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COMPANY NEWS
VGP Marine Kingdom adapts Semnox Parafait
With its efficient park management solution, Semnox has powered automation at VGP Marine Kingdom, Chennai. This new facility, which is India’s first underwater tunnel aquarium and one of the largest aquariums in this part of the world, is using the Semnox park management module in its entirety right from day one.
Counters within the aquarium complex use the Semnox POS management solution for all transactions. This aquarium is a brainchild of the VGP Group which has been a major contender in the entertainment/amusement space for almost 45 years now. The group also runs VGP Universal Kingdom, which is India’s first amusement park. Given their commitment to customer satisfaction and seamless operations, the VGP Group was seeking a single integrated system capable of handling the operations of the entire park and
Semnox turned out to be the best fit.
“We were scouting for national/international solution providers for the aquarium and decided Semnox would fit the bill as they are well-established and have a wide presence in the domestic and international arena. Also, among the park fraternity, most of those who had used Semnox were happy with the services provided by them. Right from the beginning stages, even though there were no previous business connections with Semnox, we were in close touch with the friendly promoters,” says V G P Premdas, owner, VGP Chennai.
The RFID cards used for ticketing facilitate cashless and seamless entry into the park via automated access gates. These gates are of two types - tripod turnstiles for regular visitors and swing gates for visitors with special needs that also ensure wheelchair access.