{"id":14339,"date":"2025-09-11T12:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/14339\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T12:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:46:08","slug":"2025-innovation-awards-final-judges-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/14339\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Innovation Awards | final judges announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

blooloop is pleased to announce the final judges for the 2025 blooloop Innovation Awards, presented with\u00a0AREA15<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Guillaume Allaire, executive producer, Puy du Fou<\/a> Films Wolfgang Bergmann<\/a>, CFO, Belvedere Museum Thomas Berry, senior amusements manager, Andretti Karting Rosie Brailsford, creative director, Merlin Entertainments<\/a> Abigail Bysshe,<\/a> chief experience and strategy officer, The Franklin Institute Mario Centola, <\/a>executive vice president and chief operating officer of international operations and worldwide franchise development, Chuck E Cheese Keely Chandler, vice president of global projects, Holovis Mark Cornell,<\/a> president, Mattel Adventure Park and Epic Resort Destinations Marcy Davis, senior vice president attractions and entertainment, American Dream<\/a> Jim Denny, VP of digital experience, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation<\/a> James Dwyer, principal, Lumsden Andrew Fastman, senior vice president and commercial practice area leader, Huitt-Zollars, Inc. Winston Fisher,<\/a> CEO, AREA15 Joe Graziano, director of sales, entertainment, EMEA, Christie Digital Systems Tera Greenwood, executive vice president of brand and relationships, SSA Group<\/a> Sayan Gulino, <\/a>CEO, Waterbom Bali Dr. Kenneth Lacovara,<\/a> founding executive director, Edelman Fossil Park & Museum Mary Levinsky, visual merchandise designer, Universal Destinations and Experiences<\/a> Brian Machamer,<\/a> park president, Six Flags and Aquarabia Qiddiya City Qiddiya Yoshi Maruyama, <\/a>chief executive officer and board director, Toca Social Dan Picard, <\/a>MDSX Pauline Ravry, project manager, Futuroscope<\/a> Tim Reeve,<\/a> deputy director and chief operating officer V&A Thomas Tzortzi, <\/a>associate creative director, Museum Studio Deanna Taylor, vice president operations innovation & transformation, Miral<\/a> Anna Warnecke, <\/a>CEO, Kynren Judith Zissman<\/a>, executive creative director, Blue Telescope <\/p>\n

Our judges will be looking for the most innovative ideas, products and projects in the sector.<\/p>\n

Why enter the blooloop Innovation Awards? <\/p>\n

Entrants benefit from:<\/p>\n

An enhanced profile. Be seen by the people who matter \u2013 our expert judges. Celebrating your work with your team and clients. Leverage your award entry for marketing and to raise team morale. Gaining a competitive advantage to attract new business and new talent. Showcasing your innovation to the biggest audience of attractions sector professionals on the planet with your own page in our Innovation Awards Gallery on blooloop.com. This gets 15,000 views a month. Strengthened reputation for excellence. Joining the extraordinary list of past winners and demonstrating that you are an innovator in the attractions sector. How to enter <\/p>\n

Entries for the 2025 blooloop Innovation Awards are now open.<\/p>\n

The categories for the 2025 awards include:<\/p>\n

Accessibility Blue sky, sponsored by Forrec<\/a> Brand realisation Creative technology, sponsored by Holovis<\/a> Exhibit \u2013 animals Exhibit \u2013 culture, sponsored by\u00a0Museum Studio<\/a> Experiential technology Family, sponsored by\u00a0Huitt-Zollars<\/a> Game on Guest journey, sponsored by SSA Group<\/a> Immersive attraction, sponsored by Christie<\/a> Immersive experience Immersive experience \u2013 cultural Marketing Retail & dining, sponsored by Lumsden<\/a> Spectacular Splash Storytelling, sponsored by Blue Telescope<\/a> Storytelling \u2013 culture, sponsored by\u00a0QSAS<\/a>\u00a0 Sustainability Thrills <\/p>\n

We have created a\u00a0guide to entering the awards<\/a>\u00a0that shares insights into what the judges will look for in each category.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the entry types, categories and what to enter, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions, please email Alice at [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"blooloop is pleased to announce the final judges for the 2025 blooloop Innovation Awards, presented with\u00a0AREA15: Guillaume Allaire,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13746,13747,13748,13749,6971,13750,308,13751,13752,61,60,13753,13754,13755,80,13756,13757,13758,13759,13760,13761,13762],"class_list":{"0":"post-14339","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-aquarium-design","9":"tag-attraction-design","10":"tag-attractions-business","11":"tag-attractions-technology","12":"tag-awards","13":"tag-brand-experiences","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-exhibit-design","16":"tag-fec-suppliers","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-museum-design","20":"tag-museum-suppliers","21":"tag-museum-technology","22":"tag-technology","23":"tag-theme-park-design","24":"tag-theme-park-suppliers","25":"tag-theme-park-technology","26":"tag-themed-entertainment","27":"tag-visitor-experience","28":"tag-water-park-design","29":"tag-water-park-suppliers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}