As head of the northernmost corner of the global Wanda/AMC empire, Veronica Lindholm helped transition the Finnkino and Forum family of cinemas into the Odeon Group this past year.
“Well, so far, so good.” Eddy Duquenne, chief executive of Kinepolis Group, is talking about how the integration of Landmark Cinemas across Canada is moving along.
Like it or not, digital is everywhere. And in a world increasingly defined by digital transformation, everything is moving much faster than ever before.
In the early days of Kodak, George Eastman—whose motion picture film became the basis for the entertainment industry—had difficulty finding funding for his young company in Rochester, New York.
“Entertaining Canadians is what we do best,” says Sarah Van Lange, communications director at Cineplex Entertainment. Although primarily known across the country for welcoming over 70 million guests each year to its 163 theatres, Canada’s largest exhibitor has long been on the path of expanding...
“There are two types of answers, depending on who you ask” at the Round Rock, Texas-based headquarters of “America’s Cinema Brewery,” says Paul Hardej, vice president of design & development at Flix Brewhouse.
“We were approached about reopening a theatre in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, which under any other circumstances we would have walked away from as a traditional theatre,” recalls Paul Wenger, president of Massachusetts-based Flagship Cinemas.
Established in 2000, Studio Movie Grill (SMG) modernized the traditional moviegoing experience by combining first-run movies with full-service, in-theatre dining.
