Sim Leisure Group's Retro Nature Parks Are Serious Business

Sim Choo Kheng, Founder & Executive Chairman, Sim Leisure Group

08-Aug-22 08:00

Sim Leisure Group's Retro Nature Parks Are Serious Business

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Listed on the Singapore Exchange, Sim Leisure Group designs and builds theme parks all over the world.

The group currently owns ESCAPE parks and recently acquired loss-making Kidzania KL from Khazanah and Boustead.

Founder and executive chairman, Sim Choo Kheng shares with us how the leisure industry is doing now, the business of designing fun and why is he advocating against roller coasters

Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Philip See

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Categories: managing, Corporates, markets

Tags: sim leisure group, theme parks, kidzania,

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