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Looping Group- General Discussion

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As suggested in the Drayton thread, this topic is for discussion related to their owner The Looping Group and their parks.
 
Just a quick note, when starting a new thread it is best to begin with some thoughts/questions of your own that can then lead to further discussion. Or in a case like this, perhaps a summary of the parks that the Looping Group own and what their plans going forward might be.

I must admit I don't know loads about Looping Group, looks like they have a small portfollio of theme parks across Europe including Drayton Manor, Pleasurewood Hills, Avonturenpark Hellendoorn and Isla Magica.

Pleasurewood Hills wasn't all that great on my last visit, but there are enouraging signs coming from what they are doing at Drayton Manor.
 
Pleasurewood Hills have invested in food outlets this year with 3 new food outlets opening.

Amigos which is serving Mexican food with burritos, churros and loaded fries on offer, this is located next to the Carousel, it was pit stop food last season but rarely open.

The other two are the galley and Tasty Treasures which will be serving hot dogs, fries and sweat treats, these will be located between Moby **** and the entrance.

These are in addition to Roosters by the Egg-spress and Smokey Joe's on the corner of Main Street.

From previous experience, Smokey Joe's used to be incredibly busy at peak times with wait time to order in excess of 30 minutes before another 20-30 minute wait to collect the food.

With these new outlets hopefully the demand will be spread across the park a bit more evenly and make people's visits much more pleasurable.

Info from Pleasurewood Place
 
Pleasurewood Hills has real potential to be a great park. The place is quite spacious and they get some of the best weather found anywhere in the UK in East Anglia. It really does need a lot of investment however. More so than Drayton did which says a lot.

Maybe that will be their goal after DMP has been turned around fully.
 
i think what looping have done to the park is great but i think what they need is something huge to get more people in to the park
 
Really nice park Drievliet. The front part is a bit odd as its basically rides on tarmac, but once you went past that it was delightful. Sold a very nice sausage roll as well.
 
Funny how they’ve not killed of the X Car coaster at that park but did Drayton

Just done some research into looping group. Seems they have some serious funds backing them up.

They’ll likely see some good investment in their parks given the investment co owners tend to spend on capital investment with a view to disposing after 6 years of ownership.
 
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Jb85 said:
Funny how they’ve not killed of the X Car coaster at that park but did Drayton

Just done some research into looping group. Seems they have some serious funds backing them up.

They’ll likely see some good investment in their parks given the investment co owners tend to spend on capital investment with a view to disposing after 6 years of ownership.
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The looping group have brought Terra Botanica

News Detail

Le groupe Looping est constitué de 14 parcs en Europe parmi lesquels : parcs d'attractions, parcs animaliers, parcs aquatiques et aquariums.
www.looping-group.com www.looping-group.com
It looks a lovely park.

Also a new committee

News Detail

Le groupe Looping est constitué de 14 parcs en Europe parmi lesquels : parcs d'attractions, parcs animaliers, parcs aquatiques et aquariums.
www.looping-group.com www.looping-group.com
 
Only seems to have come to light tonight, so details are thin on the ground. Here's the news as reported by the Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce

Didn't see that coming!

Important to note that the sale seems to have concluded prior to the tragic accident that was reported last week.

Edit - for those of you who aren't fans of clicking things:
Entrepreneur Mo Chaudry has released the reins of the Waterworld Group to a European leisure giant.

In a deal which is expected to be worth many tens of millions of pounds, Mo and his family all resigned as directors of Waterworld Leisure Limited and Waterworld Leisure Group Limited on 31 July. In their place, Laurent Eugéne Jacques Bruloy, CEO of Looping Group, became executive chairman of both companies.

The big changeover happened just days before the tragic death of a four-year-old girl at Waterworld, which is being investigated by police, safety authorities and Stoke-on-Trent City Council.

M Investment Group, a family investment company founded by Mo, put out a statement confirming the sale this afternoon after being approached by Daily Focus.

It says that M Investment Group has increased its net worth to over £170 million after the sale of Waterworld Aqua Park to the Looping Group, which also owns Drayton Manor theme park near Tamworth.

Mo, chairman of M Investent Group, said: “Waterworld has been a huge part of my life and business journey and I am proud of everything we have achieved as a team. I am now handing over the baton to Looping, a world-class operator with the vision and expertise to take Waterworld even further ensuring the resort has an exciting future.”
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Hopefully they’ll improve the numerous issues waterworld have had over the years such as cleanliness and overcrowding.

Interested to see what they do with the place but it really needs a massive deep clean in January or something.

Also never a bad thing to be out of that dodgy guys control
 
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