Ardent Leisure Group, formerly Macquarie Leisure Trust Group, is principally engaged in investing in the leisure and entertainment businesses.
It operates in six segments: Theme Parks, which comprises Dreamworld and WhiteWater World in Coomera, Queensland and the QDeck observation deck in Surfers Paradise, Queensland; Marinas, which comprises seven d’Albora Marina properties, located in New South Wales and Victoria; Bowling centers, which includes nine Main Event sites in Texas; Health clubs, which comprises 38 centers in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, and Other, which includes a fractional boat ownership business in Sydney, commission revenue received for Australian tour desk and management fees earned in managing the Adventure World theme park in Perth.
On April 12, 2010, it acquired seven health clubs in Western Australia. On May 7, 2010, it acquired Playtime. In December 2009, it acquired QDeck in Surfers Paradise.
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29 Nov 2018 - Ardent Leisure Group (ASX:AAD) are pleased to announce that on 20 November 2018, securityholders approved the resolutions required to effect the proposal for the corp…
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22 Nov 2018 - Mid-session report. Citi says BHP (ASX:BHP) becomes a 'value investor'. BHP a buy, price target $37.50. Saracen Mineral Holdings (ASX:SAR) maintains strong outlook, …
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03 Oct 2018 - Market Wrap. Gold stocks rally on precious metal at 5-day highs, Saracen Mineral Holdings hits 3-month high, St Barbara hits 7-day high. Northern Star Resources prese…
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03 Oct 2018 - Market at Midday. Gold lifts above US$1,200 seeing gold miners rally. Dwelling approvals tumble 9.4%, vs 1% rise expected. Services sector lifts for 19th month. Arden…
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01 Aug 2018 - The ASX opened higher this morning but drifted 0.1% downwards by noon. The big four banks are all trading lower. Janus Henderson (ASX:JHG) CEO has resigned.
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17 Apr 2018 - The Australian Share Market opened in positive territory, with the ASX 200 rising for the third day straight thanks to political tensions simmering. Stocks rallied on…
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26 Feb 2018 - Good start to the trading week with the ASX heading back towards one year and 10-years. The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.7 per cent or 42 points higher at 6,042. Financ…
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26 Feb 2018 - The owner of Dreamworld and other leisure assets Ardent Leisure Group (ASX:AAD) has reported a net loss after tax of 15.6 million for the half year to December 2017.
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26 Feb 2018 - Following positive leads from US markets, the Australian share market looks set to open higher. US tech stocks rallied on Friday with Intel, Microsoft and Cisco among…
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02 Feb 2018 - The ASX took a positive turn early on in the trading session, and continued to rise throughout, finishing on a very positive incline. US Masters Residential Property …
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29 Dec 2017 - Market Wrap Report: Selling before New Year’s Eve sees ASX200 slip 5 points over week. Credit Suisse became a substantial shareholder of Dreamworld and theme park own…
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20 Dec 2017 - Market Wrap: ASX200 mustered up as much strength as it could, with half of the major sectors seeing gains and the Discretionary space shining. Dreamworld owner Ardent…
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20 Dec 2017 - Ardent Leisure Group (ASX:AAD) announces it will sell its Bowling & Entertainment division to The Entertainment and Education Group for $160 million, a portfolio comp…
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20 Nov 2017 - Market at Midday: Negative start to week following negative leads from S&P and Dow Jones. Dreamworld owner, Ardent Leisure (ASX:AAD) advised its bowling and entertain…
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14 Nov 2017 - Market Wrap: Selling and profit taking drag ASX200 below 6,000. Woodside (ASX:WPL) was heavily sold off today, with total trades of $2 billion. Metals company, TNG (A…
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14 Nov 2017 - Market at Midday: Selling and profit taking weigh on ASX200. Beach Energy (ASX:BPT) was sold off by a director, Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN) makes buy-back and Orica (ASX…
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08 Nov 2017 - Market Wrap: ASX200 snapped post GFC blues. Aus shares hang onto gains at close. Despite rough trading ride today, gains in CBA (ASX:CBA), Abacus Property Group (ASX…
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08 Nov 2017 - Market at Midday video report in 3 mins: Dreamworld owner, Ardent Leisure's (ASX:AAD) group CEO and MD, Simon Kelly resigns. James Hardie Industries (ASX:JHX) inked a…
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03 Oct 2017 - Market at Midday in 3 minutes: QBE (ASX:QBE) shares and oil price fall tolls on ASX200. QBE shares hit multi-year lows after announcing $600m pre-tax impact. Ardent L…
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04 Sep 2017 - North Korea weighs: Aus shares 0.32% lower at noon. Ardent Leisure (ASX:AAD) decided not to hold an extraordinary general meeting today to appoint two directors and i…
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26 Jul 2017 - Ardent Leisure (ASX:AAD) is recommended shareholder take no action in relation to Ariadne Australia’s (ASX:ARA) request as its request does not reflect the company’s …
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18 Jul 2017 - Village Roadshow (ASX:VRL) is expecting to report an attributable NPAT before material items and discontinued operations of between $20 to $23 million for FY17.
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30 Jun 2017 - Goodbye to the FY: Aus shares close 1.66% lower. Webjet Limited (ASX:WEB) has announced it has sold its remaining interest in Webjet Marketing North America.
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30 Jun 2017 - Ardent Leisure Limited (ASX:AAD) has appointed Mr Geoff Richardson as its interim Chief Financial Officer, with effect from 3 July 2017.
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23 Jun 2017 - Muted finish: Aus shares close 0.17% higher. Sky and Space Global Limited (ASX:SAS) has gone into a trading halt relating to its 3 Diamonds nano satellites.