Zhuhai, Sunday, 7 December 2025.
Chimelong has appointed a single General Manager Entertainment to oversee Chimelong Ocean Kingdom and the adjacent space‑themed Chimelong Spaceship hotel, announced this Sunday via a senior executive’s LinkedIn post and corroborated by hotel listings. For retail and park operators, the most striking implication is the explicit move toward cross‑property programming: coordinated show calendars designed to extend guest dwell time and drive food, beverage and retail spend. Expect tighter integration of IP‑led experiences between attraction and accommodation, potential investments in permanent show infrastructure, and a shift in KPIs toward per‑capita yield and repeat visitation. The hire also signals active talent mobility within China’s themed‑entertainment sector and may presage workforce realignment to support multi‑site production and guest journey orchestration. This development provides an early indicator of Chimelong’s operational strategy at Hengqin: use entertainment as the primary lever to optimise ancillary revenue and guest flow across park and hotel assets.