The good leisure manufacturing facility: investments of 400 million are on the best way

Leolandia launches the Mice division: meals & beverage proposals for the winter

by Oriana Davini

06 November 2023

The sector, together with everlasting and seasonal employees, employs over 30 thousand individuals. And operators have had issue discovering employees because the pandemic, however the determine is about to rise. «This 12 months we’ve to cope with unfavorable climate – says Giuseppe Ira, former president of the affiliation and primary at Leolandia, a playground for youngsters within the province of Bergamo – however there may be nonetheless room to get well. And the 12 months might shut with additional progress in comparison with 2023 of between 5 and seven%.” The target of Leolandia, which is opening new areas in current weeks, is to give attention to a barely older group of youngsters, as much as 12 years previous. «The deliberate investments, round 30 million, have the goal of constructing the park more and more enticing on a global scale», says Ira.

Gardaland goals on the richest guests: the two,700 euro VIP bundle arrives

02 March 2024

As for costs, in recent times “the rise has stood at round 4-5%, due to this fact effectively beneath the inflation development and people practiced by the tourism sector”, underlines Maurizio Crisanti, secretary of the Italian Everlasting Parks affiliation. Not like different classes, amusement parks haven’t elevated costs excessively, “as a result of they face very elastic demand and would instantly lose their recognition”, explains Crisanti. Quite the opposite, «the presence of Italian prospects has elevated, discouraged by the upper prices of holidays. Those that selected to remain at house and spend a number of extra days within the parks.”

Mirabilandia “takes the stage”: sciences are studied on the amusement park

by Alessandra Favaro

15 Maggio 2024

A sector the place household companies function which have constructed and maintained the parks. Pareschi and Ira are two examples of this world, the place nonetheless massive funding funds have additionally arrived. Symptom that the sector makes. Gardalanda very powerful and acknowledged Italian amusement park, is owned by Merlin Leisure. That is the second group on this planet by way of variety of guests within the sector, which is in flip owned by one of many largest non-public fairness funds, Blackstone. One other instance is Wonderful, in Ravenna. which is owned by Parques Reunidos: it has round seventy points of interest around the globe and, in flip, is managed by Tweet BidCowhich additionally contains funding funds.

«It is vital that there are massive traders and we definitely wouldn’t oppose the arrival of different teams, and it’s equally vital that household companies can proceed their exercise. They’re two complementary worlds, two sides of the identical coin.” says Pareschi. New challenges? Detaching the sector increasingly from seasonality and taking the trail of sustainability. «In our sector all of us have an incredible father. Walt Disney. He stated that “If you happen to can dream it, you are able to do it”. Motto that’s adopted.”