Australian operator of theme parks and other leisure venues
Coast Entertainment Holdings
Traded as
ASX: CEH
Industry
Leisure and Entertainment Attraction Operator
Predecessor
Macquarie Leisure Trust
Founded
11 June 1998; 26 years ago (1998-06-11) (as Macquarie Leisure Trust)
Headquarters
Milsons Point, New South Wales
,
Australia
Key people
Simon Kelly (CEO & MD) since 9 June 2017[1][2]
Revenue
A$350.4m (2010)[3][4]
Operating income
A$78.8m (2010)[3][4]
Net income
A$90.8m
Total assets
A$500m (2010)[3][4]
Number of employees
3,279
Subsidiaries
Dreamworld WhiteWater World
Website
www.ardentleisure.com.au
Coast Entertainment Holdings Limited (formerly Ardent leisure and formerly Macquarie Leisure Trust)[5] is an Australian-based leisure company which owns and operates a leisure portfolio of over 100 assets across Australia, New Zealand and the United States.[6] It is most known for its operation of the Dreamworld theme park and the WhiteWater World water park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[7]
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