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Upcoming TEA Event Calendar

JUN 17 - 19 TEA at IAAPA HK Asian Attractions ExpoJUN 18 TEA Mixer at AAE15 Hong KongOCT 6 - 8 Euro Attractions Show (EAS) 2015NOV16 - 20 IAAPA Attractions Expo, Orlando

Technology Trends in Integrated ResortsBy Ken WheatleyChristie Digital Systems, Asia Pacific

[email protected]@gmail.com

When we think of high-end media technology in themed enter-

tainment, often what we think of first are the high end rides and

attractions found in the famous parks throughout Asia. Harry Pot-

ter, Transformers, and Mystic Manor often come to mind.

However media technology is making significant and key inroads

as integral components of tourist, leisure and resort destinations

as well.

Historical sites are taking advantage of mapping technologies to

extend their properties into night time destinations. The ancient

Old Fort in Delhi India extended their hours of operation and

made a destination attraction using projection mapping technolo-

gy to tell the stories of Old Fort’s historical events on the outside

walls of the ancient structure. Commissioned by the Ministry of

Tourism and India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), the

‘Ishq-e-Dilli’ (Love of Delhi) show outlines the history of Delhi in

the last millennium. Being a rough stone surface, the structure

lends itself quite well to projection mapping technology. Guests

are treated to about a 30 minute mapping show with audio sto-

rytelling and effects, enabling them to enjoy and understand the

significance of this wonderful historical structure.

Chris Yoshi Peter Sanderson [email protected] for all enquiriesTEA Asia Pacific TEA Asia Pacific www.teaconnect.orgPresident Public Relations & Events

Old Fort Mapping Show, Delhi

High end hotels and leisure destinations, such as casino resorts,

are nowadays adding even more media based feature attractions

to entice their guests to stay longer and enjoy the amenities, and

encourage them to spend additional money at the resort. Just

a few Asia examples of this include the OCT Happy Harbour in

Shenzhen, the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, City of Dreams

Macau, and the City of Dreams Manila. Brand name IP and con-

tent are now coming to these resort-based attractions as sep-

arate ticket events. For example, the City of Dreams Manila is

shortly opening a hi-tech family fun centre “Dreamplay”, designed

and managed by Dreamworks, which incorporate projection and

media throughout. Interactive media-based technology features

will be an integral part of this first ever destination attraction in

Manila.

Eagerly awaiting the opening of Manila’s soon-to-be-hot DreamPlay

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Just Opened: City of Dreams, Manila

In the hospitality experience lobby displays are meant to attract

guests and generate buzz. This well-talked about LCD sculpture

display in the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas features flat panels incor-

porated in media architecture.

The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas welcomes guests with an ever-chang-ing lobby environment

On the inside designers are now wishing to create dynamic en-

vironments for the guests. In Shanghai, a high end spa in the

XiaoNanGuo hotel incorporated media technology to create a

changeable surrounding environment.

The design was by a famous Chinese-American film director,

Sherwood Hu, and his goal was to bring to life old Shanghai with-

in the spa. Combinations of rear projection, projection behind

false windows, and flat panels integrated with interior design and

props allow the guests to feel like they were transported to a dif-

ferent time.

Many resorts often feature high end destination nightclubs. Me-

dia technology is now core to these experiences. This high end

trendy club in Beirut is incorporating several high brightness pro-

jectors performing real time updated mapping within the club, al-

lowing the DJ to set the mood to any kind of environment within

an instant. It was while watching the Beijing Olympics of 2008

(which had the world’s largest 360 projection) that Chafic el Kha-

zen (founder) was inspired to add mapping technology to O1NE,

allowing images to be projected on all the surrounding spaces.

Designed by Sari El Khazen Architects, Minus5 Architects and

Studio Mr. White, the O1NE’s visual entertainment is predomi-

nantly based upon creating an exciting based media visual en-

vironment.

Xiao Nan Guo spa interior, projected backdrops throughout the envi-ronment. Old Shanghai is projected outside the windows of the lux-

ury relaxation room.

The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas welcomes guests with an ever-chang-ing lobby environment


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Concept rendering of Beirut’s O1NE club

DJ’s having fun with the environment in O1NE Beirut

Enticing the guests to enjoy the evening in a resort and shopping

destination helps drive revenue, and one key draw is a media

spectacular show. In Shenzhen, OCT launched this show fea-

turing combinations of high tech imagery with laser systems, pro-

jection, water effects, water screens, lighting and live actors as a

“destination” to the shopping and dining complex. Designed and

created by globally famous ECA2, the nightly attraction is a “hard

ticket” event at a nominal charge and quickly became famous

throughout the region as a “must see” show.

Within the retail environment, media attractions help sell. Singa-

pore based Hexogon Solutions created this specialty mapping

show for their client Omega in a high-end retail destination cen-

tre in Singapore. The experience is both fun and entertaining

for young and old alike, as projection mapping tells the story of

Omega and introduces the latest product lines. Brighter projec-

tors allow the event to have daytime operation in a venue with a

skylight.

OCT BAY (Happy Harbour) Mangrove Groove Show Shenzhen. Photo courtesy ECA2

Projection mapping on a centerpiece retail display for Omega.

Software and production tools to create these types of experienc-

es are more readily available than ever before. Advances in high

end media processing, such as by Coolux, allow real time warp-

ing, blending, and contouring of the content to surfaces for map-

ping shows, and integrating basic show control as well. Brighter

projection is readily available, and 4k resolution is moving into

the new “standard”. Owners and operators like this technology

because the content can be updated easily or offer seasonal

changes, giving reasons for their customers to come back often.

Plus the guests themselves are expecting much more dynamic

experiences than ever before. These days…the media display

strategy should be considered integral from the beginning. De-

signers now incorporating media technology in their designs from

the get-go, and are creating attractive and enticing spaces using

“media architecture” as a key element. - Ken Wheatley


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The renewed First World War Galleries of the Australian War Me-

morial in Canberra opened to the public in December 2014, with

a new lighting design by Benjamin Cisterne that makes extensive

use of customized LED lighting fixtures from Gantom Lighting &

Controls (formerly Darklight: Precision Lighting System) to illumi-

nate both the historic dioramas and the display cases.

“Over the past years, demand for Gantom products, among

museums and unique exhibits around the world, has steadi-

ly increased. This is due to the modularity and versatility of the

lighting products we make,” said Gantom president Quan Gan.

“It’s thrilling to see a gifted lighting designer such as Benjamin

Cisterne apply his vision with our lighting products in this out-

standing exhibition venue.”

Australian War MemorialDesign: Cunningham Martyn Design

Showcases: DesigncraftLighting: Benjamin Cisterne Design

Photography: John Gollings

“The Australian War Memorial (AWM) is one of the most visited

places in the country,” said Cisterne, whose company Benjamin

Cisterne Design was subcontracted to exhibition designer Cun-

ningham Martyn Design (CMD). “The First World War Galleries

had not had much done to them since the 1970s and were in

need of a revamp.” Australia in the Great War, in the Galleries, is

said to be one of the most significant First World War exhibitions

in the world, drawing on the Memorial’s unique collection of First

World War artifacts, technology, uniforms, medals, photographs,

film, and personal items such as letters and diaries.

Lighting Designer Benjamin Cisterne turns to Gantom Lighting & Controls for refresh ofAustralian WarMemorial Exhibition

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For the display cases, Cisterne sought an alternative to traditional

tungsten lighting. He approached Barbizon Lighting to help him

identify LED options that were compact, state-of-the-art, power-

ful, and could be mounted in a variety of ways. “After reviewing

several manufacturers we elected to go with Gantom as they had

a more complete and finished offering of products that were plug-

and-play and had excellent optical properties,” said Paul Lewis,

system sales, Barbizon Australia Pty Ltd.




Lighting the dioramas called for fixtures that combined theatrical-

ity with durability. “My background is in theatre design and one

of the things that people come to me for is to bring something of

that to museums – not just to illuminate the objects but to employ

a level of interpretation in the design,” said Cisterne. “I had used

Gantom fixtures previously on some smaller projects and been

impressed. They are well-built, which gives confidence to put

them into a project that needs to exist for 20 years or more and at

the same time the fixture is as flexible as that found in a theatre.

The color-ability of the Gantom DMX range and the direct-ability

of the Precision range just outdoes anything else on the market

at that size and price mark.”

The new diorama lighting uses 120 Gantom DMX Dynamic White

Flood and 120 Gantom DMX RGBW Flood fixtures. The display

cases use over 1000 Gantom Precision Z Spot and Flood fixtures

ranging from 3000K to 4000K with custom glass-top mounts de-

signed to conceal the fixtures.

Roughly half the lighting fixtures on the project were manufac-

tured by Gantom, and all of the Gantom units were installed by

Cisterne’s team. ODG and BUILT were the main contractors for

the electrical install. “Using DMX native fixtures made this a com-

plete and versatile system, and made integration a breeze,” said

Cisterne.

Compactness and versatility

Gantom’s Precision Z fixtures afforded Cisterne the flexibility he

sought for the display cases. “They made it possible to give each

displayed item an individual focus that best defines its shape, col-

ors and place in the story,” he said. “The cases range in size as do

the objects on display, and the types of material range from metal

to paper to fabric prints and wooden artifact.” The compactness of

the fixtures provided an additional benefit of saving space.

“The units reduced the overall size of cavities required above

cases,” said Cisterne, “and the variance in beam angle was very

useful for getting light into the right places inside the cases. The

very narrow units are great for shooting a spot far down onto a

small object or text at the base of a case and the wide floods are

brilliant for washing a background. The units dim really well and

the color temperature remains at low brightness. This is especial-

ly useful when lighting a paper object next to a metal one.”

For the beloved dioramas the selected Gantom fixtures supplied

the range Cisterne required to meet the design challenge – to

“give them a new vibrancy” and fulfill guest expectations. “The

dioramas are well known and treasured by visitors international-

ly,” he said. “It was essential for me to get these right. The Gan-

tom fixtures enabled us to focus and color a theatrical scene for

each that has reference to place and time of day, and conveys

the mood of the imagery. Two of the dioramas have digital back-

drops that cycle through a timed sequence. The Gantom fixtures

allowed us to create dynamic lighting effects for those scenes.”

Collaboration and innovation

To realize the lighting design vision required extensive collabo-

ration between Cisterne and CMD, the Museum, Barbizon and

the display case manufacturer, Designcraft. “Working with CMD

for more than 10 years, we have developed a distinctive design

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style,” said Cisterne. “I was directed by their designers and asked

to add additional ideas.” Part of Cisterne’s process is to fully learn

the needs of the end user. “The team of technicians who will in-

herit the system – in this case, at the Australian War Memorial –

will have an influence on my choices, as I find this to best aid the

design for its long future.”

Said Cisterne, “I needed to mount the Precision Z fixtures above

glass in a way that I used to do with older MR16 fixtures. I drew

up a new mount for the Precision range, and Barbizon and Gan-

tom had it prototyped and eventually built for the project. This is

the kind of interaction we desire, as designers collaborating with

suppliers and manufacturers.” The new custom glass top display

case mount is now part of Gantom’s standard product line.




Barbizon developed and manufactured locally a cowling for the

new mount, as well as a rail clip for mounting the fixtures to a rail

system. These collaborations resulted in specifications and pro-

totypes for custom plug-and-play cabling and mounting acces-

sories that were then manufactured by Gantom. “We turned the

Gantom range of fixtures into a full-fledged museum and gallery

lighting system,” said Lewis.

“It was an honor to be a part of this amazing project and to work

with designers and system integrators who understand the tech-

nology as well as were able to give us a well-defined set of

requirements,” said Gan. “What drives us at Gantom is seeing our

products and efforts enabling the creative genius of designers

and being a part of the magic they create.”

By: Quan Gan

About Gantom

Gantom Lighting & Controls, formerly Darklight Precision Lighting Sys-

tem, is a California-based manufacturer of compact lighting fixtures and

control equipment. Specializing in low-light and space constrained envi-

ronments, Gantom’s products are used where traditional lighting equip-

ment are not suitable.

The new company name, Gantom, combines the last name of presi-

dent and co-founder Quan Gan with the word “phantom,” retaining the

essence of the company’s origins in the haunted attractions business.

“Seeing that we are now being pulled towards multiple industries, we

thought it was best to rebrand the company to encompass a wider

scope that will allow us to grow,” said Gan. Gantom is a member of PLA-

SA, USITT, TEA, IAAPA and HAA.

Visit www.gantom.com.

For more picture showing Gantom products at AWM click here.

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IAAPA Asia 2015 Edition

Asia Parks Snapshot: Regional Development TrendsBy Entertainment + Culture Advisors (ECA)Janice Li, Regional DirectorEdward Shaw, Associate PrincipalChristian Aaen, Principal & TEA Asia Pacific Board Member

Key players and projects in the expanding Asian leisure mar-

kets

Over the past two decades, the theme park industry in Asia has

experienced explosive growth, and there’s much more to come.

Currently, Asia is the second-largest theme park market in the

world after North America with annual attendance estimated to

have exceeded 300 million visitors or more than one-third of glob-

al theme park attendance. Asia is currently the strongest growth

market for the attractions industry – it has all the key fundamen-

tals in place:

• Young and growing population as well as expanding middle

class

• Growth in domestic and international tourism (especially out-

bound Chinese tourism)

• Increasing demand for new leisure/tourism and entertain-

ment experiences

• Government support for tourism projects leading to public-pri-

vate partnerships (PPP) for developments

With this base, projects are moving forward faster in Asia than

anywhere else in the world.

Overview of Leading Theme Park and Attraction Players in

Asia

While Disney and Universal have led the charge into Asia, the

industry has continued to diversify and now has a broad set of

international and regional players:

International (selected parks)

• Walt Disney Parks & Resorts – the

leading global theme park operator with

two existing theme park resorts in Asia

(Tokyo Disneyland Resort, owned and

operated by Oriental Land Co./OLC with

license from the Walt Disney Company,

and Hong Kong Disneyland via Hong

Kong International Theme Parks Ltd.) and Shanghai Disney

in China, a US$5.5 billion joint venture with Shanghai Shendi

Group (a Chinese state-owned company) opening in 2016.

• Universal Parks & Resorts (UPR)

– current locations in Asia include Uni-

versal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka

(owned and operated by USJ Co., Ltd.

with a license from NBCUniversal) and

Universal Studios Singapore within Resorts World Sentosa

(owned by Genting Group). Universal Studios Beijing, a joint

venture between Beijing Shouhuan Cultural Tourism Investment

Co. Ltd. was recently approved and expected to open in 2019+

with an estimated initial US$3.3 billion capital investment.

• Merlin Entertainments Group –

second largest visitor attraction oper-

ator in the world – develops and oper-

ates branded family resort theme parks,

LEGOLAND Parks, Midway Attractions,

such as Madame Tussauds, LEGO-

LAND Discovery Center (LDC), SEA Life Aquarium, and The

Dungeons. Current portfolio in Asia includes LEGOLAND Ma-

laysia; Madame Tussauds (6 locations); SEA Life (4 locations);

and LDC in Tokyo. Strong pipeline in Asia including LEGOLAND

Japan (2017), LEGOLAND South Korea (2018) and multiple

Midway Attractions in Asia/China.

• Village Roadshow Theme Parks

(Australia) – Operator of multiple at-

tractions in the tourism destination of

Gold Coast in Queensland and a new

water park in Sydney, highly active re-

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cently in the Asian market. Notable activity includes:

» Ocean Paradise theme park under construction in partner-

ship with leading Chinese developer R&F Group in Lingshui,

Sanya, Hainan Island, expected to be operational in 2016.

» Signed an agreement to estaablish a funds management

business with CITIC Trust Co., Ltd., for the purpose of invest-

ing in theme parks and related real estate development in Asia

and China. Als, currently working with Sunway Group for major

theme park development in Southern Malaysia (Johor). Letter

of intent with SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment to co-develop

potential theme park opportunities in China and Asia.

China (selected parks)

• Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town

Co. Ltd. (OCT) – Pioneer in China’s re-

gional theme park industry since 1989;

10+ theme parks including Happy Valley and Mayaplay water

park, Windows of World, Splendid China/Chinese Folk Culture

Village, OCT East, OCT Bay Happy Coast with indoor aquari-

um, MyRules children attraction and nighttime show located in

Shenzhen, Changsha, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan and

Tianjin. Upcoming pipeline theme park projects include Liuzhou

in Guangxi, Chongqing, and other cities as well as expansion of

existing parks in Shanghai and Beijing.

• Guangdong Chimelong Group –

Top Chinese theme park developer and

operator based in Guangdong Province

of two large scale tourism destination

resorts with multiple-gated attractions

in Guangzhou (Chimelong Paradise

Theme Park, Water Park and Safari Park) and Zhuhai/Hengqin

Island (Chimelong Ocean Kingdom).

• Wanda Group – Wanda

Group is planning 10+ major

Cultural Tourism Cities throughout China in the next 5-7 years,

including Hefei (2016+), Nanchang (2016+), Harbin (2018+) and

Wuxi (2019+), Guangzhou among others. Wanda’s first two an-

chor attractions, Wuhan Movie Park (a 1.1-million-square-foot

high-tech indoor theme park with 6 major rides) and Han Show

Theater (by Franco Dragone) opened in December 2014 for a

combined investment of RMB 7 billion ($1+ billion), as part of

Wuhan Central Cultural District, a RMB 50 billion cultural tourism

city project.

Key Trends: Development of Theme Park Hubs; Recent Open-

ings; and Pipeline Projects

HK Disneyland opened in 2005 and based on recent significant

new capex and reinvestment into the park is making a turn-

around and increasing attendance levels. Everyone is focused on

the opening of Shanghai Disney in spring 2016 as the watershed

event in the Chinese theme park industry. We expect Shanghai

Disney and Universal Studios Beijing to have a highly positive

impact on the Chinese market.

Theme Park Hubs

Theme parks and tourist attractions have a complementary effect

on each other as more tourism product spurs growth and addi-

tional investment in the industry and leads to better attractions.

Established hubs include Tokyo (two mega Disney parks, OLC

has announced a JPY500 billion expansion for Tokyo Disney Re-

sort over the next 10 years) and Greater Seoul region (two major

parks: Lotte World, Everland). Over time, markets can grow to

accommodate multiple theme parks, becoming multi-theme park

destination hubs:

Developing/Expanding

• Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta (PRD) region (the earliest

extended theme park hub in China) – Ocean Park, HK Disney,

Chimelong Guangzhou (three gates), OCT Shenzhen (three

gates), OCT East Resort, Chimelong Hengqin Island Ocean

Kingdom (2+ gates and expanding), Zhuhai and Macau looking

to diversify.

• Singapore/Southern Malaysia – Universal Studios Singapore,

LEGOLAND Malaysia, Puteri Harbor Indoor Theme Park (Little

Big Club and Hello Kitty Town), Desaru Coast resort, and others

in planning including potential Sunway/Village Roadshow hybrid

Sea World / Ride Park in Southern Malaysia.

Pipeline

Very strong growth in new park development, upgrading and ex-

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pansion of existing parks and planned pipeline projects. Chinese

parks are increasing their quality standards (attractions/rides/

shows and service) leading up to Shanghai Disney in early 2016.

A key challenge is still that many developers are trying to do too

many projects within a short amount of time – phasing and build-

ing into the market is key. Several major hubs in China underway:

Pearl River Delta (PRD), Yangtze River Delta (YRD), Beijing-Bo-

hai Rim, and Hainan Island.

Selected Pipeline Projects (Brief Profile)

Ocean Paradise Marine Theme Park (2016+)

Village Roadshow and R&F Properties partnered to develop a

RMB 3.5 billion theme park destination resort in Lingshui, near

the popular resort city Sanya, in southern Hainan Island. The

theme park will have a focus on marine life, similar to Village

Roadshow’s existing Sea World theme park in Australia. There

are also plans for a branded Wet’n’Wild waterpark as a second

gate. Village Roadshow will have the exclusive rights to operate

both parks, due to open in 2016, for the next 20 years.

Shanghai Disney (2016)

Walt Disney will bring the sixth Dis-

ney theme park destination, the first in

Mainland China, to Shanghai with an

expected opening in 2016 in the Pud-

ong New Area. The first phase covers 4

sq. km, about half of Disney’s property,

with future plans to expand the resort

to include 3 theme park attractions. Shanghai Disneyland will be

a part of the larger US$5.5 billion first-phase Shanghai Disney

Resort development, featuring a large lake, two hotels (1,220

rooms) and retail/RDE district (46,000 sq.m.). The reported in-

vestment is US$4.8 billion for the theme park and US$700 million

for hotels, RDE, other. Officials are projecting attendance in the

10+ million range for the first year.

20th Century Fox World Malaysia (2016)

Fox Movie World Genting Highlands, Kuala

Lumpur – the 25-acre park being developed

at an estimated cost of US$500+ million)

will feature 6 themed zones with over 25

rides and attractions of Fox IPs, such as Alien vs Predator, Ice

Age, Planet of the Apes – slated to open in 2016.

LEGOLAND Japan (2017)

LEGOLAND – several parks currently in de-

velopment/planning in Asia/China includes

Nagoya, Japan (2017), Korea (2018) and

China (2020+).

Universal Studios Beijing (2019+)

Comcast Corporation, parent

company of Universal Parks &

Resorts (UPR), has announced

plans to team up with Beijing

Shouhuan Cultural Tourism De-

velopment Co. (BSH, state-owned capital background) to jointly

develop a Universal theme park in Tongzhou district, Beijing with

an investment of RMB20+ billion (US$3.3 billion). The 120 hect-

ares theme park destination resort, which will eventually expand

to 400 hectares, including a CityWalk RDE complex, and themed

hotels, targeted to open in 2019. The concept design will be in-

spired by a combination of major blockbuster movie themes and

China’s cultural legacy and could include “Transformers”, “Despi-

cable Me” and “Harry Potter” themed land attractions/rides based

on the films’ popularity in China.

Brands and IPs in Asian Projects

Theme parks in Asia have many similar features and components

to those in North America and Europe. Key differences are adap-

tation of local/regional Asian cultural stories and legends in some

parks. Chinese parks are designed for larger crowds in public

areas due to holidays and peaks during the three major Golden

Weeks. Chinese parks also focus more on cultural shows, festi-

vals and parades – night-time shows are very popular. F&B offer-

ings are based on local tastes and customs to fit the market with

some selected international brands.

Shanghai Disney will further extend and complement its range of

IPs/brands in Mainland China. Most international IP holders and

brands are actively looking at China and selected markets in Asia

and very interested in entering the Asia Pacific region.

For full version of this ECA Asia Parks Snapshot, please visit In-

Park Magazine here.

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Entertainment + Culture Advisors (ECA)Entertainment + Culture Advisors

(ECA) is focused on delivering eco-

nomic insights for attraction, entertain-

ment and cultural projects worldwide

with offices in Los Angeles and Hong

Kong. The ECA team has worked ex-

tensively in Asia and China during the

past 15+ years, including advising on attraction development and expan-

sion strategy for leading developers and attraction groups (Wanda Group,

China Resources Land, R&F Group, Beijing Tourism Group, Huayi Broth-

ers (HB), CITIC Trust, LEGOLAND Parks/Merlin Entertainments, Univer-

sal Studios, Village Roadshow, DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox, Cartoon

Network (CN).

www.entertainmentandculture.com

Wanda Wuhan Feature

TEA at its Best: Collaborating in China

On the banks of the Chu River in Wuhan city, capital of central

China’s Hubei province, the monolithic, golden bell-like structure

is unmistakable. Not just for its striking architecture, but because

of the ambitious TEA members who came together to create the

Wanda Movie Park inside.

The Wanda Movie Park is the world’s first and only indoor movie

park. Opened on December 20, 2014, the park offers a multi-di-

mensional, multi-sensory experience. TEA team members repre-

sented every area of production on standout attractions such as

the spectacular Hubei in the Air, where the world’s largest Chi-

nese painting comes to life. On this attraction, a variety of talent-

ed TEA members came together to orchestrate the project: from

By Anthony Van DamFORREC, Executive Vice President

creative and storytelling to ride engineering, stunts, media and

graphics, audio-visual, lighting and special effects. TEA project

members included: Forrec Ltd. (Executive Producer), Adirondack

Studios, Kingsmen, ITEC Entertainment Corp, The TWT Group,

Visual Terrain, Entertainment Techknowledgy, AET, Wrenhouse

Design, and many more.

The Wanda Movie Park, located along a two-kilometre canal,

also includes office, residential and cultural buildings as well as

shopping malls. The building exterior was designed by Stufish

Entertainment Architects, based in London. The overall cost of

the development was 50 billion yuan ($7.9 billion USD).

President’s Message

The Golden Age of Theme Entertainment in AsiaThe pace of theme park, water park and themed entertainment

development in Asia has increased rapidly with new projects and

investments announced nearly every week. From mega projects

to themed shopping centers many cities and developers are look-

ing for unique experiences to drive visitation and property values.

Government leaders see entertainment as a desirable cultural

industry and source of civic pride.

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TEA members are providing industry leadership in many aspects

of theme entertainment feasibility, design, construction and oper-

ation. It is our duty to guide this golden age and create success-

ful places. To that end, I am happy to announce two new Asia

Pacific board members:

Thomas MegnaFounder of Themetech

Thomas is one of the founders of Theme-tech based in Beijing. A long time TEA member and active in various Divisions in the US, Thomas is will be supporting Next-Gen programs in China and development

of the membership in Beijing.

Jonathan CassonDirector of Business Development for Live Entertainment and Location Based Entertainment for 20th Century Fox Film & Television

Jonathan is active in business development in Asia with a number of major attractions in the pipeline. Jonathan will also be support-

ing NextGen programs in Asia.

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