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PGAV Destinations

PGAV Destinations creates business-results-oriented master plans, pilots in-depth industry research, and designs beautiful, innovative products for destinations around the world.

Insight and Imagination to enrich lives

Now in our fifth decade of practice, you can find our thousands of projects in more than 30 states and five continents thrilling, educating, and moving guests in zoos, museums, aquariums, theme parks, resorts, brand destinations, and deeply-valuable cultural and historic sites.

We believe in the power of leisure and travel experiences to enrich lives, enhance communities, and celebrate culture, nature, and heritage. That’s why our staff of more than 100 full-time artists, architects, storytellers, business strategists, designers, interpreters, planners, and more work in seamless integration to empower these destinations to realize their full potential. From the smallest non-for-profit to the world’s largest aquarium (twice) – we are there to enable you to envision and achieve your attraction goals.

We have a fascination for the attraction guest, which leads to an expertise in crafting impactful destinations during their travels. If you’d like to read about the insights we’ve uncovered, explore our free quarterly publication Destinology, and subscribe for your free hard copy today. We annually expand this research into our highly-anticipated Voice of the Visitor: Outlook on the Attractions Industry, which quantifies aggregate attractions’ industry performance and provides an outlook on future visitation, specifically using insights gained directly from the point of view of the visitors themselves about why they choose to visit attractions – or not to visit. Explore our site to receive your free copy.

Address:
200 North Broadway Suite 1000, St. Louis, MO 63102
Email:
Marie.Shellenberg@PGAV.com
Tel:
(314) 231-7318
Website:
https://www.pgavdestinations.com

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  • The Grand Aquarium at Hong Kong's Ocean Park

    The Grand Aquarium at Hong Kong's Ocean Park

    The Grand Aquarium serves as Ocean Park’s keystone in Aqua City, a water-culture thematic destination. The building is organized around a descending ramp that allows guests to experience the exhibits over, under, around, and through, including a massive ocean tank with major viewing window experiences. The design includes interactive exhibitry and fully integrated environmental graphics […]
  • Manta

    Manta

    Both themed around the beautiful, aquatic world and shape of manta rays, Manta Orlando and Manta San Diego are thrilling SeaWorld roller coasters and aquariums. The coasters offer the exciting experience of gliding, swooping, and diving from sky to sea: and while Orlando suspends riders face-down, narrowly flying by a scenic waterfall and skimming the […]
  • Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

    Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

    This world-class, state of the art marine animal theme park integrates themed rides, shows, animal exhibits, and animal performances throughout its eight themed zones. The park has a wholly unique take on storytelling, blurring the lines between shows, rides, and animals, and introduces exemplary efforts to remove barriers between guests and animals. Chimelong Ocean Kingdom maintains […]
  • Cheetah Hunt

    Cheetah Hunt

    Cheetah Hunt at Busch Garden Tampa is a family roller coaster designed to give guests the experience of being on a cheetah running across the African Serengeti and through a raging canyon river. One of the longest launch coasters in the world, the cheetah-inspired coaster launches guests directly alongside Cheetah Run, a sprinting course for […]

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