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The Applause Award is an international award given out by Liseberg, a theme park in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is given out every two years to the amusement park whose "management, operations and creative accomplishments have inspired the industry with their foresight, originality and sound business development." The award is a bronze statue of two clapping hands. It was designed by Astri Taube, a Swedish sculptor. The winner is chosen by a board of governors with Liseberg's CEO, Andreas Andersen, being the chairman.
It is considered by many to be the Academy Award of the amusement park industry. In summer of 2020, it was announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming award ceremony would be postponed until 2021. However, a year later it was again announced that the award had been postponed again, and would resume normally in 2022.
| Liseberg | |
| Herschend Family Entertainment | |
| Intamin | |
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| Jim Pattison Jr | Ripley Entertainment |
| Blackpool Pleasure Beach | |
| Steven C Rhys | FORREC Ltd. |
| John Wood | Sally Corp. |
| Europa Park | |
| Liseberg |
| Magic Kingdom | |||
| Opryland USA | |||
| Epcot | |||
| Knott's Berry Farm | |||
| Europa Park | Busch Gardens Williamsburg
De Efteling Opryland USA SeaWorld San Diego Universal Studios Hollywood | ||
| Efteling | Universal Studios Florida | ||
| Universal Studios Florida | |||
| Cedar Point | Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Six Flags Magic Mountain Universal Studios Hollywood | ||
| Silver Dollar City | Kennywood
Parc Astérix | ||
| Hersheypark | Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Parc Astérix | ||
| Busch Gardens Williamsburg | Gardaland
Pleasure Beach Blackpool | ||
| Holiday World & Splashin' Safari | Gardaland
Tivoli Gardens | ||
| Islands of Adventure | Dollywood
Legoland Billund | ||
| Xetutul Theme Park | SeaWorld San Diego | ||
| Dollywood | Alton Towers
Phantasialand | ||
| Ocean Park Hong Kong | Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Puy du Fou | ||
| Puy du Fou | Chimelong Paradise
PortAventura Park | ||
| Busch Gardens Tampa | Legoland Billund
Siam Park | ||
| Xcaret Park | PortAventura Park
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