Ep. 55 - Blaise Witnish, Chief Growth & Innovation Officer at Funlab

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In today’s episode we talk to Blaise Witnish, the Chief Growth & Innovation Officer at Funlab.
Funlab are Australia’s preeminent leader in hospitality-driven entertainment, dedicated to the creation, operation, management, and development of entertainment concepts across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.
The privately held company is the umbrella to Strike Bowling Bar, Sky Zone Trampoline Park, Holey Moley Golf Club, Archie Brothers, B Lucky & Sons, Juke’s Karaoke, Red Herring Escape Rooms, plus 4 new concepts currently in the work to be released in 2022!
During our conversation with Blaise we discuss just what the Funlab team have been up to during the multiple lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 and how they used their downtime to grow, innovate, and plan out their future strategy. Blaise also talks about the business’s sale to private equity firm TPG, the timing of the sale and how this changed the business. Blaise also discusses how consumers are moving towards experiences over “things” and how Funlab plan on utilising this shift once businesses can reopen. Plus, we talk about the partnership with US hit tv show “Holey Moley”, how this opportunity came about and what’s next for Funlab.
For more information on Funlab or our guest today, please see the show notes for this episode.
Thank you to our guest, Blaise Witnish, for joining us. We hope you enjoy this conversation!
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Strike Bowling
Sky Zone
Holey Moley
Archie Brothers
B. Lucky & Sons
Red Herring
Juke's Karaoke
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