Articles tagged “theme parks”

With an ambitious strategy to increase visitors to more than 100 million annually by 2030, Saudi Arabia clearly doesn't want to be caught off guard with inadequate infrastructure.

Disney picked now-former CEO Chapek from the Parks division. Will it look that direction again during this new, two-year search?

Listen in for a discussion from Skift Global Forum featuring the Chairman of Disney Parks in discussion with a Skift Research Senior Analyst.

Disney is about to be a century old. Its focus on immersive storytelling demonstrates it's not thinking like a centenarian.

At the D23 Expo, Disney Parks boss Josh D'Amaro announced significant updates to the theme park experience. The changes will likely include bringing Disney+ content to the parks, delivering the online experience to their parks.

Six Flags, the largest regional theme park operator in U.S., has been attempting a business and guest experience turnaround under its new-ish CEO Selim Bassoul, who took over in Nov…

Disney isn't neglecting its theme parks, considered crucial to the company's bottom line, despite its increased focus on Disney+ and other streaming efforts during the last two years.

The Chinese government, for better or worse, is exacting a toll on online platforms in its anti-monopoly drive. Meituan's penalty amounted to 3 percent of revenue, and it is being forced to implement additional reforms.

"Interactions instead of transactions." "Service discovery instead of service recovery." "Screens that complement rather than dominate experiences." Those are some of the ideas animating tech executives at Disney this year. Other travel brands could learn a thing or two.

The pandemic slammed revenue at amusement parks, but it was a one-off problem. Looking ahead, operators must market the appeal of season passes to help cope with flatlining attendance.