Posts By Andrew Mellor

Should parks go down the ‘DIY’ route when it comes to F&B operations or bring in outside contractors to take care of this aspect of the business? Andrew Mellor discusses …
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The UK’s Paultons Park has enjoyed a hugely successful 2011 following the introduction of Peppa Pig World at the start of the season. Here InterPark Editor Andrew Mellor takes a …
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Interactive entertainment giant Alterface celebrates 10 years of operation in 2011

FOUNDED in 2001, Alterface develops, markets and implements interactive entertainment solutions.

The company’s exclusive technology and expertise enables it …
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THE iconic UK landmark that is Blackpool Tower was relaunched on September 1 following a 10 month, multimillion pound restoration programme which has seen the 118-year-old structure given a new …
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Anthony van Dam is vice-president of Toronto, Canada, based Forrec, the highly respected planning and design firm specialising in the creation of entertainment and leisure environments globally. Van Dam has …
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The economic turmoil currently being experienced in Dubai has, as we all know, placed much focus on the many proposed leisure developments in the country, not least those within the …
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Australia’s Dreamworld is the result of one man’s wish back in the latter half of the 1970s to build a theme park and today it is one of the Gold …
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An Italian manufacturer famous for the production of coin-operated kiddie rides is Automatic Toys Modena (ATM), based in the well-known town famous for certain Italian-built sports cars.   Founded in …
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Located in the Treviso area of northern Italy, Bertazzon 3B can trace its roots back to 1951 when the three Bertazzon brothers (hence the ‘3B’ in the company name) began …
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C & S was founded in late 1993 by a group of work colleagues who all had many years experience in the amusement ride industry.   The company began by …
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