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19 Jun 2015
Attractions across the globe are preparing for the onset of a new Ice Age, with
09 Jun 2015
A 17-year-old-girl – one of five hospitalised after the Smiler crash at Alton Towers –
08 Jun 2015
Alton Towers has reopened six days after a horrific accident on the park’s Smiler left
05 Jun 2015
Following the incident at Alton Towers, which saw a carriage full of people crash into
04 Jun 2015
Merlin Entertainments’ chief executive, Nick Varney, has said Alton Towers will remain closed until the
02 Jun 2015
Four people have been seriously injured in a collision between two carriages on Alton Towers’
Following a hugely successful event last year in Split, Croatia, a W3Fit EMEA, is heading
08 Apr 2015
Alton Towers is looking to become the leading destination in the UK’s short break market,
04 Feb 2015
Attractions giant Merlin Entertainments has ruled out a move to buy back the freehold on
08 Jan 2015
Alton Towers and Staffordshire University have teamed up to offer a Foundation Degree in Visitor
10 Dec 2014
The BBC is the latest brand to be incorporated into the Paramount London theme park,
01 Aug 2014
Merlin Entertainments has posted its half year results through to 28 June 2014, marking a
10 Jul 2014
Picsolve has opened a new interactive photo studio at Alton Towers Resort’s CBeebies Land. The
Complaints about group exercise have become a thing of the past for the Reynolds Group
08 Jul 2014
In a bid to become a year-round attraction that can host guests overnight or longer,
09 Jun 2014
CBeebies Land at Alton Towers, UK, has hit the ground running following its recent launch,
06 May 2014
The UK’s Alton Towers Resort has been given planning approval to build new themed accommodation
17 Apr 2014
Property investor Nick Leslau – whose company Prestbury Investments own a large chunk of Merlin
01 Apr 2014
StayDry is the UK's favourite promotional rainwear company and has been supplying Merlin Entertainments' Alton
08 Jan 2014
Merlin Entertainments has today announced a major new deal to create the world’s first Angry
06 Dec 2013
John Wood, chair and CEO of Sally Corporation, has been inducted into the International Association
04 Nov 2013
Alton Towers' new £18m Smiler rollercoaster was forced to shut down after some of the
21 Oct 2013
Merlin Entertainments, the second largest visitor attraction operator in the world, has announced that it
15 Oct 2013
Alton Towers, UK, is appealing to a young demographic next season, with the launch of
17 Oct 2013
Premium Lighting Solutions (PLS) has designed and installed lighting for the pool area of the
24 Apr 2013
The newly established Family Entertainment (FEC) group at BALPPA will host its inaugural seminar event
19 Apr 2013
The newly established Family Entertainment Centre group at BALPPA is delighted to announce the agenda
25 Mar 2013
Merlin Entertainments is reportedly set to announce profits of £350m when it presents its annual
18 Mar 2013
The new Family Entertainment centre (FEC) subgroup at BALPPA reached the fifty (50) member milestone
11 Mar 2013
Alton Towers Resort has worked with researchers at New Scientist to ensure its news £18m
05 Nov 2012
Anglia Community Leisure wants to find out what the people of Brandon want from their
15 Oct 2012
Merlin has made its biggest ever single investment in Alton Towers – the £18m coaster.
16 Jul 2012
Family Action has claimed that high prices charged by attractions and service providers in the
13 Jul 2012
Image: The aquarium's Tropical Bay of Rays habitat Sydney Aquarium is to relaunch as a
20 Jun 2012
Image: PortAventura, one of the parks to report an increase in admissions following capital investments
04 Apr 2012
The extraordinary weather that has hit the Staffordshire Moorlands today has forced the closure of
28 Mar 2012
Visitor attractions operator Merlin Entertainments invested a total of £174m (US$276m, 207m euro) in its
10 Nov 2011
HB Leisure (HBL), UK based specialist in the skill games and coin-operated amusements business, has
07 Nov 2011
Alton Towers, the Eden Project and Edinburgh Castle have been named among the winners at
03 Nov 2011
Merlin Entertainments has teamed up with 20th Century Fox with the view of launching a
16 Aug 2011
The total number of visits made to visitor attractions in England increased by 3 per
21 Jul 2011
Plans have been unveiled for the construction of Adventure World Warsaw - a major 240-hectare
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