When Merlin and Tussaud’s merged “Merlin said its acquisition of the Tussauds Group would make it the world's second-largest visitor attraction operator after Disney.” (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6419019.stm)
Just being second largest doesn’t reflect on how they are run or what they offer, just the number of sites they own. That was said over 10 years ago to describe the size of the new group. Now Merlin just describe themselves as one of the worlds largest attraction operators.
I don’t think many people really read the business news headlines that much to see the statement that much. Most people would know they are the biggest operator in the UK and that counts for more than any other comparisons.