BALPPA news

Sir Nick Varney has been revealed as the headline speaker at this year's VAC. Taking place on 5 October at the QEII Centre in London, ... More

For those who missed VAC 2020 – the annual UK Conference for Visitor Attractions – there’s still the chance, until 12th November, to catch it ... More

UK tourism and heritage minister, Nigel Huddleston, delivered the keynote speech during this year's Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC) which was held on ... More

The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) has postponed its upcoming expo and tradeshow in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ... More

Britain’s visitor attractions are set to get a major boost, with investment into the sector topping £50m (US$70.2m, €57m) this year. In addition to significant ... More

The fledgling Visitor Attraction Expo (VAE) returns for its third year in January, again taking place at the ExCel exhibition centre in London, alongside the ... More

The Visitor Attraction Expo (VAE) has announced a series of seminars led with a session by Partyman World founder and author James Sinclair. Sinclair, author ... More

Wayne Hemingway MBE, the creative designer and visionary behind the £18m ($27m, €24m) restoration of Dreamland in Margate, UK, has been confirmed as a speaker ... More

The attractions industry made its presence known at Leisure Industry Week, held at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, to showcase its latest products and innovations, ... More

London’s EAG International attractions expo has confirmed that next year’s edition will be twinned with a new Visitor Attraction Expo. Launching to coincide with EAG, ... More

News is breaking that Martin Barratt has joined the board of Mark Pyrah's AIM-listed Paragon Entertainment as a non-executive director. Paragon, which began as an ... More

On the 11th July, award winning play centre Cheeky Monkey's in Chorley, Lancashire hosted CBeebies presenter Alex Winter and up and coming Entertainer Mr Yipadee. ... More

The newly established Family Entertainment (FEC) group at BALPPA will host its inaugural seminar event on 14 May at Alton Towers Resort in Straffordshire. The ... More

The newly established Family Entertainment Centre group at BALPPA is delighted to announce the agenda and location of its inaugural seminar event which will take ... More

Burnham-On-Sea's MP has this week demonstrated her support for local tourist businesses during a visit to a trade meeting. Tessa Munt attended a reception in ... More

The new Family Entertainment centre (FEC) subgroup at BALPPA reached the fifty (50) member milestone inside its first month, after the former exec team of ... More

We are delighted to invite you to attend the BALPPA Summer Conference 2013 - an event of informative fun and entertainment. This year, the Summer ... More

Dear member, We are delighted to invite you to attend our Parliamentary Reception which will be held at the House of Commons on Tuesday 12th ... More

BALPPA would like to give a big congratulations to our new Chairman Bob O'Connor. We would also like to thank our previous Chairman Adrian Mahon ... More

BALPPA is delighted to announce that Livingstone Lodge (Howletts and Port Lympne) have once again been awarded the Beautiful South Tourism Experience of the year ... More

Knights Leisure, operator of Camelot theme park in Chorley, Lancashire, has announced that the park will not be reopening for the 2013 season. Speaking to ... More

Knights Leisure today announced the closure of Camelot theme park. The theme park and its management have been members of BALPPA for over 20 years and ... More

Former Thorpe Park boss Paul Kelly has been named the new chief executive of the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA). Kelly ... More

Online Visitor Registration for EAG International Expo 2013 is now available on the show's website www.eagexpo.com Show organiser Karen Cooke explains why those intending to ... More