40 Hotel Waterpark Resorts Open in 2011 Outside North America
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World Hotel Waterpark Construction Report 40 Hotel Waterpark Resorts Open in 2011 Outside North America By Jeff Coy & Amanda McDaniel December 7, 2011 --- Hotel waterpark resort projects worldwide grew 16.7% in 2011 over 2010 --- when you look past North America and focus on the rest of the world. While some countries are treading water, others are zooming ahead with accelerating rates of growth. Forty (40) waterpark hotels opened in 2011 compared to 27 in 2010 and 19 in 2009. Fifty- three projects are under construction. And 83 projects are in the development-planning stages. Beyond North America, where foreign visitor arrivals are increasing and hotel- leisure project funding is easier to obtain, developers and consumers in the rest of the world are caught up in the hotel waterpark phenomenon. Construction Project Growth Hotel Waterpark Resorts Worldwide Except North America 2011F 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Open at beginning of year 239 212 193 180 163 148 144 Openings during year 40 27 19 13 17 15 4 Total Open at end of year 279 239 212 193 180 163 148 Percent Change 16.7% 12.7% 9.8% 7.2% 10.4% 10.1% 2.8% Under Construction 53 24 0 0 0 0 0 In Development 83 52 0 0 0 0 0 Source: Jeff Coy, JLC Hospitality Consulting. Of the 40 hotel waterpark resorts that opened in 2011, Australia led with 8 projects followed by the United Kingdom with 5, China with 4, Turkey with 3 and Bahrain and the Ukraine each with 2, according to the worldwide database maintained by Phoenix-Cave Creek- based JLC Hospitality Consulting. Outside of North America, the biggest hotel waterpark resort to open in 2011 is the 460-room Kempinski Hotel & Wahoo Indoor Waterpark at Bahrain City Center in Manama followed by the 445-room Maxx Royal Resort & Waterpark in Antakya-Belek, Turkey. The largest resort to open by size of outdoor waterpark is the Beijing Longmenzhen Hotel & Waterpark & Spa with 1,350,000 square feet. Largest to open by size of indoor waterpark is the Acquaworld Indoor Waterpark in Milan, Italy with 376,737 square feet. Hotel Waterpark Resorts Opening in 2011 Worldwide Except North America OWP IWP Open Names Location Rooms SqFt SqFt Date Flame Sako Spa & Waterpark Saipan Marianas 357 201101 Teshilovo Resort Adds Constantinople Indoor Waterpark Moscow Area Russia 123 21,526 201101 Time Capsule Indoor Waterpark Coatbridge UK 201101 Bluestone Resort Lodges & Waterpark Pembrokeshire UK 268 201101 Tamplier Hotel Adds Waterpark & Nola 7 Spa Bansko Bulgaria 67 10,700 201103 Beach Park Hotel & Acqua Waterpark Near Fortaleza Porto das Dunas Brazil 198 374,500 201104 Bali Indoor-Outdoor Waterpark Fushun China 201104 Royal Holiday Palace Hotel & Waterpark - Lara Beach Antalya Turkey 250 100,000 201104 Kabana Resort at Ice Land OWP & Planet Earth at WOW RAK Ras Al Khaimah UAE 180 0 201104 Al Areen Palace Hotel & Lost Paradise of Dilmun Expansion Manama-Shakir Bahrain 78 201105 Banyan Tree All Pool Suites Resort & Sky Wave Pool Macau China 227 201105 Maxx Royal Resort & Waterpark Antakya-Belek Turkey 445 107,640 201106 Nanjing Longmenzhen Hotel & Waterpark Nanjing China 201107 Acquaworld Indoor Waterpark Milan Italy 376,737 201107 Paraiso Verde Resort & Waterpark Koronadal City Philippines 10 322,344 201107 Dream Island (Former Lost World) IWP at Dream Town Mall Kiev Ukraine 269,075 201107 Tropicana Sea Beach Hotel & OWP Sharm El Sheikh Eqypt 365 201108 New Drayton Manor Hotel at Drayton Manor Theme Park Staffordshire UK 150 201108 Zagame's Paradise Resort Gold Coast Adds OWP Gold Coast QLD Australia 358 201109 Complejo Antu Resort Opens & P2 US$2m WP UD Valparaiso Chile 201109 Big 4 Holiday Park Adds Outdoor Waterpark Harrington Bch NSW Australia 308 201110 Big 4 Holiday Park Adds Outdoor Waterpark Nelligen NSW Australia 201110 Big 4 Holiday Park Adds Outdoor Waterpark Yamba NSW Australia 201110 Big 4 Holiday Park Adds Outdoor Waterpark Deniliquin NSW Australia 124 201110 Big 4 Holiday Park Adds Outdoor Waterpark Bellarine VIC Australia 269 201110 Big 4 Holiday Park Adds Outdoor Waterpark Beachlands WA Australia 201110 Bahrain City Center & Wahooo IWP Add Kempinski Hotel Manama Bahrain 460 201110 Beijing Longmenzhen Hotel & Waterpark & Spa Beijing China 1,350,000 201110 Ilica Spa & Wellness Resort Adds Aqua Toy City IWP Cesme Turkey 278 201110 Tiram Indoor Waterpark at Today Shopping Mall Johor Baru Malaysia 25,992 201111 Terminal Aquapark IWP Bovary-Kiev Ukraine 220,642 201111 Big 4 Holiday Resort Adds Outdoor Waterpark Cairns, QSLD Australia 201112 Jumeirah Bilgah Hotel, Villas & Waterpark Baku Azerbaijan 190 201112 FunWorld Plaza Hotel & 2 Water Themeparks UD & Mall UD Nadi Fiji 200 201112 Avoriaz Ski Resort Room Expansion & Waterpark Addition Portes du Soleil France 49 21526 201112 Super Flume Indoor Leisure Park Bandung Indonesia 201112 Hotel & IWP at AquaMasterPark Doha Qatar 360 128,400 201112 Wave House Zaragoza I-OWP At Puerto Venecia Mall Zaragoza Spain 107,639 201112 Flow House Indoor Waterpark at Xscape Indoor Ski Castleford Yorkshire UK 107,630 201112 London Olympics Aquatic Centre - 2012 Games Stratford-London UK 118,400 201112 Total UC - Opening in 2011 40 5,314 2,254,484 1,408,267 Source: Jeff Coy, JLC Hospitality Consulting. 480-488-3382. www.jeffcoy.com . 2 Flame Sako Spa & Waterpark in Saipan, Marianas, Micronesia reportedly opened in January 2011. The US$80 million resort has a 357-room, 6-star hotel with a large indoor- outdoor waterpark and convention center. Kang Daw Sik, ceo of the Korean development firm, broke ground in 2009 on a 10-hectare parcel leased for 25 years from the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. Saipan is near Guam and became a part of the USA in 1986. Teshilovo Resort Opened Constantinople Indoor Waterpark near Moscow, Russia in March 2011. The 21,400 sf indoor waterpark includes water slides, hydro-massage pool, activity pool, kiddie pool, a large multi-functional pool and water play toys. The waterpark was created by Bulgarian supplier Nolo 7. The resort is located near the southern ring road around Moscow not far from Pushino on the high right bank of the river Oka. In summer, there’s a sand beach, mini-football, tennis, ping-pong, horse rides, billiards, DJ bar, karaoke. In winter, there’s a skating rink, snow skiing and snowmobile rental. For details, visit www.nola7.com . Time Capsule Indoor Waterpark in Coatbridge UK reopened as Scotland’s Waterpark after a 6 million pound refurbishment that includes a 4-person Tantrum Tornado slide, StormChasers, tsunami waves, action river, coral cove, tipping bucket, a 25-meter pool, saunas and Splash Island interactive play area. An ice rink, also under refurbishment, will reopen in 2011. For more, go to www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk . Bluestone Resort Lodges & Waterpark in Pembrokeshire UK opened with 280 rooms, cottages and studios in January 2011. Total 1,400 bed spaces. The Bluelagoon indoor waterpark features a wave machine, a rapids river ride and two enclosed flume rides. The indoor Adventure Center has a Sky Trail ropes course and climbing wall. For more, go to www.bluestonewales.com . Tamplier Hotel, located within the Bansko Ski Resort in Bulgaria , added a waterpark and spa to its 67 rooms in March 2011. The Bulgarian-based Nola 7 designed and installed the 10,700 sf indoor waterpark, which is the largest on the Balkan Peninsula. The indoor waterpark has 3 merging pools, slides, 2 lazy rivers, water caves, fountains and water curtains. The resort is becoming increasingly popular out of season, as the waterpark provides family entertainment to complement the adjacent spa center, according to Richard Bishop, Nola 7’s managing director. For more, go to www.nola7.com . Beach Park Acqua Resort & Waterpark opened 198 rooms near Fortaleza, Porto das Dunas, Brazil. Fortaleza is the number one family destination for Brazilians on holiday. Beach Park is the ocean front hot spot of Fortaleza. Within Beach Park, South America’s 3 biggest water theme park, AquaPark, has with 35,000sm or 374,500 sf of water playground. Over 700,000 people visit AquaPark annually. The Insano is the highest water slide on the planet at 41 meters (135 feet) or 14-stories high as listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Insano’s angle and slope provides extremely rapid descents at speeds of 65 mph (105km/h)! For summer 2011, the park has a new attraction for young kids: the Acquacirco. But there’s something for people of all ages including wave pools, lazy rivers, rapid rivers, saunas, ecological walks and on- site hotels. The Acqua Resort and the Suites Resort are the two hotels within the Beach Park complex. Together, the two resorts provide over 300 rooms, pools, large lazy river and convention center for 450 people. Visit www.visitfortaleza.com or www.beachpark.com.br . Bali Waterpark in Fushun, China opened in April 2011 as China’s largest indoor-outdoor waterpark. Fushun is a prominent tourist destination with 1.4 million people located in the northeast coastal province of Liaoning. The outdoor waterpark, designed by Whitewater West of Vancouver BC, features 2 family raft rides, a Master Blaster uphill water coaster, a Flowrider surf simulator, 6-lane mat racer, Rain Fortress and a mix of speed and body slides. The indoor waterpark features the industry’s first flume through flume waterslide --- a slide so big it allows an inner-tube slide to race through its 20-foot diameter. To see a video, click www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1w-VKPFV0 . Royal Holiday Palace Hotel & Waterpark - Lara Beach, Antalya, Turkey opened in April 2011 with 250 rooms and 100,000 sf of outdoor waterpark space. For more, call 90-242- 352-2525 or go to www.antalyaresorts.com or www.royalholidaypalace.com .