Heck, during the time that Williams was running the show at Universal, Disney has had half a dozen different leaders running its theme park segment. Williams provided the steady leadership that allowed the parks division to make smart decisions that laid a strong foundation for Universal’s current and future success in the theme park business. He did all this while Universal was being passed through four different corporate owners: Seagram, Vivendi, General Electric and now Comcast. During his more than 22 years running the Universal parks, Williams has overseen the expansion of Universal’s Orlando property into a world-class resort, the opening of Universal parks in Japan, Singapore and China, and, perhaps most importantly, the acquisition of theme park rights to the Harry Potter franchise, which has driven record attendance and revenue for Universal. Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro dropped a bunch of announcements at the Destination D23 fan event at the Walt Disney World Resort, including more Downtown Disney changes at the Disneyland Resort.īut the most significant change came at Universal, where Universal Parks & Resorts President Tom Williams announced that he will retire early next year. Six Flags kept its CEO carousel spinning, replacing its chief executive after just two years.
The largest annual convention in the industry – the IAAPA Expo – returned to Orlando earlier this month after going virtual last year due to the pandemic. It’s been a big couple of weeks for news in the theme park business.
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