Travel, Tourism & Hospitality

Trampoline park operator plans major expansion in GCC

Leading trampoline park operator Bounce Middle East is looking to aggressively expand in the Middle East with plans to open new parks in Bahrain, Oman, UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Bounce, which currently boasts seven venues across the GCC, will open new parks in Beirut, Dubai and Muscat in 2019, while construction is underway in Bahrain, Al Khobar and a second venue in Riyadh. 

"The entertainment sector is largely underserved across the region, which represents a huge opportunity for our platform," said Doran Davies, CEO of Bounce Middle East.

Bounce has over 230,000-sq-ft of entertainment space across its venues and plans to triple this in two years.

"Expansion into Africa and East Asia is also on the cards for us at a later date. We’re also in the construction stage for two venues of our new Zero Latency concept – the world’s first Free Roam fully immersive virtual reality platform for the region,” Davies said.

“We continually enhance our product by offering new innovation like Free Run (Parkour), the world’s largest cage football, zip lines and we’re the leading innovator in the Ninja Warrior space with our X Park Challenge course," he added.

Along with diversifying its product, Bounce has also created new revenue streams, being awarded the best birthday party venue in the region as well as a great corporate events facility.

“We’ve seen the interest from the corporate market grow significantly, which we believe is due to these firms looking for a very different experience for their employees," Davies said. - TradeArabia News Service