Dimitri Delopoulos is Puy du Fou’s chief development officer for Asia, overseeing its expansion plans in China and Asia for both outdoor cultural show-based theme parks, nights time spectacular shows and indoor immersive city centre urban attractions. He has been with Puy du Fou since June 2021 and has 18 years of experience in the hospitality and tourism industry.
He has expertise in the development and project management of large-scale resorts, senior residences, urban extended-stay hotels, and seaside and ski resorts.
Puy du Fou is a historical theme park that features live spectacles and shows. Puy du Fou France opened in the Pays de la Loire region of Western France in 1978 and was voted’ Best Theme Park in the World’ in Los Angeles in 2012 and Orlando in 2014. Puy du Fou España then opened in 2019. Now, the group is developing its unique concept in Asia, beginning with the creation of the biggest immersive show in the world in the heart of Shanghai, followed by future projects in China.
Talking to blooloop in 2021 about the creation of Puy du Fou Asia, Geoffroy Ladet, Puy du Fou Asia CEO, said: “We realised that to be successful in China, we must, firstly, have a team onsite full time. It wasn’t something that could be serviced from France and Spain. Second, we needed to be the ones to lead our development. We needed to be the ones to go and see the local government to initiate the project. And therefore, to make this possible, we needed to invest, at least in part, at this initial stage.
“So, it was decided that from now on, we would have our own development team. We would develop our own project.”