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...its live entertainment assets, which include the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas, the Great Wolf Resorts chain of indoor water parks, and Legoland owner Merlin Entertainments, which also operates dozens of Madame...
...Merlin Entertainment, owner of Madame Tussauds, listed with an initial free float of 20 per cent in 2013, for instance....
...Examples of this approach include last year’s 30 per cent stake sales by investors including US buy-out group Blackstone in Merlin Entertainments, the theme-park operator behind the London Eye, Madame Tussauds...
...Like Dubai World, Dubai Holding exploited profits of the emirate’s real-estate boom to expand into every sector of local business and make highly levered purchases of overseas assets, from Madame Tussauds...
...CVC Capital Partners, the private equity group, is close to agreeing the purchase of a 30 per cent stake in Merlin Entertainments, the theme park operator behind the London Eye, Madame Tussauds and Legoland...
...However, some companies have thrived after a tertiary buy-out, such as Merlin Entertainment, operator of the London Eye, Madame Tussauds and Legoland theme parks, and Jimmy Choo, the maker of diamante-encrusted...
...DIC confirmed on Thursday that it had sold its remaining 6 per cent stake in Merlin, as part of a deal by CVC Capital Partners to buy a 28 per cent stake in the theme park operator behind Madame Tussauds...
...Merlin Entertainments, the UK-based theme park operator that is positioning itself to float in the new year, has announced it will open a Madame Tussauds visitor attraction in Bangkok....
...The Dubai-owned fund also owns 18 per cent of Merlin Entertainments, the theme park operator behind the London Eye, Madame Tussauds and Legoland, which it could sell in a £2bn initial public offering next...
...It received the stake in exchange for selling Madame Tussauds to Merlin three years ago....
...Merlin Entertainments, the Blackstone-owned theme park group whose assets include Madame Tussauds, Legoland, and the London Eye, is preparing a stock market flotation, setting the stage for a flurry of UK...
...Merlin Entertainment’s chief executive knows that if the theme park operator behind the London Eye, Madame Tussauds and Legoland is to achieve his goal of a £2bn initial public offering he must overcome...
...Total visitor numbers for 2007, including half a year of contributions from Madame Tussauds, were 32.4m....
...Dubai Holding, which oversees Dubai International Capital, has pulled off several high-profile deals during the past 18 months in a highly sophisticated manner, including buying stakes in HSBC and Madame...
...Prestbury will lease back Madame Tussauds London, Thorpe Park, Alton Towers and Warwick Castle to Merlin, owned by Blackstone, on 35-year renewable leases....
...Since it was launched in 2004, the Dubai firm’s most high-profile deals have been the acquisition of the Madame Tussauds’ wax museum in London for about $1.5bn and the purchase of Doncasters, the UK defence...
...Blackstone, the private equity firm, has paid £1.03bn in cash to buy The Tussauds Group, which owns leisure assets including Madame Tussauds and the London Eye, from Dubai International Capital....
...It bought Madame Tussauds waxworks in 2005 for £800m from Charterhouse Capital Partners....
...In the UK, DIC owns the Madame Tussauds Group and the Travelodge hotel chain. Sameer Al Ansari, chief executive, said in a statement: “We are supporters of the game and of the club....
...Dubai’s bid for world domination continues with news today that Dubai International Capital (owner of Madame Tussauds) is buying Doncasters Group, the British engineer, for £700m....
...DIC has already invested $1bn in DaimlerChrysler, the carmaker, making it the third largest shareholder; and bought the Tussauds Group, the largest operator of visitor attractions in Europe (including Madame...
...Most recently, the investment arm of Dubai Holding paid $1.5bn for Tussauds, owner of London's Madame Tussauds waxwork museum....
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