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Vue International are hoping to reopen cinemas in mid-July
Vue International, the popular cinema chain, are hoping to reopen all their cinemas by mid-July. Currently 228 sites across across 10 countries including the U.K., Italy, Germany, Denmark and Taiwan are all shut. Read more: https://www.rli.uk.com/vue-international-are-hoping-to-reopen-cinemas-in-july/ … [Read more...]
2018 News Review
As 2018 comes to an end, and now with over 17,000 stories on the website, I thought that I would look at some of the news items over the course of the last 12 months in cinema and cinema exhibition: Mergers and Acquisitions 2018 has been full of mergers, buying, selling and the general consolidation of the global exhibition market. Back in … [Read more...]
Vue Entertainment Partners with Urban Airship To Deliver the U.K.’s First Movie Tickets on Google Pay
PORTLAND, Ore. and LONDON, Dec. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Customer engagement company Urban Airship and Vue Entertainment, part of Vue International, one of the world’s largest cinema operators, today unveiled the U.K.’s first Google Pay movie tickets. Now Vue movie-goers at over 30 of its paperless sites — not just its app users — can add film … [Read more...]
Vue sets sights on CineStar | Film Journal International
Australia’s Event Hospitality & Entertainment Limited (EVT) agreed to sell the CineStar chain in Germany to Vue International. The global exhibition power player already operates 30 sites and 257 screens in the country under the CinemaxX brand. Oliver Fock, managing director of CineStar Deutschland, said: “We are convinced that Vue, as one of … [Read more...]
German cinemas group purchase part of increased UK investment in Germany – The Local
British cinema group Vue International this week announced the acquisition of Cinestar’s 57 premium multiplex sites in Germany, adding 449 cinema screens to its European portfolio. The purchase is part of a broader pattern of increased pre-Brexit British investment in Germany. Source: German cinemas group purchase part of increased UK investment … [Read more...]