Amanda Thompson news

Blackpool Pleasure Beach will be honoured at the IAAPA Expo Europe, being held in London later this month. The UK theme park joined the association ... More

It has been another momentous year in the attractions industry, and Attractions Management has been there reporting the big news, good and bad, all the ... More

The development of a global safety standard for the attractions industry is high on the wish list of incoming IAAPA chair Amanda Thompson, whose tenure ... More

It's been a busy, exciting and often inspiring year for David Rosenberg as IAAPA chair. As he prepares to step down from the role to ... More

David Rosenberg will become the first representative of the zoo and aquarium sector to lead IAAPA, after he was confirmed as chair of the board ... More

Ken Whiting, president of Whiting's Foods, will lead IAAPA as its chair in 2021 following a vote by the organisation's board of directors. Whiting was ... More

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has debuted its highly-anticipated steel launch coaster – Icon – which opens to the public today (25 May). Designed by German rollercoaster ... More

Amanda Thompson OBE will become only the third woman to chair IAAPA in its 100-year history, after the global attractions body announced the Blackpool Pleasure ... More

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has unveiled plans for a new multi-million pound rollercoaster, a £16.25m (US$20.9m, €18.6m) venture that will feature Britain’s first use of the ... More

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is blaming gloomy weather and the recession for a £400,000 drop in operating profits last year. Annual results for Blackpool Pleasure Beach ... More

Image: Thrill-o-Matic will replace the former Gold Mine Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the amusement park and resort owned by the Thompson Family, is to open a ... More

Kids entertainment brand Nickelodeon and the Pleasure Beach amusement park in Blackpool are to partner in the development of the UK's first Nickelodeon-branded attraction. Nickelodeon's ... More

Three new directors have been appointed to the board at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Managing director Amanda Thompson, has appointed Jim Rowland as group operations director, ... More

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has unveiled plans to extend the Big Blue Hotel with the addition of a new club wing next year. The hotel, which ... More

Geoffrey Thompson OBE DL, managing director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, has died aged 67. The grandson of Alderman William G Bean, who founded the Pleasure ... More