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07 Sep 2022
Blackpool Pleasure Beach will be honoured at the IAAPA Expo Europe, being held in London
28 Nov 2020
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has revealed the winners of its 2020 Thea Awards. Winners
22 Oct 2020
For those who missed VAC 2020 – the annual UK Conference for Visitor Attractions –
29 Dec 2019
It has been another momentous year in the attractions industry, and Attractions Management has been
19 Nov 2019
The development of a global safety standard for the attractions industry is high on the
10 Dec 2018
A “world-class”, £300m (US$376.2m, €330,9m) visitor attraction based on Swiss author Erich Von Däniken’s Chariots
As healthcare continues to shift towards prevention, there’s a growing focus on helping people stay
13 Nov 2018
David Rosenberg will become the first representative of the zoo and aquarium sector to lead
01 Oct 2018
Ken Whiting, president of Whiting's Foods, will lead IAAPA as its chair in 2021 following
25 May 2018
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has debuted its highly-anticipated steel launch coaster – Icon – which opens
31 Jan 2018
West Midland Safari Park has announced a series of events to celebrate the release of
21 Dec 2017
In a year of ups, downs, loops and scoops, Attractions Management looks back at some
11 Oct 2017
Amanda Thompson OBE will become only the third woman to chair IAAPA in its 100-year
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
13 Feb 2017
Aardman Animations – creator of popular IPs such as Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the
04 Oct 2016
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has unveiled plans for a new multi-million pound rollercoaster, a £16.25m (US$20.9m,
20 Sep 2016
Fernando Aldecoa Jr, the 17-year-old son of PortAventura World manager Fernando Aldecoa, donated his month's
30 Nov 2015
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is to use point-of-sale solutions by technology solutions provider to leisure markets
19 Jun 2015
Following an 11-year campaign to save a heritage theme park in Margate, Kent, UK, Dreamland
09 Oct 2014
After 11 years of campaigning, Margate's community can finally believe the fight to save Dreamland
One of the biggest mistakes operators in the fitness industry still make is advertising almost
22 Jul 2014
Contracts to supply The RHS Chelsea Flower Show and its main sponsor M&G investments are
02 May 2014
Nickelodeon-themed areas are coming to parks in Malaysia's Petaling Jaya the Spanish capital Madrid, as
29 Apr 2013
Pleasure Beach in Blackpool has officially opened the world's first Wallace & Gromit ride Thrill-O-Matic,
12 Mar 2013
British Art & Design was hugely popular, with Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown
15 Jan 2013
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is blaming gloomy weather and the recession for a £400,000 drop in
19 Sep 2012
The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) has appointed Baroness Patience Wheatcroft, former editor of
16 Aug 2012
Image: Thrill-o-Matic will replace the former Gold Mine Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the amusement park and
13 May 2011
Nickelodeon Land, a new £10.3m attraction at Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park, has been officially
06 Sep 2010
The much talked about Wentworth Bowl project at Wentworth Leisure Centre is now well under
27 Jul 2010
Kids entertainment brand Nickelodeon and the Pleasure Beach amusement park in Blackpool are to partner
12 Aug 2009
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to launch an investigation into the cause of
05 Feb 2009
Camelot Theme Park near Chorley, Lancashire, has been placed into receivership having struggled to compete
16 Oct 2008
The top visitor attractions for 2007 have been announced by VisitBritain and reveal a 3
21 Jul 2008
Travelodge has announced plans to build 55 new hotels at seaside locations around the UK.
13 Nov 2007
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has announced the winners of its
23 Aug 2007
VisitBritain has revealed that 196.5 million visits were made to visitor attractions in England last
29 Jun 2007
Worldwide theme park attendance grew 2.2 per cent in 2006, with the top 20 US
26 Jun 2007
HB Leisure has opened one of its Midway Games operations at Legoland, Windsor, which is
24 Apr 2007
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is to unveil its new £8m rollercoaster, Infusion, in May. Infusion is
08 Nov 2006
Jim Rowland, the group operations director for Blackpool Pleasure Beach, is to retire in December.
06 Sep 2006
Southport Pleasureland in Merseyside closed yesterday (5 September) after 93 years. The theme park, owned
07 Aug 2006
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has topped a survey of Britain’s most popular free visitor destinations with
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As the entrepreneur who started Wexer, Fresh Fitness, Fitness DK and Repeat, as well as being a former elite athlete, Rasmus Ingerslev’s life looked perfect from the outside, but onthe inside it was a different story. He talks to Kath Hudson about healing old wounds
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