Contents May/June 2017


RIGHT ON TRACK Alpine play specialist Sunkid, brings indoor play outside with its new Wood Ball Tracks...


4-8 Global News New developments from Lappset, Elaut, Innovative Technology, Sunkid and other leading brands


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Austrian attractions specialist Sunkid offers a wide range of outdoor entertainment solutions from applications for customer transport, rides, and activity towers for younger users, with more than 7,000 installations worldwide. Its new Wood Ball Track product brings indoor alpine-themed play outdoors.


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Whitewater’s No Boundaries play unit is a great example of this, being able to cram a good deal of play value into a unit with a minimal footprint. This opens it out not only to dedicated FECs and other types of attraction, but also to facilities that may not have play as their main business but wanted to include some element of it. It’s all part of a leisure culture in which customers are no longer heading for specialists, but instead expect to find an all in one experience wherever they take the family. A food offering of some sort is expected as standard now, as is a dedicated play area for children and a place nearby for adults. All of which means the market for such products is now expanding beyond its core customer


base to include pubs, restaurants, hotels, public buildings, shopping malls. Great news for suppliers, extra competition for dedicated FECs, but ultimately, no bad thing for the sector as a whole.


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s parks, attractions and FECs become more varied in their location, mix of facilities, and budget, canny suppliers have produced ever more flexible solutions to allow even the most modest-sized entertainment centre to offer maximum value in the space


Contributors Sharon Harris (U.S.) Becci Knowles


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Managing Director Parvez Kayani


Designer Sally Barden 07974 820037


15 Better than the real thing The newest developments in the simulators market


9 New Products


Latest launches from Sega, Intento, JNC and Amega


10 US News Analysis from our US correspondent


12 Compact discovery Why small is beautiful for Whitewater’s new No Boundaries play unit


18 Wood working Austrian firm Sunkid, tells us about its new Wood Ball Track


21 Events Dates for your diary


22 View from Here A bumper year ahead for UK attractions?


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