Zoos & Aquaria

Sunday, November 13, 2011 What's the Big Idea? Looking at the Legacy of the Millennium Commission    If you visit the Millennium Commission website you might be forgiven for thinking that every visitor attraction project they were involved in was an unqualified success. ...View more

Thursday, October 06, 2011 A Whale’s Tale: SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment LLC vs. Marineland of Canada Inc. 2011 ONCA 616    This case, providing the public a rare glimpse of the marine mammal entertainment industry, pits parties that have had a mutually beneficial working relationship for almost 30 years.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Nick Varney, CEO of Merlin Entertainments Group sets out his six point growth driver plan    Marketing Week featured an exclusive interview with Nick Varney, CEO of Merlin Entertainments Group, where he gives an insight into Merlin’s phenomenal growth.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Are Farm Animal Attractions and Petting Zoos too dangerous for children? Part 2    So just over a year on from my original blog on this topic, the Petting Farm at the centre of the outbreak of E.coli 0157 has admitted liability for the incident¹ ....View more

Saturday, February 19, 2011 Chicago's World Class Museums drawing the crowds    Chicago’s 14 top museums and zoos are key economic drivers for Illinois, generating in excess of $1 billion in economic impact in the state, creating over 26,000 jobs and encouraging hundreds of thousands of tourists to make the Windy City their destination of choice....View more

Monday, January 24, 2011 Getting High at the Zoo    This week sees the opening of the new zip line at Gatorland in Orlando. The course will carry riders over the park’s Cuban Crocodiles whilst giving riders a bird’s eye view of Gatorland’s centerpiece, its breeding marsh, home to over 150 big crocodiles and alligators. Riders will get as high as 56 feet and reach up to 30 mph....View more

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 South Africa : Theme Parks, Aquariums and Football.    Providing a neat template and an inspiring example of how the best attractions can both entertain and educate, Durban’s uShaka Marine World is home to 3 integrated organisations, each of which is vital to the wellbeing and development of the other. Visiting English football fans, after watching the national team provide plucky resistance before losing agonisingly on penalties in the quarter finals of this year’s World Cup should pay a visit…...View more

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Will the FIFA World Cup also bring visitors to uShaka Marine World?    The long awaited 2010 FIFA World Cup (11 June – 11 July) is almost upon South Africa. After some three years of building stadiums, upgrading roads, indabas (traditional meetings) and arguments, celebrations of every shape and form......View more

Monday, February 15, 2010 Are Farm Animal Attractions and Petting Zoos too dangerous for young children?    Following a serious outbreak of E.coli 0157 in the UK, during the latter part of 2009 which saw a number of children hospitalised and several farm attractions closed, Professor Hugh Pennington, Emeritus professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that parents should "think hard" before letting children, particularly those under the age of 5, touch animals at petting farms....View more

Friday, October 09, 2009 Theme Parks: Weighing in on Blackstone's purchase of the Busch parks    Ever since the international beverage giant InBev acquired Busch Corp. a little over a year ago , it has been expected that InBev would spin off the parks division. Swimming rapidly through the industry is the news that the private equity firm Blackstone has stepped up......View more

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 African Zoos and Aquariums Gathering in Uganda    In May 2009, the uShaka Sea World team had the opportunity to attend the annual African Association for Zoos and Aquariums (PAAZAB) conference. For the first time in 20 years the conference was held outside of South Africa......View more

Monday, September 01, 2008 Life in Dubai : Cranes, Waterparks and Atlantis...    Hello all, my name is Scott Deisley and I am a part of the Management Team at Atlantis, Palm Jumierah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. My responsibilities specifically include the safe and profitable operation of Aquaventure, the waterpark at Atlantis. ...View more

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 Amusement parks: It's a Small World Rumours and Bristol's New Aquarium    In the news today, the science based attraction in Bristol, "@Bristol" is adding an aquarium and the weekend saw Disney's Imagineering quash various rumours flying around the revamping of its iconic and much loved "It's a Small World" ride.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 Butterfly World for the M25    New Butterfly dome set to rival the Eden Project as the UK's largest environmental attraction. ...View more

Tuesday, November 06, 2007 aquariums: Florida Aquarium Gets Technical    View the post

Saturday, November 03, 2007 Amusement parks : Welcome to Bemusement, the Blooloop Blog    View the post