Screen 1 : 410 seats (Digital 3D + recliner seating) Screen 2 : 146 seats (recliner seating) [19] A week later on 7 August, the first ten cinemas were reopened. On 10 August, Kevin Styles, Group Operational Managing Director for Vue Entertainment, introduced new safety measures and protocols including indicated signage, allocated seating, hand sanitizer, online booking, staff PPE and contactless payment.[20]. [14], In June 2013, Doughty Hanson & Co announced it had sold Vue to the Canadian pension funds Alberta Investment Management Corporation and OMERS for £935 million. [5][6] As of 20 August 2020, the company's cinemas across Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands are now reopened, whereas in the UK, cinemas in England and Scotland have been reopened with further sites opening later in August; Wales and Ireland will reopen their cinemas between late-August and early-September. On 23 June, it was revealed that the first 20 cinemas in England, including the North West, The Midlands and London-based areas, would reopen from Friday 10 July. [15], In June 2018, Vue acquired the Irish operator Showtime Cinemas, adding a further two cinemas to their estate in the United Kingdom and Ireland, now totalling 89 cinemas.[16]. The general manager has general control of the running of the cinema at site level, while assisted by the other members of the management team. This would add an additional IMAX screen to the company's estate. [27] The Fulham Broadway cinema was converted into a six hundred seat 'Gfinity Arena,' to host e gaming events [28] On 14 April 2017, it was announced that Vue had acquired the twenty screen Odeon Printworks complex in Manchester. Team Leaders act as duty managers and are responsible for the operational running of a cinema on a shift basis. [7], The first cinema to open was under The Circuit Cinema brand in Livingston, Scotland, on 5 October 2000. [3] In June 2013, Doughty Hanson & Co announced the sale of the company to the Canadian firms Alberta Investment Management Corporation and OMERS for £935 million.[4]. On 30 July, Vue announced that from the start of August until early September, they would begin a phased reopening of its UK venues. On 17 June, Tim Richards gave an update to employees saying that 44 of the 228 global sites are re-operating again, with newly-placed safety measures. "We are pleased to have been able to take advantage of this opportunity to return significant cash to our investors," he added. [22], It then carried out refurbishment work at the four screen complex. [17] Other sites within the UK would be likely to reopen over the following weeks. In October 2015, Vue cinemas opened in Farnborough [25] and planning permission has been approved for an eight screen venue on Elizabeth Street and Westcott Way in Corby. Vue International (otherwise known as Vue Cinemas, and stylised as vue), formerly SBC International Cinemas, is a British multinational cinema company operating in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Taiwan. Vue, which has 146 cinemas in the UK and Europe, said the deal offered "significant value for stakeholders". Vue's multiplexes vary from 4 to 30 screens. Located in The Liffey Valley shopping centre on Fonthill Rd, Vue Dublin is a 14 screen cinema with more than 3,800 seats. The company was bought by the private equity firm Doughty Hanson & Co in November 2010. All cinemas have a dedicated projection team, responsible for the running of the "box" and the maintenance of the projection and sound equipment. ODEON Cinemas operates in the industry. On 5 May, CEO and founder of Vue, Tim Richards, stated in a discussion with the BBC: "If all goes to plan, the chain could be back in business for the launch of director Christopher Nolan's action movie Tenet on 17 July." Customer assistant workers will be updated by their General/Area manager from 17 June. Vue completed the rollout of the Vista Entertainment Solutions integrated Point of Sale software to every site in 2006. Vue International has nearly 230 sites and almost 2000 screens globally. Since then it has expanded aggressively into Europe. Finance UK", "Vue International Acquires Second Largest Chain in the Netherlands", "Showtime: Chain to acquire seven screen cinema in Limerick", "Vue Cinemas to Begin Reopening U.K. Between May and June 2020, 44 cinemas across Europe were reopened, whereas other markets were expected to reopen from 17 July 2020 as part of the third step in a "roadmap" plan made by the UK Government. [21] Prior to this the majority of Vue cinemas ran the WaBITS ticketing system, developed in house in London by Warner Bros. International Cinemas. The Revue Cinema team is hard at work planning a safe and socially-distant re-opening for the early autumn of 2020. At the time, SBC owned four cinemas, and Warner Village Cinemas owned 36. Below is a list of the countries and number of sites the company serves: In spring 2020, coronavirus (COVID-19) hit the UK and the world, forcing all cinemas to close according to the British Government, NHS and World Health Organization.

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