Industry Reports

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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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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Although the global amusements and theme park sector did well to avoid the full effects of the economic downturn in 2009, most within the industry are happy to have started …
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As midway and arcade games become an ever more popular secondary spend evenue stream in parks around the world, Andrew Mellor investigates what akes a good games operation, the benefits …
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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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Specialising in road trains for tourist destinations and visitor attractions, Dotto’s first train was produced in 1962 by company founder Ivo Dotto and as is the case with so many …
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In the second part of our look at designing visitor attraction facilities, Andrew Mellor continues his discussions with industry experts who in this issue provide an insight into how new …
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IP:  How do you think the simulation and special effects theatre industry has changed in the past 10 years or so and what has been the most significant change? TM: …
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