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.

Convious

Sponsor of Best New Attraction & Best Social Media Engagement

eCommerce platform and app innovator Convious helps visitor attractions grow by optimising every step of their visitor’s digital journey and ultimately, offering a great overall experience. Convious AI-based system provides the technology parks need to convert anonymous visitors into long-lasting supporters and be ready for the digital future with:

• Engaging marketing tools to convert web traffic into physical visitors
• Providing frictionless buying experience and dynamic real-time prices
• Reducing waiting times with smart time-slot and ticket redemption
• Sending push notifications to visitors before, during and after their visit
• Collecting valuable feedback
• Convious helps you with all of this and much more from a single platform.

We are committed to your success and offer a true partnership to take your attraction to the next level.

Vennersys

Sponsor of Best Theme Park for Families (Large)

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.

BoldMove Nation

Sponsor of Best Theme Park for Families (Small)

Together with a strong network of expert partners, BoldMove Nation creates happy worlds for leisure, tourist and retail venues.

Media-based attractions are based on proven technologies and fun gameplay around compelling stories for immersive visitor experiences. With the customer interest at heart, the BoldMove Nation team offers turnkey creative and experience design services from master planning to implementation, with a broad choice of IPs and theming. Besides experience design for dark rides, media attractions and indoor parks (FEC), BoldMove offers the double-action Smash & Reload dark ride family, WaterSlider VR and Hybrid AR Quest. Established in 2021, the team is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium and headed by interactive dark ride veteran Benoit Cornet.

BALPPA

Sponsor of Best Theme Park for Toddlers

BALPPA has over 300 members and is the leading Member to Member Association, representing interests of the UK’s commercial leisure parks, piers, zoos, visitor attractions and family entertainment centres as well as the industry’s trade suppliers and service providers.

BALPPA represents the interests of the UK’s commercial leisure parks, piers, zoos, family entertainment centres, static visitor attractions sector and those businesses that supply the industry and has been proud to do so since 1936. BALPPA speaks for some 300 Members and ultimately for many millions of customers every year.

Guinness World Records

Sponsor of Best Theme Park for Thrills

Guinness World Records is a global brand with offices, adjudicators and brand ambassadors worldwide. Our mission is to document the incredible through our book, live events, social media and TV shows.

Fulfilling the opportunity to achieve a record, whether that’s a personal life-long dream or a team attempt with a company of 5000 people, or working with a company to promote a new product or service, the power of record breaking continues to inspire amazing feats and achievements every day across the globe.

Semnox

Sponsor of Best Seaside Park

Semnox Solutions LLC provides technology and creative solutions for the entertainment and amusement industry. Semnox’s Parafait suite of products are operational at over 2000 sites spread across 50 plus countries.

European Coaster Club

Sponsor of Best Steel Coaster

The European Coaster Club is a not-for-profit organisation that promotes the enjoyment of riding roller coasters and visiting amusement and theme parks.

The club was formed in 1996 although our magazine First Drop dates back to 1988. We have over 2,300 members from all around the world, including corporate members that represent almost every major theme park operator and roller coaster manufacturer. At its heart, it would be fair to call us a social club for people who enjoy roller coasters and amusement parks.

Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain

Sponsor of Best Wooden Coaster

We are a social club that unite roller coaster enthusiasts from all over the world who like to add extra FUN into the already fun packed world of roller coasters!

With over 1000 members from 15 different countries it's the club to be in if you want to meet people of all ages who, like you, have a passion for riding roller coasters.

Katapult

Sponsor of Best Dark Ride

Katapult designs themed attractions and experiences that amaze and engage visitors globally.

Our work is enjoyed by 50 million visitors, at 81 attractions, in 18 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.

TAG Live

Sponsor of Best Live 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.

Be.EV

Sponsor of Best Play Experience

Be.EV is an EV charging provider, working with leisure and retail destinations and the public sector to deliver fit for purpose community charging solutions.

We care about getting EV charging right – for existing and future drivers, and for you. With over 10,000 members - and counting - we run the biggest public charging network in the North West and are expanding rapidly across the UK.

Rubber Cheese

Sponsor of Best Historic Ride

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.

The Business Creative

Sponsor of Best Halloween Event

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.

Blachere Illumination

Sponsor of Best Christmas Event

Blachere Illumination are global leaders in the provision of Eco Responsible Festive lighting.

We now have 2 Eco Ranges, BIOPRINT and also our groundbreaking RECYPRINT where we recycle plastic bottles into beautiful decorations. Our patented exclusive innovations have also been recognised by WWF who have asked us to become one of their commercial partners to recognise our achievements in this field.

Attractions.io

Sponsor of Best Customer Service

Attractions.io's mobile app platform enables real-world businesses to lead in the digital age.

Their guest experience apps and operator console provide world-renowned attractions like LEGOLAND, San Diego Zoo and Butlin’s with the tools and data they need to create seamless visitor experiences that increase engagement, revenue and loyalty. From interactive wayfinding and itinerary planning to real-time communication with on-site guests, Attractions.io has the know-how to future-proof your attraction for the digital age.

Rollover

Sponsor of Best Value

Rollover is the perfect partner for fast-paced places, such as entertainment parks.

With its wide range of Hot Food-to-Go and innovative equipment, Rollover is a successful solution where speed and ease of service are a must.

With Rollover you will be able to offer numerous alternatives for all your customers’ diet requirement: we offer a selection of hotdogs, burgers, breakfast muffin, halal and meat free alternatives. Rollover makes it easier for your team, as no cooking skills are required. The innovative equipment makes the service quick and efficient.