Parques Reunidos
| Parques Reunidos | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Sociedad Anónima (SA) |
| ISIN | ES0105131009 |
| founding | 1967 |
| Seat |
Madrid , Spain
|
| management | José Díaz |
| sales | 579 million euros (2017) |
| Branch | Animal, water and amusement parks |
| Website | www.parquesreunidos.com |
Parques Reunidos is a Spanish operator of water, animal and amusement parks. With over 60 parks worldwide and almost 30 of them in Europe, it is one of the largest in Europe. According to the company, over 21 million visitors visit the group's parks every year.
history
The company was founded in 1967 as "Parque de Atracciones Casa de Campo de Madrid, SA" and opened in 1969 what is now the Parque de Atracciones de Madrid . Several animal and water parks have been added over the years. In 2003 the company was taken over by the US private equity group Advent International , which then financed a strong expansion with 224 million euros and allowed the originally Spanish group to expand abroad for the first time. In April 2004, the Belgian Bobbejaanland was bought, in 2006 the French Marineland for 75 million euros and Mirabilandia in Italy. From the time it was bought by Advent until the end of 2006, sales more than doubled from 83 to 194 million euros.
After a bidding competition, the group was then sold again to the British private equity group Candover in early 2007. In the further course of the year, the group was greatly enlarged through acquisitions. In addition to the US park group Palace Entertainment for approx. 330 million US $, the Danish amusement park BonBon-Land was bought for an estimated 20 million euros and TusenFryd for the equivalent of 47 million euros. In addition, the Aqualud water park in France and three animal parks in Great Britain for £ 10.4 million were acquired. The group also manages Parque Warner Madrid and has a ten-year purchase option.
On December 11, 2007, it was announced that the US business would continue to grow with the purchase of Kennywood and the associated other parks and water parks. In May 2010 the group took over the German theme park Movie Park Germany and in February 2018 the German theme park Belantis near Leipzig . In December 2018 it was announced that the Brandenburg amusement park Tropical Islands would be sold by its previous owner, the Malaysian Tanjong Group, to Parques Reunidos for around 200 million euros. In January 2019, the group took over the Weltvogelpark Walsrode from the previous owner, Floralux.
property
- Water parks : Aqualud (France), Aquopolis (chain in Spain), Bo Sommerland (Norway), Marineland Aqua Park (France), Mirabilandia Beach (Italy), Tropical Islands (Germany), Big Kahuna's, Mountain Creek, Raging Waters, Sandcastle, SoakZone, Splish Splash, Water Country, Wet 'n Wild , Wild Waters (all USA)
- Aquariums and zoos : Aquarium Mar del Plata (Argentina), Aquarium of the Lakes, Blackpool Zoo (both Great Britain), Marineland (France), L'Oceanogràfic (Spain), Oceanarium (Great Britain), Selwo (Spain), Silver Springs (USA ) and Zoo Madrid (Spain), Weltvogelpark Walsrode (Germany)
- Amusement parks : Bobbejaanland (Belgium), BonBon-Land (Denmark), Mirabilandia (Italy), Parque de Atracciones de Madrid , Parque Warner Madrid (both Spain), TusenFryd (Norway), Kennywood, Lake Compounce, Idlewild, Story Land, Boomers, Castle Park, Malibu Grand Prix, Mountasia and Speedzone (all USA), Movie Park Germany , Belantis (both Germany), Attractiepark Slagharen (Netherlands), Dragon Park (Vietnam)
Web links
- Official website (Spanish / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management team. In: parquesreunidos.com. Retrieved February 23, 2020 .
- ↑ 2017 revenues on 4-traders.com, accessed January 14, 2018
- ↑ a b El Grupo. Parques Reunidos, archived from the original on December 3, 2007 ; Retrieved November 29, 2007 .
- ↑ a b Case Study: Parques Reunidos (Spain). Advent International, archived from the original on May 20, 2009 ; Retrieved November 29, 2007 .
- ^ Parques Reunidos compra Marineland-Antibes for 75 million euros. el Economista, July 25, 2006, accessed November 29, 2007 .
- ↑ Candover acquires Parques Reunidos. CANDOVER INVESTMENTS PLC, January 22, 2007, accessed November 29, 2007 .
- ↑ MidOcean Partners Announces Sale Of Palace Entertainment To Parques Reunidos. MidOcean Partners, August 24, 2007, archived from the original on May 11, 2008 ; Retrieved November 30, 2007 .
- ↑ Parques Reunidos compra un parque temático en Dinamarca, cerca de Copenhague ( Memento of January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Spanish leisure parks operator Parques Reunidos acquires Norwegian leisure park TusenFryd. TusenFryd, November 27, 2007, accessed November 29, 2007 .
- ↑ Arantxa Noriega: 'Vengo para que el Parque Warner sea profitable ya'. June 11, 2007, accessed November 29, 2007 .
- ^ Ann Belser: Kennywood Park sold to Spanish firm. In: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 11, 2007, accessed December 11, 2007 .
- ↑ Frank Johannsen and Jörg ter Vehn: Cartel Office waves through Belantis sale to Spaniards. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , online edition. Retrieved February 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Jörg ter Vehn: Change in the amusement park: Linnenbach takes his hat in Belantis. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , online edition. Retrieved February 17, 2018 .
- ^ Frank Johannsen: Leisure park near Leipzig: Spaniards will turn Belantis upside down by 2020. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , online edition. Retrieved February 24, 2018 .
- ↑ RBB: Tropical Islands is being sold to a Spanish investor, accessed December 12, 2018
- ^ WORLD: Vogelpark Walsrode sold to Parques Reunidos . January 31, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed February 24, 2019]).
Coordinates: 40 ° 28 ′ 0.2 ″ N , 3 ° 41 ′ 17.7 ″ W.