Nick Varney is the Chief Executive of Merlin Entertainments Group (Merlin), the company he and his team founded in 1999 from the management buy-out of Vardon Attractions, where he had been Managing Director from 1995 to 1998. Merlin today operates an international portfolio of attractions, among them many of the world's best known brand names including Madame Tussauds, The Dungeons, Alton Towers Resort, LEGOLAND, SEA LIFE, Gardaland and The Merlin London Eye. The company's 60 attractions, six hotels and two holiday villages in 13 different countries across three continents; Europe, North America and Asia, annually welcome more than 35 million visitors and employ over 13,500 staff
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