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01 Jul 2009
Merlin Entertainments, one of the world's largest visitor attraction operators, has announced plans to open
27 Apr 2009
Merlin Entertainments, UK-based owner of Legoland, Alton Towers and The London Dungeon, has reported a
03 Apr 2009
Denmark’s first indoor waterpark, Lalandia Aquadome, will launch on 24 April as part of Legoland
25 Mar 2009
Legoland California has celebrated its 10th anniversary, launching a new 4D attraction and announcing that
23 Jan 2009
Queue management and systems provider Lo-Q expects its results for 2008 to be ahead of
15 Dec 2008
UK-based visitor attraction operator Merlin Entertainments has announced that it will open a Legoland adventure
As one of the most energy-intensive industries in the UK, leisure facilities face a critical
10 Dec 2008
Children's entertainment provider, HIT Entertainment, has signed a deal with attractions operator Merlin Entertainment to
04 Dec 2008
Merlin Entertainments, the UK attractions giant, has said it will pass on the benefit of
02 Dec 2008
Attractions operator Merlin Entertainments has announced several senior promotions, due to take effect in the
20 Nov 2008
HIT Entertainment and Merlin Entertainments Group have commissioned SD Entertainment and Threshold Animation Studios to
31 Oct 2008
Steve Shears has been appointed site search and acquisitions director at Merlin Entertainments, reporting to
01 Oct 2008
International attractions operator Merlin Entertainments has reorganised its Midway Division into four geographical regions to
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21 Aug 2008
Merlin Entertainments' opened the first Sea Life Aquarium in the United States at Legoland California
21 Jul 2008
Picsolve, the photographic systems and services provider for leisure attractions, has been sold in a
29 May 2008
The Merlin Entertainments Group has gained full control of the Blackpool Sea Life Centre after
07 May 2008
Merlin Entertainments Group is to open its first Legoland outside North America and Europe after
10 Mar 2008
Merlin Entertainments is to launch a London Eye-style observation wheel in New Jersey, US. The
26 Feb 2008
UK-based attractions operator Merlin Entertainments was the fastest growing private-equity owned company in Britain in
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
17 Dec 2007
Merlin Entertainments is investing more than US$20m (£27.8m, 13.6m euro) in a new adventure area
13 Nov 2007
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has announced the winners of its
24 Sep 2007
Cedar Point amusement park and resort in Sandusky Ohio has been named best amusement park
12 Jul 2007
Nick Varney, chief executive of UK-based Merlin Entertainments, has said that he intends to float
26 Jun 2007
HB Leisure has opened one of its Midway Games operations at Legoland, Windsor, which is
23 May 2007
Merlin Entertainments has announced the completion of its £2bn merger with Tussauds and, according to
04 May 2007
British theme parks may be a great family day out, but they are too expensive,
19 Mar 2007
Merlin Entertainments is expanding the Miniland U.S.A. attraction at its LEGOLAND California theme park in
05 Mar 2007
Merlin Entertainments, the owner of the Legoland and Sea Life attractions, has acquired The Tussauds
29 Nov 2006
Merlin Entertainments has unveiled plans to open the first of a new mini-Legoland concept in
28 Nov 2006
Merlin Entertainments, the UK-based attractions operator which now owns the Sea Life, Legoland and Dungeon
16 Nov 2006
The annual IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) Expo was officially opened by
13 Nov 2006
Merlin Entertainments, the European attractions operator, has acquired one of Italy’s largest theme parks, Gardaland,
11 Oct 2006
One of the largest theme park operators in Europe, Parques Reunidos, could reportedly be about
25 Aug 2006
The Eden Project in Cornwall has been named the healthiest UK attraction in which to
03 Aug 2006
Legoland Windsor has introduced a miniature version of the London Duck Tours vehicle, which makes
03 Aug 2006
Legoland Windsor in the UK has introduced a miniature version of the London Duck Tours
28 Mar 2006
Last weekend, before the clocks officially went forward an hour onto British Summertime, Lord Simon
28 Mar 2006
Last weekend, before the clocks officially went forward an hour onto British Summertime, Lord Simon
23 Mar 2006
US private equity group Blackstone has reportedly bought out Hospitality Europe for around £452m (US$790m,
09 Mar 2006
US-based private equity company Blackstone Group has acquired Center Parcs for £205m. Blackstone agreed to
10 Nov 2005
Private investment company Blackstone Group has acquired the La Quinta budget hotel operator for US$3.4bn
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