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And the award
O
rganised by Datateam Business Media, this year’s event was the first live Park World Excellence Awards to be held since 2019, bringing together leading operators, suppliers, manufacturers and entertainment specialists from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The evening awards ceremony kicked-off with the Best Roller Coaster of the Year Award, which was won by Fønix at Fårup Sommerland supplied by Vekoma.
This was followed by Best Ride (s) of the Year – Limited Budget which was awarded to Les Draisines at Fraispertuis City supplied by Technical Park. The two highly commended in this category were La Lion at Le Pal supplied by Pro Urba, and SKALMANS FLYGSKOLA at Kolmården supplied by Zamperla and Jora Vision
The Best Waterpark Experience went to Waterslides in The Aquadome at Lalandia Sondervig supplied by ProSlide.
Next came the Best Ride(s) of the Year which deservedly went to Biberburg at Familypark supplied by Intamin. This was followed by the Best Large Park of the Year Award, taken home by Europa-Park.
FunPlanet Kids at FunPlanet Rennaz (Switzerland) were the winners of the Best FEC Project of the Year Award, while ValoArena at Hi-Fly Hilden (Germany) were highly commended in the category.
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Wednesday 14 September saw the return of the Park World Excellence Awards for 2022, hosted by UK comedian Ian Moore at The Landmark Hotel in London.
Disney D-Light – Disneyland Paris overcame the competition and took first place.
The next award was for Best Product Innovation (Guest Experience/Park Operations) of the Year and this accolade was presented to Smart Blast at Aquaventure Waterpark – WhiteWater, with CmdCentr – First Option Software being highly commended.
This year, Hotel Station Cosmos – Futuroscope left with the award for Best Green Initiative of the Year, while Bright Vision were highly commended, and Chasseurs de Tornades – Dynamic Attractions at Futuroscope went home with the award for Best Product Innovation of the Year.
Tomb Raider: The Live Experience took home the FEC of the Year trophy and Les Draisines – Fraispertuis City from Technical Park took the award for Best Use of Theming.
The Best Regional Park of the Year Award was presented to Fårup Sommerland, followed by the Best Dark Ride or Media-based Attraction of the Year, won by Chasseurs de Tornades – Futuroscope from Dynamic Attractions. Siam Park took home the award for Best Waterpark of the Year, and then came the Best Marketing Initiative of the Year which was awarded to EdHopkinsPR – Tulleys Shocktober Fest 2022. Highly commended in this category was Rulantica: Storytelling Based Marketing. There were plenty of finalists in the running for the Best Live Entertainment of the Year Award but
Best Rollercoaster – Limited Budget of the Year was presented to TONNERRE 2 ZEUS – Parc Asterix supplied by The Gravity Group, followed by the Best Supplier of the Year Award which went to WhiteWater.
Next came the two Industry Icon Awards. Robert Löffelhardt, owner of Phantasialand took home the operator award and Richard D. Hunter of ProSlide took home the supplier award. Finally, the last trophy of the evening, the Best of the Best Award, was won by The London Eye. We would like to send our congratulations to all our winners and thank all who attended for ceremony as memorable as it was. We look forward to seeing you next year in Vienna on 27 September for the Park World Excellence Awards 2023.
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