Blackpool Pleasure Beach 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

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has revealed the winners of its 2020 Thea Awards. Winners this year – the 27th edition of the awards – ... More

For those who missed VAC 2020 – the annual UK Conference for Visitor Attractions – there’s still the chance, until 12th November, to catch it ... 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

A “world-class”, £300m (US$376.2m, €330,9m) visitor attraction based on Swiss author Erich Von Däniken’s Chariots Of The Gods is in the works for Blackpool, UK, ... 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

West Midland Safari Park has announced a series of events to celebrate the release of the latest film from British studio Aardman. With Early Man ... More

In a year of ups, downs, loops and scoops, Attractions Management looks back at some of the biggest stories to hit the headlines, giving possible ... 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

Aardman Animations – creator of popular IPs such as Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep – has grand plans for its attractions and live ... 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

Fernando Aldecoa Jr, the 17-year-old son of PortAventura World manager Fernando Aldecoa, donated his month's salary to well-known attractions industry charity Give Kids the World. ... More

Following an 11-year campaign to save a heritage theme park in Margate, Kent, UK, Dreamland has finally reopened its doors to the public, reimagined and ... More

After 11 years of campaigning, Margate's community can finally believe the fight to save Dreamland is won. The historic seaside attraction has been closed for ... More

Nickelodeon-themed areas are coming to parks in Malaysia's Petaling Jaya the Spanish capital Madrid, as part of an ongoing worldwide roll-out. Viacom International Media Networks, ... More

Pleasure Beach in Blackpool has officially opened the world's first Wallace & Gromit ride Thrill-O-Matic, in collaboration with the fictional characters' animators Aardman. The £5.25m ... More

British Art & Design was hugely popular, with Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman helping the British Museum remain the most popular visitor ... 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

Nickelodeon Land, a new £10.3m attraction at Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park, has been officially unveiled by television personality David Hasselhoff. The 6-acre (2.4-hectare) park ... More

The much talked about Wentworth Bowl project at Wentworth Leisure Centre is now well under way with contracts recently signed with Qubica AMF who will ... More