Escape rooms chain unlocks new sites amid "cautious optimism"
A London escape rooms chain has announced that it is expanding with two new locations set to open and create jobs.
Escape Hunt, which currently has 40 sites globally, has exchanged contracts on a site in Kingston, with completion expected in early January.
The Kingston escape rooms will be the company’s 15th owner-operated site, and is expected to open in the first quarter of 2021.
This will follow the opening of the chain’s Watford site, which will commence trading just after Christmas (27 December), and has been constructed using entirely modular rooms.
Richard Harpham, CEO of Escape Hunt, commented: “Despite tier 2 and tier 3 restrictions placing a significant strain on our industry at the moment, we remain encouraged by the performance of our estate when open, and are delighted with the progress being made with our digital propositions underpinning our ‘Escape Hunt for Business’ product strategy.
“Both aspects provide cautious optimism for our future prospects once restrictions are fully lifted, and it is exciting to be able to bolster our UK estate with a number of fabulous new sites which may not have been attainable 12 months ago.”
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