HONG KONG — In sharp contrast with the long-running success story that is Tokyo’s Disneyland and DisneySea, the Hong Kong version is struggling.
Mojo eludes Disney in Hong Kong (The Japan Times)
February 4th, 2010 · No Comments
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HK Disneyland shrinks losses (Straits Times)
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments
HONG KONG – HONG Kong Disneyland saw its annual losses fall to HK$1.32 billion (S$236 million) from HK$1.57 billion dollars owing to cost cuts at the struggling venue, it said on Tuesday. Sales in the fiscal year ended Oct 3 slid one per cent to HK$2.54 billion while the park’s hotel occupancy rate fell to 70 per cent from 78 per cent in fiscal 2008, Disney said.
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Mickey’s Gravedigging for Shanghai Disneyland (Shanghaiist)
December 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Disneyland has faced so many bumps in the road in its long and arduous quest to build a theme park in Shanghai, the latest of which have involved obtaining land for the theme park. First, farmers wanted compensation for demolishing their multiple houses , then the park shrunk exponentially in size , and now it looks like they’ll have to uproot a couple graves in the process. According to …
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Battle of the Disneylands: Advantage Hong Kong (BusinessWeek)
November 30th, 2009 · No Comments
A month after the Chinese government finally gave the okay for Shanghai Disneyland, skeptics are pointing out the park’s success is hardly a sure thing.
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Disneyland — Small Start, Big Future (People’s Daily)
November 25th, 2009 · No Comments
China’s first state-level announcement on building a Disneyland in Shanghai indicated that the park’s initial size may be much smaller than widely expected. Its growth potential and contribution to the city’s economy will still be substantial, according to analysts
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