The Tussauds Group

The Tussauds Group
Company typeLimited company
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1926 (as a limited company)
Defunct2007
FateMerged into Merlin Entertainment
Headquarters
Poole, Dorset
,
England
OwnersS. Pearson & Son (1978–1999)
Charterhouse Development Capital (1999–2005)
Dubai International Capital (2005–2007)

The Tussauds Group was an entertainment company which is now a part of Merlin Entertainments. It was based in Poole, Dorset from where it managed a portfolio of brands and over 50 attractions that included the Madame Tussauds waxworks, Legoland Theme Parks, Legoland Discovery Centres, Sea Life Centres, PortAventura Park in Spain, Gardaland in Italy, Heide Park Resort in Germany, The Dungeons, The London Eye, The Blackpool Tower attractions, The Orlando Eye, Warwick Castle, Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, and Chessington World of Adventures.

Merlin Entertainments bought the company in 2007, thus becoming the world's second largest leisure group after Disney.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Merlin Entertainments, leading name in location based, family entertainment - Introduction". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  2. ^ Teather, David (6 March 2007). "£1bn merger creates leisure empire built with wax and plastic bricks". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 March 2019.