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Find great staff ™ Jobs start on page 29 MANAGEMENT NEWS 6 FEBRUARY 2019 ISSUE 123 www.attractionsmanagement.com Disney to host fi rst offi cial LGBTQ event Disneyland Paris is to host the fi rst ever offi cial LGBTQ event held at a Disney theme park when it opens the Walt Disney Studios Park for a Magical Pride Party on 1 June 2019. The event, which is open to people from the LGBT community and their friends and families, will include meet and greets with Disney characters, a Magical March of Diversity Parade, access to selected attractions, DJs, special live music performances, karaoke, and themed photo locations. A website (www.magicalpride.com) QThe event will take place in Paris in June has been set up for the party, which runs from 8pm to 2am. Disney is selling happenings at Disney's parks, but package offers that include two or three Magical Pride will be the fi rst to offi cially nights accommodation at a Disney Hotel, happen under the Disney umbrella. There is some history of an entrance ticket to the Magical Pride Disneyland in Anaheim, California, LGBTQ happenings at Party and "extra magic time" – early formerly hosted an LGBTQ event Disney's parks, but the access to selected attractions in the but it stopped about 20 years ago, Magical Pride will be the Disney Parks, exclusively for Disney's according to Gay Days Anaheim. fi rst to be labelled 'offi cial' hotel guests. There's a history of LGBTQ MORE: http://lei.sr/T7J3W_A THEME PARKS NEW OPENING RELOCATION Disney to add Zootopia New aquarium to open New home for Thunder to Shanghai park in Montenegro in 2020 Bay Art Gallery Zootopia's success in China p6 Aquarium Boka to include p11 Proposed waterfront p12 a "huge driver" for opening 16 large pools for species site to cost CA$33m Attractions people General manager Cem Uzan reveals details for Turkey’s Ankapark, set to open in capital city Ankara in March huge new theme park firms, alongside one Chinese A is set to open in this company, have the operating Turkish capital, Ankara, rights for 29 years. Germany- in March, covering an area of based audit firm TÜV is 1.4m sq m (15.1m sq ft). conducting testing at the park. Called Ankapark, Set to open in March, the the attraction will have park has a focus on bringing 130,000sqm (1.4m sq ft) of in international visitors, indoor space for rides and as well as domestic. attractions, meaning it will open "We are trying to improve during winter months as well as tourism activity in Ankara. during the peak summer period. Our Chinese partners Another weatherproofing will bring nearly 500,000 feature at the park will be Chinese tourists," said heated tents, where rides QUzan said the park will have indoor space for rides and attractions Ankapark Enterprises can continue to operate general director Cem Uzan. regardless of the weather "Our Chinese partners will "Our aim is to bring conditions – inside the tents, bring nearly 500,000 Chinese Russian and Middle Eastern the average temperature will tourists to the park" ones. If more tourists be 23 degrees Celsius. come here in this context, Ankapark will offer visitors 90 per cent of the rides in The park has been built Ankara will have a proper 28 big rides and 180 mid-sized the park have been bought by the Ankara Metropolitan income, developing its rides among its total 2,117. from European firms. Municipality and three Turkish touristic structure." Eddie Kemsley returns to heritage theme park Dreamland as chief executive reamland – the heritage "We will further the park's reputation D theme park in Margate, as one of the industry's most exciting England – has confirmed visitor attractions and events" the reappointment of its former chief executive officer includes not just the theme rides, pop-up entertainment, Eddie Kemsley to the same park, but also a roller room art installations, eclectic position, two years after she and diner, 1,000-person street food and a year- left the business to take capacity music venue (Hall round programme of live over at Kidzania London. By The Sea), a children’s music and events. Dreamland has struggled soft play centre (Octopus’ "I look forward to working financially in recent years, Garden) and a seafront with our talented team here, with the park falling into pub (Cinque Ports). and partners across the QKemsley's previous tenure administration in May 2016. Dreamland now touts itself UK, to further the park’s as CEO ended when she left to Since then, the park has as a "world-class visitor reputation as one of the take over Kidzania in London benefited from substantial attraction, offering all the industry’s most exciting investment from its owner, fun of the festival for the visitor attractions and events Sands Heritage and now whole family", with vintage venue," said Kemsley. 2 attractionsmanagement.com ©Cybertrek Ltd 2019 ISSUE 123 JOBS START ON PAGE 29 >>> MANAGEMENT NEWS Contents issue 123 6 Zootopia goes to Shanghai Shanghai Disney Resort's eight area is set to open in 2020 and will be based on the wildly popular Zootopia characters 8 Great Famine museum planned for Ukraine Design renderings revealed for museum which explores the darkest period in country's history 11 'World class' aquarium planned for Montenegro Plans by Montenegro's Institute of Marine Biodiversity include attraction QFrank Ruttenberg first joined San Antonio Zoo as a tour with three main areas and 16 pools bus operator and has spent two decades on the zoo's board 12 Casino plans to include "With the help of our ambassadors indoor waterpark from the animal kingdom, it's our Sands Bethlehem resort set to benefit mission to educate people" from attraction following US$1.3bn acquisition by Wind Creek Hospitality Frank Ruttenberg named chief of 16 I have a dream Martin Luther King Jr.'s former San Antonio Zoological Society family home is to be restored and become a visitor attraction rank Ruttenberg has had serving in the role for four Fhis decades of service to years – a period in which the San Antonio Zoological almost US$30m (€26.26m, CLASSIFIED & JOBS Society recognised, with his £22.97m) has been appointment as the new invested in the institution. Job opportunities 29 president of the association. Ruttenberg described A board member for over the appointment as a great two decades, Ruttenberg honour, adding: "Our San Sign up to Leisure Opportunities: has served on the executive Antonio Zoological Society Online: www.leisuresubs.com committee as secretary, is dedicated to securing a Email: [email protected] treasurer, and 1st and future for wildlife. Our board Tel: +44 (0)1462 471930 2nd vice president. His understands this is a great Annual subscriptions: UK £34, long-held passion for San responsibility. With the help UK students £18, Europe £45, RoW £68 Antonio Zoo dates back to of our ambassadors from the his start at the attraction, animal kingdom, who we care Attractions Management News is published 26 times a year by The where he would initially work for as though they were our Leisure Media Company Ltd, Portmill House, Portmill Lane, Hitchin, as a tour bus operator. own family members, it's our Herts SG5 1DJ, UK. 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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored from outgoing president to the importance of wildlife, in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, recorded or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Chris Bathie, who has been and to inspire people." copyright holder, Cybertrek Ltd. ©Cybertrek Ltd 2019 ISSN 2516-9114 ISSUE 123 ©Cybertrek Ltd 2019 attractionsmanagement.com 3 Attractions people Jan Maarten de Raad: Hameau Dubœuf's immersive wine attraction an example of customised experiences rench wine museum "Over the last couple of years, we've F Hameau Dubœuf is to been focussing on design-build get a new immersive projects that tell a cultural story" experience courtesy of Dutch attraction design and build Eindhoven-based Mansveld of creating customised specialist Jora Vision. Projecten and Services immersive experiences for The experience, called Mon collaborating with Jora clients," said de Raad. Beaujolais, will tell the 2000- Vision on the audiovisual "Over the last couple of year history of winemaking in and show control elements years, we have been focussing the Beaujolais region through of the experience. on design-build projects that a character called Toine, a According to Jan Maarten tell an interesting cultural fictional winegrower who has de Raad, Jora Vision CEO, story. We are excited to QJan Maarten de Raad appeared in Hameau Dubœuf's the project shows how see more and more clients has spent the past 32 attractions previously. customised content is showing interest in our services years at Jora Vision The story will be told becoming increasingly popular. and we are confident Mon via video mapping and "This project is another Beaujolais will be a spectacular back projection, with example of our key strategy example of our work." Canadian National Gallery CEO Marc Mayer steps down after decade in role arc Mayer is Looking forward, he M stepping down as added: "I’ve got a number director and CEO of options. I’m definitely of the National Gallery of looking for another job." Canada today to pursue Before leading the gallery, new challenges, following a Mayer led a number of 10-year stint in the role.