The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Arts / Entertainment Sport, Amusement And Recreation Sports Activities And Amusement And Recreation Activities 93.21 - Activities of amusement parks and theme parks
650 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 August 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2010
Foreseen end date
30 June 2012
Description
The owners of French amusement park Walygator, the Le Douarin brothers, will invest EUR 145 million by 2015 in park's extension. Under the project, called Walywood, is to create 650 new jobs between January 2010 and June 2012.
Under the project, called Walywood, on a surface of 48 additional hectares in the east of France will be constructed three hotels with a total capacity of 1,000 rooms, a seminar and training centre, a concert hall, three restaurants, a Hard Rock Cafe, a commercial centre and an aqua park.
Sources
4 August 2009: La Tribune
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Walywood, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 69356, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69356.
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