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, March 29, 2011 Theme Parks: Merlin Entertainments 2010 Results - Still Rocking Round the World    Despite difficult economic conditions in Europe and the US, Merlin Entertainments announced another set of impressive results today for 2010....View more

Monday, February 07, 2011 Theme Parks: Alton Towers harnesses the Wisdom of Friends - Facebook Places Deals launch in UK    Facebook has launched Places Deals in the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Canada.  Launched in the US in November, Deals is an add on to Facebook Places, an app where users check in their location.  Deals takes this a step further by then offering users discounts and benefits at nearby shops, restaurants and venues. 
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Saturday, September 19, 2009 Themed Attractions: Talking Pirates Today    Why are pirates so fascinating? They just arrrrr!  An old joke of course but appropriate as today is National Talk Like a Pirate Day* in the US.  My little boy did all the Orlando parks and attractions last Autumn, saw Spider-man, Shamu, Mickey and a host of other magical characters......View more

Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Amusement Parks: Not Just a Monorail    Alton Towers' monorail always did what it said on the tin, took you from the hotels to the park entrance. The views are pretty, the ride smooth but it was a pretty functional experience. Not now. For this year the trains have had a makeover…...View more

Monday, August 25, 2008 Fancy a Nut Cutlet Sir? Merlin Entertainments Group’s Nick Varney on Food, Satisfaction and Dungeons    Revealing interview with Merlin Entertainments Group’s CEO Nick Varney in this morning’s Times, in which he talks healthy food, pricing and customer satisfaction. He also explains why Merlin’s “naughty child” fell foul of the church...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Abandoned Waterparks , the World’s Best Roller Coasters and One Mighty Big Fish tank   

This weekend’s Sunday Telegraph carried a neat piece about the roller coaster industry, journalist Rose George travelling to Alton Towers to experience the theme park's famed Nemesis coaster and over to Switzerland (the offices are in  “…Monthey, a small, less than beautiful city on a plain between dramatic Alps and more dramatic Alps”) to meet Walter Bolliger of Bolliger & Mabillard ...

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Amusement Parks: Genesis of Nemesis    A quintessentially British couple of days, one spent at a Dorset garden party the second sitting in the rain at a kid’s sports day. Met one of the men behind Nemesis (my favourite coaster) and an old friend from India…...View more

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Amusement parks: A Winter's Tale - Alton Towers and Singing Chickens    A weekend, mid-Winter in the UK's premier theme park....View more

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