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IAAPA is set to recognise Blackpool Pleasure Beach, which has a longstanding relationship with the association, as part of the Expo Europe in London. Park World reports.
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach CEO Amanda Thompson
heme park giant Blackpool Pleasure Beach will be honoured by the International
Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) this month at IAAPA Expo Europe 2022 - one of the world’s biggest events for the leisure and attractions industry - in recognition of the near-century long relationship between the global organisation and the much-loved amusement park. Blackpool Pleasure Beach joined
the association in 1923 when founder William G. Bean attended an annual
meeting and became the first member from outside North America. At this year’s IAAPA Expo Europe, taking place at ExCeL London this month,
Blackpool Pleasure Beach CEO Amanda Thompson OBE will be awarded with a 75+Year Member Ribbon that will only be worn by Blackpool Pleasure Beach staff during the event. This honour acknowledges the relationship between the two organisations as the show returns to London for the first time since 2011. Opening in 1896, Blackpool Pleasure Beach is steeped in history and
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has been setting the standard for the global attractions industry ever since, celebrating its 125-year anniversary in 2021. Thousands of UK and international leisure industry professionals will be
gathered in London for the annual IAAPA Expo Europe. The event is the flagship European trade show of The Global Association for the Attractions Industry, shining the spotlight firmly on the recovering tourism industry in this special Jubilee year for the UK, and putting London at the heart of Europe’s leisure industry in 2022. Thompson said: “I’m delighted that Blackpool Pleasure Beach is to receive
this prestigious accolade. Blackpool Pleasure Beach and IAAPA have a long and illustrious history together. Not only did I serve as Chairman in 2020 and 2021, the first European woman to do so, but my father also held the same position. “Our shared history goes right back to my great-grandfather William G. Bean
who spoke at an early IAAPA meeting almost 100 years ago. I look forward to continuing this relationship and working with IAAPA for many more years.” Peter van der Schans, executive director and vice president of IAAPA EMEA,
said: “It’s impressive we get to celebrate Blackpool Pleasure Beach nearing 100 years of membership with IAAPA, an association that only celebrated its 100th anniversary a few years ago. Honouring the attraction’s staff at IAAPA Expo Europe is only made sweeter with the fact we’ll do it on our stage in London, just a few hours away from the top-tier destination.” Blackpool Pleasure Beach is home to the world’s first ever Ghost Train; the
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