One of the ATPM lecturers, Goof Lukken, was one of the happy few to have early access to the newly opened Wildlands Adventure Zoo in Emmen. Here’s a summary of his experiences. On Thursday March 24th I was lucky to visit the newest zoo of the Netherlands Wildlands Adventure Zoo as a VIP. Two Dutch news programs asked my expert opinion about this new zoo, … Continue reading Wildlands Adventure Zoo
On Monday, things were a little different than the usual Professional Development & Leadership classes for the 3rd year Attractions & Theme Parks Management students. The class was at the train station of Breda. After discussing what we were doing that day, which was learning about the Business Concept Model, Bart had a little surprise for us. We were going to visit the Happy Station. … Continue reading Special class: Happy Station
How do you finance a theme park? And what is revenue management all about? The 3rd year Attractions & Theme Parks Management students started their 5th project in November of 2015 in cooperation with Attractie- en Vakantiepark Slagharen. The definition of the project was simple: create a new concept for an already existing hall and try to convince the commissioner by financial statements why they … Continue reading Project Slagharen: a lot of numbers and one concept
[vimeo 161005753 w=500 h=281] interview wouter dekkers 2 from NHTV Breda – Academy for Leisure on Vimeo. Continue reading Interview: Wouter Dekkers Slagharen
Come join us at NHTV Hopmansstraat or Archimedesstraat for your final chance to get a first hand look at the NHTV programmes and ATPM in particular of course. What is the open evening? It is your opportunity to meet lecturers and students and ask them everything you wish to know about our programmes. What does the first year look like? What are tracks and what … Continue reading 14 April: NHTV open evening
Duinrell, daar kikker je van op! On the 18th of March, 35 NHTV students were welcomed by Yannick Dolman and Ivan Koole at Duinrell in Wassenaar. The group consisted of first year students Leisure Management and third year ATPM students. Yannick and Ivan both studied at NHTV and did a specialization in Attractions & Theme Parks Management and are now working for the family owned … Continue reading Fieldtrip Duinrell
Hospitality is one of the core parts of the industry. Food & beverage is always present in theme parks and an increasing amount of parks is starting to build hotels or campsites. Besides that, hospitable behaviour towards guests is essential. This means that the employees should be kind and helpful , but also that the park should provide special facilities and adapt the service to … Continue reading Year 2 Project 2: Rijksmuseum and hospitality
“My name is Bart Stadhouders and I am a lecturer within the Attractions & Theme Parks Management track. The courses that I lecture in are Fundamentals of Storytelling, Professional Development & Leadership, Placement coordination and Change Management. I started working for NHTV in January 2014. Before NHTV, I worked in strategy consultancy on sustainability and for a provincial organization called Vrijetijdshuis Brabant (now VisitBrabant). I am involved … Continue reading Introducing: Bart Stadhouders
I am Daniëlle, a second year student of Attractions & Theme Park Management. My placement is at Plopsaland De Panne, which is located in the south of Belgium near the coast. It helps that the same language is spoken, global companies are to be found here as well and that things, such as transportation, work pretty much the same. This makes it easier to get … Continue reading Year 2 placement: Plopsaland De Panne
On Saturday the 12th of March it was time for the second open day. Between 10 and 15 o’clock the doors of all the NHTV academies were opened. The level of interest for the Attractions and Theme Parks Management track was high. Many guests visited the three academies where we were represented. For us as students and teachers it is nice to meet so many … Continue reading Looking back, the open day
