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Taking place on 4-7 June 2013 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, the Asian Attractions Expo will be hosting 5,000 professionals, from 60 countries, making buying decisions in the Asian market. We take a look at some of the exciting products and services to be showcased
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Editor's letter : Dealing with protests
The industry attracts protesters for the
same reason it attracts sponsors – it's
high profile and extremely engaged with
its audience
Profile: Tim Fisher
The CEO of Village Roadshow Theme
Parks reveals how the company's
defied the double-dip global recession
with record attendances to its existing
parks and three more due to open
Museum: The big idea
San Francisco's Exploratorium reopened
in April in a venue three times its original
size. The museum's Linda Dackman
shows how the new space is being used
Aquarium: Den Blå Planet
The CEO and designer describe
Denmark's new aquarium, which is
shaped like a whirlpool and has 20,000
animals and up to 8,000 visitors a day
New opening: Thinking inside the box
The Perot Museum is shaped like a cube
and described as the next generation
of nature and science museums. CEO
Nicole Small explains how and why
Restoration: Home improvement
The Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood
Home of Johnny Cash project is
restoring the famous singer's house,
educating visitors about the New
Deal era and revitalising the area
Planetarium: The sky at night
Two dome theatres are among the
highlights of Canada's new Rio Tinto
Alcan Planetarium, which shows what's
going on in the universe as it happens
Social media: Smart moves
Find out how to use digital opportunities
beyond your website in a new series
by social media expert Kelly Wheeler
SALLY CORPORATION New from Sally, Power Blast is an immersive and challenging ride/game experience, where riders compete against the others in their ride vehicle, or against other vehicles. In this space adventure, visitors are enlisted to travel to a distant planet to save Earth from a band of space pirates intent on stealing all the energy in our universe. Riders must defeat the leader, Sir Surge, and his army of Orbots, by collecting the energy crystals, while avoiding hits from rockets or the laser blast from Sir Surge’s huge rotating grill.
Power Blast is an immersive and challenging ride/game experience
Airhant The expo will see the launch of Aqua Disc, a themed waterpark disco in a space ship. This high voltage experience invites waterpark goers to enter a UFO and dance in artificial rain, made from sprinklers, fountains and water jets, accompanied by booming music and disco lights. Arihant believes the attraction will appeal to teenagers, as well as friends and family wanting to “have a blast” together. It can accommodate 250 people at a time.
Aqua Disc
Huss Huss is showcasing a brand new ride experience. The Explorer uses a 12m diameter circular gondola, which can accommodate up to 70 guests, seated in a closed cabin. Facing outwards, they’ll watch a seamless 360-degree film through full height glass, which will be unique to each installation. The content can be created as CGI, live action or a combination to create either a white-knuckle ride or a calm, scenic journey.
The Explorer
Forrec Forrec has been working with Iskandar Investment Berhad and Merlin Entertainments to masterplan Legoland Malaysia, part of a 59-acre integrated complex in Johor. The latest of the Lego branded theme parks, this will be the first international park in Malaysia and first Legoland in Asia.
It will feature many Asian icons, including the Taj Mahal, the Singapore Merlion and Angkor Wat.
Legoland Malaysia
TAA Specialist manufacturer of themed environments, TAA’s latest major project, is Turkish theme park, Vialand. For the water ride, TAA is building a 21m (68ft) high Viking warrior, a 25m (82ft)-long timber Viking ship, and a Dragon sculpture – a 60m (196ft) tunnel which guests drive through in boats. TAA is also creating the facade works for the Happy Farm Ride, the Fun Zone Street and the arches to the zones and rides.
Turkish theme park
SANDERSON Sanderson is currently working on a couple of projects in China. The Mysterious Theme Park in the Jiangjing District, Chongquing City is a park based on world famous unsolved mysteries. The 58,500sq m (192,000sq ft) Qingdao Rio Carnival project combines a beach experience with entertainment and leisure facilities, shopping and food and beverage facilities, with the aim of creating an all year round family experience.
The Mysterious Theme Park
GATEWAY TICKETING Gateway Ticketing Systems will be showcasing Galaxy Roam, its latest innovation to cut queues on busy days at attractions. This mobile ticketing sales and validation system, allows the point of sale to be taken to the customer, so visitors can access the facility more quickly. Staff equipped with the Galaxy Roam can sell event tickets in the park, so guests don’t have to make their way back to the front gate – a great way of boosting secondary spend.
Galaxy Roam
NICEBERG Niceberg will be profiling its latest 4D films: Great Wall of China, Toy Ride and Catacombs of Paris. Suitable for theatres and simulators ranging from 50-250 seats, all films combine fun with learning. The Great Wall of China allows visitors to explore this wonder from the perspective of a traditional rickshaw and immerses them in symbols of Chinese culture and history. In Toy Ride, visitors get miniaturised, to take part in a race between toy cars in a children’s playroom. The audience learns the life of a toy can be really tough, being tossed around in the hands of children. Catacombs of Paris is a not-too-scary Halloween film targeted at a family audience, taking visitors underground, to explore the famous Catacombs of Paris, the underground cemetery.
Latest 4D films
ALTERFACE On show for the first time will be Alterface’s new dark ride concept, which enables re-theming for a limited budget. This is achieved by standardising and applying some specific building technologies, which allows the ride to be upgraded regularly. This new concept also features an interactive theming concept and gives small and medium venues the ability to reach major attractions parks dark ride experiences.
new dark ride
VEKOMA Vekoma has recently been working on Berjaya, near Beijing, the largest shopping mall in the world, with an indoor water theme park, a family theme park and an extreme park, as well as a convention centre, theatre, retail, office blocks, an aquarium, sports centre, a hotel and service apartments. The entire project, with a total built-up area of 1.84 million sq m, (six million sq ft) is expected to be completed in March 2017. Vekoma has designed Dive Pretzel for this project, the tallest indoor coaster in the world, with vertical loops, exciting dives and turns and speeds of up to 100km per hour. The project will also feature Vekoma’s motorbike coaster, which runs in and out of the building at around 75 km per hour.
a family theme park
WHITEWATER Whitewater will be profiling its latest innovation, AquaCourse™, a multi-level play experience allowing each member of the family to choose their own level of adventure. Guests traverse through an exhilarating course of ropes, towers, bridges and zip lines while safely harnessed into overhead tracks. They can choose from multiple tracks, which are as wet or dry, active or passive, as they want. There are 20 different types of automated and guest-operated water interactives including water guns, foot jets, deluge showers, surprise geysers, rope pull showers and tipping troughs.
AquaCourse
Transas The Trance-Force interactive 5D attraction Orion is now available in a red and black colour way. It’s already installed in many Russian cities, including Sochi, where the 2013 winter Olympics will take place. Designed as a four-seater space shuttle, Orion incorporates a large screen with a 3D system, motion platform and interactivity. All seats have joysticks, allowing visitors to control the simulator and objects, take pictures and answer quiz questions, turning observers into participants.
interactive 5D attraction Orion
Proslide ProSlide is launching the HydroMagentic Tornado™, which combines the fast, steep uphills and down hills of the HydroMagnetic Mammoth water coaster, with the award-winning Tornado. Riders are dropped into the 18m (60ft) funnel, experiencing zero gravitational forces, as the rafts sweep up the Tornado wall until they are perpendicular to the ground, then across and along its equator line.
After a series of oscillations through the funnel, the rafts finally descend into the landing pool below.
HydroMagentic Tornado
OMNITICKET NETWORK
Omniticket Network will be highlighting its Best Overview Solution – a leading global solution that has been installed at multiple prestigious attractions, including Ocean Park in Hong Kong. Features of the system include setting up a multi-site environment, using one central database, which can be connected to sales locations at multiple locations and distributors. It also allows staff to build a ticket product which includes multiple ticket entitlements to fit guests needs, such as including meals and shows.
Omniticket Network
Iaapa 2014 set for China China has been confirmed as the host for IAAPA next year. Taking place at the China National Convention Center (CNCC) in Beijing on 17-20 June 2014, the show is expected to attract more than 5,000 attractions industry professionals from 60 nations.
“IAAPA is looking forward to bringing Asian Attractions Expo to China,” says IAAPA vice president Asia Pacific Operations, Andrew Lee. “The attractions industry in China is growing at a rapid pace, with several attractions recently completed and a number of other major amusement parks in development, making Beijing a great choice for AAE 2014.”
China National Convention Center
LCI
LCI will be talking to customers about its water show designs, which are created to provide the finale in a theme park or other FEC. Custom made for the client, the show designs can vary hugely in scale and may use performance, film, CG and other effects, including pyrotechnics, water screens, fountains, lighting and video display. LCI is looking to expand video mapping and other video techniques into permanent installations in theme parks.
In the fast-paced world of fitness and wellness, where high-intensity workouts push us to
our limits and the sweat pours, the importance of efficient recovery cannot be overstated. [more...]
Taking place on 4-7 June 2013 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, the Asian Attractions Expo will be hosting 5,000 professionals, from 60 countries, making buying decisions in the Asian market. We take a look at some of the exciting products and services to be showcased
Read more from this issue of Spa Business magazine
View contents of Spa Business 2013 issue 2
Editor's letter : Dealing with protests
The industry attracts protesters for the
same reason it attracts sponsors – it's
high profile and extremely engaged with
its audience
Profile: Tim Fisher
The CEO of Village Roadshow Theme
Parks reveals how the company's
defied the double-dip global recession
with record attendances to its existing
parks and three more due to open
Museum: The big idea
San Francisco's Exploratorium reopened
in April in a venue three times its original
size. The museum's Linda Dackman
shows how the new space is being used
Aquarium: Den Blå Planet
The CEO and designer describe
Denmark's new aquarium, which is
shaped like a whirlpool and has 20,000
animals and up to 8,000 visitors a day
New opening: Thinking inside the box
The Perot Museum is shaped like a cube
and described as the next generation
of nature and science museums. CEO
Nicole Small explains how and why
Restoration: Home improvement
The Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood
Home of Johnny Cash project is
restoring the famous singer's house,
educating visitors about the New
Deal era and revitalising the area
Planetarium: The sky at night
Two dome theatres are among the
highlights of Canada's new Rio Tinto
Alcan Planetarium, which shows what's
going on in the universe as it happens
Social media: Smart moves
Find out how to use digital opportunities
beyond your website in a new series
by social media expert Kelly Wheeler
SALLY CORPORATION New from Sally, Power Blast is an immersive and challenging ride/game experience, where riders compete against the others in their ride vehicle, or against other vehicles. In this space adventure, visitors are enlisted to travel to a distant planet to save Earth from a band of space pirates intent on stealing all the energy in our universe. Riders must defeat the leader, Sir Surge, and his army of Orbots, by collecting the energy crystals, while avoiding hits from rockets or the laser blast from Sir Surge’s huge rotating grill.
Power Blast is an immersive and challenging ride/game experience
Airhant The expo will see the launch of Aqua Disc, a themed waterpark disco in a space ship. This high voltage experience invites waterpark goers to enter a UFO and dance in artificial rain, made from sprinklers, fountains and water jets, accompanied by booming music and disco lights. Arihant believes the attraction will appeal to teenagers, as well as friends and family wanting to “have a blast” together. It can accommodate 250 people at a time.
Aqua Disc
Huss Huss is showcasing a brand new ride experience. The Explorer uses a 12m diameter circular gondola, which can accommodate up to 70 guests, seated in a closed cabin. Facing outwards, they’ll watch a seamless 360-degree film through full height glass, which will be unique to each installation. The content can be created as CGI, live action or a combination to create either a white-knuckle ride or a calm, scenic journey.
The Explorer
Forrec Forrec has been working with Iskandar Investment Berhad and Merlin Entertainments to masterplan Legoland Malaysia, part of a 59-acre integrated complex in Johor. The latest of the Lego branded theme parks, this will be the first international park in Malaysia and first Legoland in Asia.
It will feature many Asian icons, including the Taj Mahal, the Singapore Merlion and Angkor Wat.
Legoland Malaysia
TAA Specialist manufacturer of themed environments, TAA’s latest major project, is Turkish theme park, Vialand. For the water ride, TAA is building a 21m (68ft) high Viking warrior, a 25m (82ft)-long timber Viking ship, and a Dragon sculpture – a 60m (196ft) tunnel which guests drive through in boats. TAA is also creating the facade works for the Happy Farm Ride, the Fun Zone Street and the arches to the zones and rides.
Turkish theme park
SANDERSON Sanderson is currently working on a couple of projects in China. The Mysterious Theme Park in the Jiangjing District, Chongquing City is a park based on world famous unsolved mysteries. The 58,500sq m (192,000sq ft) Qingdao Rio Carnival project combines a beach experience with entertainment and leisure facilities, shopping and food and beverage facilities, with the aim of creating an all year round family experience.
The Mysterious Theme Park
GATEWAY TICKETING Gateway Ticketing Systems will be showcasing Galaxy Roam, its latest innovation to cut queues on busy days at attractions. This mobile ticketing sales and validation system, allows the point of sale to be taken to the customer, so visitors can access the facility more quickly. Staff equipped with the Galaxy Roam can sell event tickets in the park, so guests don’t have to make their way back to the front gate – a great way of boosting secondary spend.
Galaxy Roam
NICEBERG Niceberg will be profiling its latest 4D films: Great Wall of China, Toy Ride and Catacombs of Paris. Suitable for theatres and simulators ranging from 50-250 seats, all films combine fun with learning. The Great Wall of China allows visitors to explore this wonder from the perspective of a traditional rickshaw and immerses them in symbols of Chinese culture and history. In Toy Ride, visitors get miniaturised, to take part in a race between toy cars in a children’s playroom. The audience learns the life of a toy can be really tough, being tossed around in the hands of children. Catacombs of Paris is a not-too-scary Halloween film targeted at a family audience, taking visitors underground, to explore the famous Catacombs of Paris, the underground cemetery.
Latest 4D films
ALTERFACE On show for the first time will be Alterface’s new dark ride concept, which enables re-theming for a limited budget. This is achieved by standardising and applying some specific building technologies, which allows the ride to be upgraded regularly. This new concept also features an interactive theming concept and gives small and medium venues the ability to reach major attractions parks dark ride experiences.
new dark ride
VEKOMA Vekoma has recently been working on Berjaya, near Beijing, the largest shopping mall in the world, with an indoor water theme park, a family theme park and an extreme park, as well as a convention centre, theatre, retail, office blocks, an aquarium, sports centre, a hotel and service apartments. The entire project, with a total built-up area of 1.84 million sq m, (six million sq ft) is expected to be completed in March 2017. Vekoma has designed Dive Pretzel for this project, the tallest indoor coaster in the world, with vertical loops, exciting dives and turns and speeds of up to 100km per hour. The project will also feature Vekoma’s motorbike coaster, which runs in and out of the building at around 75 km per hour.
a family theme park
WHITEWATER Whitewater will be profiling its latest innovation, AquaCourse™, a multi-level play experience allowing each member of the family to choose their own level of adventure. Guests traverse through an exhilarating course of ropes, towers, bridges and zip lines while safely harnessed into overhead tracks. They can choose from multiple tracks, which are as wet or dry, active or passive, as they want. There are 20 different types of automated and guest-operated water interactives including water guns, foot jets, deluge showers, surprise geysers, rope pull showers and tipping troughs.
AquaCourse
Transas The Trance-Force interactive 5D attraction Orion is now available in a red and black colour way. It’s already installed in many Russian cities, including Sochi, where the 2013 winter Olympics will take place. Designed as a four-seater space shuttle, Orion incorporates a large screen with a 3D system, motion platform and interactivity. All seats have joysticks, allowing visitors to control the simulator and objects, take pictures and answer quiz questions, turning observers into participants.
interactive 5D attraction Orion
Proslide ProSlide is launching the HydroMagentic Tornado™, which combines the fast, steep uphills and down hills of the HydroMagnetic Mammoth water coaster, with the award-winning Tornado. Riders are dropped into the 18m (60ft) funnel, experiencing zero gravitational forces, as the rafts sweep up the Tornado wall until they are perpendicular to the ground, then across and along its equator line.
After a series of oscillations through the funnel, the rafts finally descend into the landing pool below.
HydroMagentic Tornado
OMNITICKET NETWORK
Omniticket Network will be highlighting its Best Overview Solution – a leading global solution that has been installed at multiple prestigious attractions, including Ocean Park in Hong Kong. Features of the system include setting up a multi-site environment, using one central database, which can be connected to sales locations at multiple locations and distributors. It also allows staff to build a ticket product which includes multiple ticket entitlements to fit guests needs, such as including meals and shows.
Omniticket Network
Iaapa 2014 set for China China has been confirmed as the host for IAAPA next year. Taking place at the China National Convention Center (CNCC) in Beijing on 17-20 June 2014, the show is expected to attract more than 5,000 attractions industry professionals from 60 nations.
“IAAPA is looking forward to bringing Asian Attractions Expo to China,” says IAAPA vice president Asia Pacific Operations, Andrew Lee. “The attractions industry in China is growing at a rapid pace, with several attractions recently completed and a number of other major amusement parks in development, making Beijing a great choice for AAE 2014.”
China National Convention Center
LCI
LCI will be talking to customers about its water show designs, which are created to provide the finale in a theme park or other FEC. Custom made for the client, the show designs can vary hugely in scale and may use performance, film, CG and other effects, including pyrotechnics, water screens, fountains, lighting and video display. LCI is looking to expand video mapping and other video techniques into permanent installations in theme parks.
Premium London health club, KX Chelsea, will imminently unveil its most significant
redevelopment since its launch in 2002 to create an integrated wellness model combining
training, recovery and relaxation.
Rosewood Le Guanahani St Barth, on the northeast coast of Saint Barthélemy in the French
West Indies, is offering a programme of ocean-inspired yoga classes between 8-14 June to
celebrate Global Wellness Day (GWD).
Hotel de France, located on the British Isle of Jersey, has created a wellness retreat package
that includes a hot yoga session that will take place in Jersey Zoo’s butterfly sanctuary.
The Ritz-Carlton, Langkawi, in Malaysia, has revealed a schedule for Global Wellness Day
(GWD) that includes guided rainforest walks, mindful movement and guided coastal meditation
experiences.
Longevitix, a clinical platform for preventive and longevity medicine, has launched its AI-
powered intelligence system to help physicians deliver continuous, personalised longevity-
focused care at scale.
Atmantan Wellness Centre, an integrative wellness destination in Mulshi, near Pune in India, is
expanding its portfolio by adding a new centre in Hyderabad that will launch between 2028 and
2029.
A recent survey by the UK Spa Association (UKSA) into the industry’s approach to cancer care
has revealed that almost half of participating respondents (46 per cent) are unaware that
cancer is a disability and guests with a cancer diagnosis must be given
Mexican operator, Solmar Hotels and Resorts, is hosting a series of events in celebration of
Global Wellness Day, including a Temazcal ceremony at its Playa Grande Resort and Spa in Los
Cabos.
Mandarin Oriental has announced a standalone residence brand, Mansions, which will debut at
Emirates Palace, Mandarin Oriental Mansions, Abu Dhabi, in 2029.
In the fast-paced world of fitness and wellness, where high-intensity workouts push us to
our limits and the sweat pours, the importance of efficient recovery cannot be overstated. [more...]
