Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Oriential Land Company Expanding into SE Asia?

There are reports indicating that the parent company of Tokyo Disneyland, the Oriental Land Co., is planning on expanding into South East Asia.

Oriental Land Chief Executive Toshio Kagami told reporters following a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of Tokyo Disneyland on Tuesday that Southeast Asia would likely be key to the company's overseas strategy in the future.


It doesn't say if this is something the company is doing on its own, or as part of the Disney brand, which of course would require Disney's approval. There were of course rumors circulating that a Disney theme park was in the works in the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia (it was a very weak rumor). Universal is already building its theme park in Singapore. Now, Asia is big, and certainly the eastern/south part of Asia has a dense population. But still, with Hong Kong Disneyland, and the often rumored Disney theme park in Shanghai, another Disney park in SE Asia might be stretching the brand name too thin. So I'm hoping that this isn't a Disney-related park.

Zz.

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