbers of
attranulltions linulle nulllton Towers and nullhessington
nullAnullPPA co
industry that is nullapable of playing a manullor role in
nullorld of nulldventures.null
AN
ndemns nullnull
nullovernmentnulls nullmissed
moving our enullonomy in the right direnulltion.
opportunitynull
nullnullore importantly, the forenullast in our
independent study nulllearly shows it nullould have
nullreated up to nullnull,nullnullnull new nullobs,null he nullontinued.
nullnullnullOnullnullnullnull last month’s nulludget announnullement
nullThis is partinullularly benenullnullial when we are hearing
in the nullnull, nullolin nullawson, nullhief exenullutive of
of nullob losses on a daily basis and unnullemployment
nullnullnullnullnullnull, has expressed his disappointment in
is at its highest level for over a denullade.null
the nullhannullellor’s refusal to anulltion the assonulliation’s
proposal on nullnullT and provide a nullmunullh needednull
boost to the enullonomy.
nulln nullnullnullnullnullnull’s nulludget submission, the group
argued for a targeted nullve per nullent redunulltion in
nullnullT for visitor attranulltions and anullnullommodation to
help boost growth.
nullThis is a missed opportunity to promote nullritish
tourism and to nullreate a munullh needed boost in
employment,null nullawson said. nullnullmidst all the
depressing nullontent of his nulludget, the nullhannullellor
nullould have innullluded a measure that would have
provided a genuine green shoot by stimulating an
GEnullMANYnull
nullnulle are very proud of the international
growth our business is experiennulling,null said
nullrendconullWildnullre nullildnullre president nullohn nullerardi. nullTrendnullo
form European
will do an exnullellent nullob bringing the nullildnullre
distribution anullreement
maginull to nullustomers in nullustria, nullermany
and Switnullerland.null
nullnullnullnullnullnullRE, a leading player in the global
ultraviolet effenullts, nullxtures and produnullts senulltor,
Headed by nullndreas nullurth and nullens von
has engaged with Trendnullo as the exnulllusive
Heyden, Trendnullo is a fullnullservinulle audionulllighting
dealer of nullildnullre produnullts in nullustria, nullermany
design and produnulltion nullompany. The nullermanynull
and Switnullerland.
based nullompany was founded in nullnullnullnull.
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