@KidZaniaKuwait Will Be Twittering Soon

AlShaya announced in April that KidZania will be opening in Kuwait in 2012. KidZania Founder & President, Mr. Xavier Lopez said “We could not have asked for a better partner than Alshaya as we seek to introduce the world of KidZania to children throughout Kuwait.”

They have set up a Twitter account KidZaniaKuwait and hopefully we'll all be updated with the progress soon.


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In July,  after travelling over 14,000 kilometers from Mexico and taking more than 60 days to reach its final destination, M.H Alshaya Co. celebrated the safe ‘landing’ of a DC-9 airplane which will be situated at the entrance to KidZania in The Avenues Phase 3, due to open in 2012.

KidZania is a Mexican chain of family entertainment centers currently operating in 10 locations allowing children to work in adult jobs and earn currency.

Overview

Every KidZania is themed as a child-sized replica of a real city, including buildings, shops and theaters, as well as vehicles and pedestrians moving along its streets. In this city, children aged 2 through 14, work in branded activities from bottling Coca-Cola, working in a Crest-sponsored dentist office, working at a McDonalds restaurant, washing hands with P&G's Safeguard soap, and using airline tickets from American Airlines and Emirates.

The children earn KidZos currency while performing the tasks, and the money is kept in the KidZania bank for children to spend at the gift shop and on non-free KidZania activities. The blending of marketing has led The Morning News to dub KidZania as "advertainment", stating "there is little that's pretend, and the play revolves around following instructions from the adult Zupervisors."

Children also make up the governance of KidZania, with a 14-member group.

History

KidZania was created and developed by Mexican entrepreneur Xavier López Ancona, current KidZania CEO. The first KidZania opened in September 1999 in Santa Fe Shopping Mall in Mexico City, and was named La Ciudad de los Niños ("The City of the Children").




The LWDLIK previous post regarding KidZania Dubai.