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Why Chimelong's Mention Matters for Parks, Retail and Resort Returns

Why Chimelong's Mention Matters for Parks, Retail and Resort Returns

2025-11-21 business

Guangzhou, Friday, 21 November 2025.
A recent market forecast cited Chimelong Group among the operators shaping a global amusement parks sector set to climb from roughly USD 66.25 billion in 2024 to about USD 101.9 billion by 2031. For retail and resort professionals, the most striking takeaway is the growing power of vertically integrated operators—those combining parks, F&B, retail and hotels—to drive demand for themed retail, supplier services and higher-throughput attractions. The report highlights accelerating capital deployment across the Asia–Pacific, rising consolidation risk, and a premium on differentiated guest experiences that boost per-capita spend and shorten ROI horizons on large masterplans. Expect intensified pressure on merchandising strategies, partner selection for ride and retail fit-outs, and dynamic pricing and capacity solutions to capture forecasted CAGR. For executives planning expansion or capital allocation, this signals a need to prioritise integrated revenue streams, scalable retail concepts, and operational flexibility to capitalise on regional growth and evolving guest expectations.

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Why Chimelong's Mention Matters for Parks, Retail and Resort Returns
Why operators should double down on tech-enabled guest experiences as market nears $101B

Why operators should double down on tech-enabled guest experiences as market nears $101B

2025-11-07 business

Hyderabad, Friday, 7 November 2025.
Mordor Intelligence published this Friday forecasts the global amusement-park market will reach USD 101.2 billion by 2030, driven by rising middle‑class disposable income, tourism rebound and technology-led guest experiences such as AR/VR, trackless dark rides and immersive storytelling. For retail and operator executives the headline signals continued capital deployment into themed IP, ride and show technology, and resort-scale mixed‑use development, while also foreshadowing intensified competitive pressure in China and faster growth in Asia‑Pacific. Operators should prioritize guest‑experience differentiation, yield management and operational resilience: expect wider adoption of dynamic pricing, integrated merchandising and hotel assets to lift per‑capita spend. Major regional players cited—Fantawild, OCT Parks (Happy Valley) and Compagnie des Alpes—illustrate the spectrum from domestic scale to IP‑driven resort models. In short, the forecast points to steady market expansion to 2030 and a strategic shift from capacity buildout to monetizing richer, tech‑enabled guest journeys. Prepare investment cases that prioritize experience ROI.

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Why operators should double down on tech-enabled guest experiences as market nears $101B