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Luxembourg-based CVC Capital Partners has acquired a 28 per cent share in UK-based visitor attractions operator Merlin Entertainments. The stake was sold by Merlin's largest ... More

Private equity group CVC Partners is reportedly close to buying a 30 per cent stake in the attractions giant Merlin. According to the Financial Times, ... More

Merlin Entertainments Group, the UK-based visitor attraction operator, has posted a 16.1 per cent increase in revenue for the year ending 26 December 2009. A ... More

Visitor attractions operator Merlin Entertainments will rebrand the Cypress Gardens theme park in Florida, US, which it acquired earlier this month, as a Legoland attraction. ... More

Merlin Entertainments is to open a Madame Tussauds attraction in Bangkok, Thailand in 2010. To be located at the Siam Discovery centre, the US$15m (£9.2m, ... More

Merlin Entertainments Group has appointed Sir John Sunderland as its new non-executive chair. The former chief executive of Cadbury Schweppes - and president of the ... More

Merlin Entertainments, one of the world's largest visitor attraction operators, has unveiled the second stage of a £17.5m scheme to upgrade the London Eye over ... More

Nick Varney, chief executive of Merlin Entertainments Group, will give a keynote speech at this year's Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC2009). The theme ... More

Nick Varney, chief executive of Merlin Entertainments Group, will give a keynote speech at this year's Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC2009). The theme ... More

Nick Varney, chief executive of Merlin Entertainments Group, will give a keynote speech at this year's Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC2009). The theme ... More

Merlin Entertainments, one of the world's largest visitor attraction operators, has unveiled the second stage of a £17.5m scheme to upgrade the London Eye over ... More

Registration for the Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC 09) is now open. An early bird registration deadline has been set at 6 August ... More

Merlin Entertainments, UK-based owner of Legoland, Alton Towers and The London Dungeon, has reported a 37 per cent increase in revenue during 2008. In its ... More

Merlin tops private equity list Visitor attractions operator Merlin Entertainments has topped the Sunday Times Deloitte Buyout Track 100 for the second year running. The ... More

Merlin Entertainments, the UK attractions giant, has said it will pass on the benefit of the recent reduction in VAT to its customers by lowering ... More

The annual IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) Expo has opened for business at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, US. ... More

Visitor attraction operator Merlin Entertainments has reportedly confirmed that it will float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Nick Varney, Merlin's chief executive, told the ... More

Merlin Entertainments Group is to open its first Legoland outside North America and Europe after agreeing a deal with Dubai-based developer Tatweer. The three million ... More

Merlin Entertainments is to launch a London Eye-style observation wheel in New Jersey, US. The Pepsi Globe, which is due to open at the Garden ... More

UK-based attractions operator Merlin Entertainments was the fastest growing private-equity owned company in Britain in 2007 according to a Sunday Times listing. The company, which ... More

The UK tourism industry has slammed the government’s decision to reduce VisitBritain’s funding by 18 per cent over three years. By 2011, the tourism agency ... More