Merlin Entertainments says outlook is positive following profit rise - TravelMole


Merlin Entertainments says outlook is positive following profit rise

Wednesday, 28 Feb, 2019 0

Alton Towers’ owner Merlin Entertainments says its outlook for this year is ‘positive’ after seeing a 6.2% rise in 2018 earnings.

The world’s second largest visitor attractions operator, which also runs Legoland, Sea Life, Madame Tussauds, the London Eye and the London Dungeons, made underlying pre-tax earnings of £494 million in 2018, up from £474 million a year earlier.

Visitor numbers were up 1.4% to 67 million while revenue increased almost 6% to £1.7 billion.

Merlin said trading in 2019 had been in line with expectations. "Our 2019 outlook is positive and unchanged," it said.

The group plans to open a new Legoland in New York in 2020 and has an agreement to open one in Korea by 2022.



 

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