Journal of Vacation Marketing Volume 5 Number 4 Academic Papers Strategic theming in theme park marketing Kevin K. F. Wong and Phoebe W. Y. Cheung Received (in revised form): 20th May‚ 1999 Department of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong Tel: (00 852) 2766 6341; Fax: (00 852) 2362 9362; E-mail: hmkevinw@polyu.edu.hk Kevin K. F. Wong‚ PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Manager of the HTM Resource Centre in the Department of Hotel
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1. What do you think motivated Disney to set up parks abroad‚ and what might be the pros and cons from the standpoint of the Walt Disney Company? Disney is motivated to set up parks throughout the world to expand its sales of merchandise goods as well as attendance to their theme parks. In addition‚ with the expansion of the parks‚ Disney can play a role in spreading advertisements of their movies and the ideology that Disney is a Place of Dream and happiness. Disney is motivated to also acquire
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PROJECT – 1 ECOFRIENDLY THEME PARK MYP UNIT QUESTIPN: HOW CAN ECO FRIENDLY PARKS HELP OUR PLANET? GLOBAL CONTEXT: GLOBALIZATION & SUSTAINABILITY Approaches to Learning: Organization- Information Literacy- Thinking Inquiring and analyzing Theme parks contribute to a number of environmental problems‚ one being air pollution. Theme parks require large amounts of energy; they need energy to power the rides‚ to keep the ac running‚ to light the park etc. Providing all this energy contributes to
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Florida For years‚ Central Florida has been known for having the best amusement parks in the world‚ all in one relative area. Having so many parks in such a small amount of space gives us a variety of amusement choices. Here we have theme parks‚ water parks‚ and animal parks‚ guaranteeing that there will be something to cater to your interests. The most popular of all the Central Florida attractions are the theme parks. These are most appealing to the children‚ who usually have the final say in the
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December 1 1955. Dear diary Today is a very special day. I did something brave. Something I never thought‚ I’d have the courage to do. I know that after this‚ my life will never be the same‚ but I’m sure‚ it’s the right thing to do.I was on my way home after yet another long day of hard work. I was so tired when I took the bus although I was happy to finally be on my way home to my dearest husband. After so many hours sitting in a room too small for the number of people‚ I was exhausted. Who wouldn’t
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The external environment of the theme park industry on the Gold Coast plays a significant role in determining if the industry is profitable. According to Hubbard‚ Rice and Beamish (2008)‚ the external environment is the factors outside the organisation that influence strategy and is made up of two environments; the macro-environment and the industry environment. The macro-environment includes the general factors that affect growth of an industry‚ whereas an analysis of the industry environment determines
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) Is the Global theme park industry is an interesting industry to be in? Yes. The five forces analysis supports as below. | |Strength of |Explanation | | |Force | | |Rivalry between |Medium |High industry concentration
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hour drive from the city 4. The theme is spread over a large area with 4 different theme areas‚ in which the theme‚ Marvel: The Avengers is very popular. 5. The park features some very popular characters such as Thor‚ Hulk‚ Capt. America and Ironman. Weaknesses: 1. The way to Tagaytay is traffic 2. It has a very diverse product portfolio with several different theme parks and hotels‚ which makes centralized management and monitoring very difficult 3. The park depends excessively on the popularity
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Disney Theme Park Case Study Questions 1. The things that motivated Disney to set up theme parks abroad were more business opportunities. The management realized how successful they were in the US and that their resorts attracted a lot of foreign travelers. Realizing this allowed them to consider tapping into the global market‚ which would mean more profits and a more global company. The pros from the standpoint of the Walt Disney Company would be more profits‚ gaining global product and differentiation
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Introduction New technologies that theme parks utilize or may consider using in the future can help manage crowds‚ improve child safety‚ and create thrilling attractions. Theme parks must decide which technologies it should adapt in order to attract the most consumers and increase consumer spending. Innovative technologies improve consumer safety and enhance customer satisfaction. Technologies used in theme parks today include smart phone applications‚ fast passes or flash passes‚ RFID tracking
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