We would like to thank our sponsors for making the UK Theme Park Awards 2024 possible - find out more about them.
AttractionTickets.com
Headline Sponsor
AttractionTickets.com is the largest theme park ticket specialist in Europe selling major attraction tickets in the UK and worldwide, plus onsite hotel + attraction ticket packages.
Founded in 2002, AttractionTickets.com aims to Add Happiness® to holidays by making it easier, cheaper, and faster to buy tickets to the world's major attractions. With three core markets - the UK, Ireland and Germany, the company has served over 10 million customers and sells over one million attraction tickets a year.
ADIPS
Sponsor of Theme Park of the Year
The Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme (ADIPS) is a national scheme for the inspection and certification of fairground rides and amusement devices.
ADIPS inspections are carried out by registered inspection bodies (IB’s) whose capability to perform competent and independent inspection is assessed and monitored on an ongoing basis. ADIPS is managed and administered by the Amusement Device Safety Council (ADSC) which is made up of representatives from all major industry trade associations. It is operated by ADIPS Ltd.; a not-for-profit company. Any trading surplus generated by ADIPS Ltd. is reinvested into ADIPS to improve its services, or the industry to improve health and safety standards.
LEAPS
Sponsor of Best New Attraction
The Leisure Equipment Asset Protection Scheme (LEAPS) certifies all types of leisure attractions as safe to use. From roller coasters to push bikes, and everything in between, we put public safety front and centre by keeping everyone and everything in check.
LEAPS certification will only ever be awarded to those attractions and inspectors that meet the highest of safety standards. Wherever you see the LEAPS logo, you can rest assured that the attraction is as safe as possible for public enjoyment.
The Experiences Group
Sponsor of Best Reimagined Attraction
From some of the world's largest and most realistic walking dinosaurs to hilarious pantomimes, Experiences Group know what it takes to create the ultimate guest-focused experience. The Experiences Group pride themselves selves in being a one-stop shop for entertainment and event solutions. Whether it’s a T-Rex stomping around the venue, a bespoke show to entertain your guests, or talented performers to deliver an unmissable experience - Experiences Group will work with you from start to finish to ensure all your expectations are met.
Vennersys
Sponsor of Best Theme Park for Families
As an industry-leading provider of integrated online ticketing, EPoS and visitor management software, Vennersys have supported their partners for over 25 years.
Their VenposCloud software is designed to help visitor attractions maximise revenue, minimise expenditure, and improve customer satisfaction levels. They provide a bespoke service that is tailored to the specific needs of each client they work with and are constantly developing new features and functions for their systems.
Semantic
Sponsor of Best Theme Park for Thrills
Semantic is a UK-based digital agency that helps attractions create a great impression online to drive traffic, engagement and guest revenue. Our mission is to help every attraction grow online so we’re always trying to help the industry with creative solutions to your website challenges. As well as helping with bespoke site builds and integrations, we’ve created a new platform called LOOP, a fast new way to get your attraction online, or improve your existing online performance. LOOP features a suite of modules, layouts and components so that you can get an optimised new website in weeks rather than months. Crealy Theme Park managed to launch their new LOOP website in just 10 work days, without sacrificing on the quality or CMS capabilities.
Whether you need website consultancy, optimisation or are struggling and just need a scalable new site, our team is happy to help. Get in touch and we'll happily arrange a free discovery call to talk through options, ideas and advice.
Universal Verification
Sponsor of Best Seaside Park
Universal Verification is a dedicated team of consultants providing a range of independent management systems auditing, engineering inspection, technical assistance, verification and certification services to a plethora of industries.
After more than 25 years working within industry, building up our knowledge base and specialisms, we decided that consultancy could be, and should be, run differently.
The Business Creative
Sponsor of Best Ride Storytelling
We are a Creative Agency specialising in entertainment experiences that connect an audience to a brand, in a real life environment.
Creating entertainment moments that are designed to evoke an emotion in the audience leaving them with an everlasting memory. Experts in Immersion, Involvement & Interaction which puts the / your audience at the centre of the experience, we work with a very diverse range of clients ranging from construction companies through to theme parks and our work is used as part of marketing activity, customer service initiatives right through to entertainment and event programmes.
Katapult
Sponsor of Best Accessibility Initiative
Award-winning, international themed attraction designers specialising in theme park design, themed resort design, experience design, destination design and themed attraction design. Katapult design themed attractions, experiences and destinations that amaze and engage visitors globally. Our work is enjoyed by 95 million visitors, at 120 attractions, in 26 different countries, every year. As well as increasing guest experience, we thrive on helping you generate more income, more fans and bring the vision for your attraction to life.
Taylor Made Designs
Sponsor of Best Sustainability Initiative
Since 1993, Taylor Made Designs have Made with Care the very best quality corporate uniform and accessories for leading businesses and brands.
Our approach is simple. We spend time getting to know our customers by listening, discussing, and collaborating. Combining what we learn from those conversations with considerations for design, sustainability, brand image and value for money ensures we deliver the very best possible outcome every time.
Pure Entertainment Group
Sponsor of Best New Event
Pure Entertainment Group are a leading provider in the production and entertainment industry. Delivering a fresh, energetic approach to all performance and event experiences. With a team of experienced entertainment and event specialists, creating high quality productions, providing audio and visual technology, to bring a portfolio of musical talent and innovative management support, which ensures we deliver successful, unique, and high-class events.
Pure are proud to work with leading brands across luxury venues, holiday companies, sporting stadiums and national theme and leisure parks.
TAG Live
Sponsor of Best New Entertainment
TAG are an award-winning entertainment and events company providing global solutions to the Leisure & Tourism Industry.
With four divisions, their biggest being Staged Production which delivers just over 50% of their global output. Their Talent Agency division provides more than 7,000 live act bookings a year, and their Live Events division produces large scale and corporate events. Finally, their Support Services division facilitates complementary services like creative design and rehearsal space. TAG are honoured to work alongside some of the biggest and best hospitality brands in the world and are accomplished event producers who can be involved at any level, from concept and creation to a full turn-key solution or custom standalone event.
Lichfields
Sponsor of Best Theme Park Lodges or Glamping
Lichfields is a UK based planning and development consultancy who has been practicing for over 60 years. We combine a deep understanding of the leisure and tourism sector with unrivalled project experience and we advise on many of the Country’s top attractions for all the leading operators. The projects on which we provide planning advice support the UK’s tourism offer across the spectrum: thrills at theme parks, relaxation at resorts, overnight stays in countryside and city centre hotels, and lifetime memories of iconic landmarks. Recent theme park projects include Hyperia rollercoaster at Thorpe Park and the LEGOLAND Windsor holiday village.
Brave New Beast
Sponsor of Most Missed Attraction From The Past
Brave New Beast is a full service video production company. We live for creative thinking, pushing boundaries and standing out. With our audience-first approach and by understanding the fundamentals of age-old storytelling and human psychology we can craft the perfect video marketing campaigns for our clients.
When you work with Brave New Beast, we become an extension of your team. Your brand is now our brand, your mission is now our mission too. We’ll use our skills and experience to create amazing video content that gets you noticed and remembered.
Rose Events
Sponsor of Best Customer Service
Rose Events are a multi-award winning event & production company that brings the fun to any family themed event! We are a company that works closely with popular names in the entertainment industry to include The Sooty Show, Freddo the Frog and Thomas the Tank Engine to name a few.
Rose Events have been working closely with many venues all over the UK including popular tourist attractions, holiday parks and theatres. We have produced and toured many successful pantomimes including Aladdin, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. We also produce all year entertainment for big venues which include Cadbury World, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Crealy, West Midland Safari Park, P&O Cruises, Butlins & Parkdean Resorts to name a few.
Semnox
Sponsor of Best Value Theme Park
Semnox builds holistic technology solutions for the entertainment and leisure industry. We help you automate key processes and manage them centrally. Our hardware and software solutions are designed to create delightful experiences for your customers, while also making your business more robust and your staff more productive. Active in 2200+ sites across 55+ countries, Semnox’s solutions are second-to-none!
Agility
Sponsor of Best Marketing Campaign
Discover a boutique marketing agency working in the Visitor Attraction sector, with a strong digital focus and proven results.
We help clients to drive footfall and ROI by targeting the right customers online, converting them through your website and if they are not ready to buy yet, put in place strong keep in touch programmes.
We can’t wait to work with you.
Rubber Cheese
Sponsor of Best Social Media Content
Rubber Cheese is an award-winning web design and development agency. We build remarkable websites that create better experiences for visitor attractions and their guests.
Taking a user centric approach, we focus on making continual improvements that build and build, to deliver better conversions and increased revenue. We help leading attraction and destination brands like Eureka! The National Children’s Museum, National Parks UK, Holkham, Visit Cambridge and The National Marine Aquarium, stand out online and get more people to visit.
Magic Little Giants
Sponsor of Content Creator of the Year
Specialists for attractions, travel and leisure businesses. We are committed to providing a gateway to growth for our clients to achieve sustainable, commercial success. Our extensive experience and passion for the travel & leisure industry is what helps us stand out. We’ve been in your shoes, we’ve walked in your customers footsteps and we understand the rollercoaster of an annual marketing plan in detail.
