Merlin Entertainments says outlook is positive following profit rise
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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