Christian Sylt and Caroline Reid

Caroline Reid and Christian Sylt are the only journalists worldwide who specialise in covering the theme park industry for national media. They have been writing about it for more than 20 years and have contributed to more than 20 outlets including the BBC, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Forbes and the Financial Times. They have covered almost all of the key areas of the industry from interviewing shareholders and senior management to writing about themed hotel design, ride design, corporate alliances, themed sports facilities and even the use of theme parks as meeting venues. Notable scoops include revealing that Disney was planning to take over Disneyland Paris five years before it was announced and later revealing that it would invest £1.9bn in the resort.