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Compagnies des Alpes

Compagnies des Alpes is a French company, subsidiary of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations created in 1989. Originally, it was focused on the operation of ski areas as the world’s leading ski lift operator, but being too dependent on the ski season, it diversified its activities from 2002 to include amusement parks with the purchase of the company Grévin & Cie.

In 1998, the company Parc Astérix bought the large aquarium in Saint-Malo before launching in 1999 an exchange offer for the Musée Grévin-France Miniature group with the aim of creating the first French leisure group. This operation involves the exchange of shares between shareholders of the two companies. The company then becomes Grévin & Cie. In 2002, Compagnie des Alpes acquired Grévin & Cie via a takeover bid and created its leisure park division.

Main acquisitions in Europe:

• Parc Astérix in Plailly (France) with 37 rides and two hotels (2002)
• Futuroscope in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (France) with 10 hotels (first shareholder since 2011)
• Walibi Belgium in Wavre (Belgium) with 38 rides and seven hotels (2006)
• Bellewaerde Park in Yvres (Belgium) with 30 rides (2006)
• Walibi Rhône-Alpes in Les Avenières (France) with 32 rides and 5 hotels (2006)
• Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen (Netherlands) with 37 rides (2006)

Euro Disney

Euro Disney is a "société en commandite par actions" (SCA) which operates the Disneyland Paris leisure complex and its outbuildings through its subsidiaries, and is developing, in partnership with the State and local authorities, sector IV of the new city of Marne-la-Vallée, Val d’Europe.

The State and The Walt Disney Company are leading together the development and planning of Val d’Europe within the framework of a unique public-private partnership in France. The State being represented by Epafrance as the developer of the territory and The Walt...