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March 11, 2011
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment was singled out Thursday in Tallahassee for pitching in with emergency-response efforts. In a presentation to the Senate Military Affairs, Space and Domestic Affairs Committee, the Florida Retail Federation cited the theme-park company as one of a number of big-name businesses around the state that have made their properties available for [...]
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February 12, 2011
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment announced today that it will build a version of Manta, the popular roller coaster that opened at SeaWorld Orlando in 2009, at its California marine park. Like the Orlando attraction, SeaWorld San Diego’s Manta will pair the roller coaster with a walk-through aquarium housing rays and other fish. Unlike the Orlando [...]
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February 12, 2011
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is eliminating a $ 5-an-hour wage premium it had been paying to the company animal trainers who work in the water with its killer whales, according to multiple people familiar with the plan. The move will erase a supplemental pay boost that SeaWorld first put in place following a trainer accident [...]
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February 10, 2011
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment has launched a promotion using the prospect of free theme-park tickets to encourage adoptions of homeless cats and dogs. Under a program dubbed “SeaWorld’s Happy Trails,” people who adopt a dog or cat from a participating shelter can get two single-day tickets to a SeaWorld marine park good on any date [...]
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February 10, 2011
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment has tapped a pair of executives to guide advertising for its two biggest brands: SeaWorld and Busch Gardens. The company has promoted Peter Frey, formerly vice president of marketing at SeaWorld Orlando, to Senior Marketing Officer for SeaWorld Brands, which includes the company’s three U.S. marine parks and the smaller Discovery [...]
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February 3, 2011
A new killer-whale show that SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment will open this spring in its three U.S. marine parks will not include any in-water interaction between trainers and whales. Dubbed “One Ocean,” the performance will debut in late April at SeaWorld Orlando, on Memorial Day weekend at SeaWorld San Diego and in June at SeaWorld [...]
