History
Key Milestones
Cool Timeline
2024
NEON Announces Asia Premiere of Harry Potter: Visions of Magic at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore
Avatar: The Experience Concludes after 419 Show Days with 2.63 Million Visitors
2023
NEON Announces Collaboration with Boston Dynamics & ANIMAX
Harry Potter: Visions of Magic Premieres in Cologne, Germany
Avatar: The Experience Celebrates Two Million Visitors
NEON Group Forms Joint Venture with Itochu Property Development and Sankei Building
neon & Warner Bros. Announce Harry Potter: Visions of Magic – An Interactive Art Experience
Avatar: The Experience Wins “Outstanding Attraction Experience Award” In The Singapore Tourism Awards 2023
Avatar: The Experience Welcomes Its 1,000,000th Visitor
ANIMAX Wins The Thea Awards 2023
Jurassic World: The Exhibition Premieres In Germany
Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away. Opens At The Reagan Library
Pompeii: The Exhibition Opens At The Museum Of Science And Industry, Chicago, US
Avatar: The Experience Welcomes Its 500,000th Visitor
Jurassic World: The Exhibition Wins ‘Best Visitor Experience 2022′ At Access All Areas Conference & Awards
ANIMAX Global’s Asia-Pacific R&D Innovation Centre Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony In Wuxi, China
2022
Avatar: The Experience Premieres At Cloud Forest @ Gardens By The Bay, Singapore
65 Equity Partners Invests $150 Million In Cityneon; Group To Rebrand To neon
Cityneon Wins The title Of “The Cultural Tourism Group With The Most Growth Potential” At The 6th Pioneer Awards
Cityneon Holdings Inks Agreement With Wuxi Jingkai Government To Build New Global R&D Facility In China
2021
Cityneon Holdings And Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment Partner To Bring Unique Immersive Themed Art Experiences Inspired By DC And The Wizarding World
Cityneon Expands Its Presence In Middle East At Qatar Free Zones
World Heritage Exhibitions Becomes Part Of Cityneon
Cityneon Receives Deloitte’s Singapore Best Managed Companies Award 2021
AVATAR: DISCOVER PANDORA Debuts In Spring Garden Wonderland, Chengdu, China
Cityneon Closes Its Private Fund Raising – Welcomes Seatown Holdings International And Qatar’s Doha Venture Capital As New Shareholders
Cityneon To Tour Egyptian National Treasures Globally – Ramses The Great And The Gold Of The Pharaohs
2020
Cityneon Forays Into Original Artefacts IP Exhibition – Machu Picchu And The Golden Empires Of Peru
Marvel Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. Debuts in Canada, At The Yorkdale Shopping Centre In Toronto
Cityneon Receives The China International Business Award 2020 In The Entertainment Experience Category For The ‘Jurassic World: The Movie Exhibition’ In Chengdu, China
Cityneon was Awarded the Patron of the Arts Award 2020 for our Contribution as a Patron Sponsor to Pangdemonium!, a Home-Grown Singapore Theatre Company.
Cityneon Announces Acquisition of Global Touring Exhibition Based on James Cameron’s Blockbuster Film AVATAR
Our first foray to bring Jurassic World into China in collaboration with Wanda Group – Cityneon celebrated the opening ceremony of Jurassic World: The Movie Exhibition in Chengdu, China.
Cityneon Acquires Animax Designs
2019
Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Temasek’s Pavilion Capital invests in Cityneon.
Executive Chairman Ron Tan awarded EY Entrepreneur of Year 2019.
Victory Hill Exhibitions Launches 2nd Largest LED Digital Display on the Las Vegas Strip.
Singapore Government’s EDBI Invests in Cityneon.
Cityneon’s The Hunger Games: The Exhibition was awarded the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the Largest Interactive Touchscreen Display.
Cityneon’s subsidiary VHE opened The Hunger Games: The Exhibition at The MGM, Las Vegas increasing our presence to approximately 50,000sqf along the Las Vegas Strip.
Cityneon welcomes CITIC Capital as a 10.61% shareholder of the Company.
2018
Cityneon partnered with Blizzard Entertainment for the Inaugural Hearthstone Championship in Singapore.
Cityneon entered into a multiyear global licensing partnership with Lionsgate.
Acquired exclusive rights to Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games.
Transformers Autobots Alliances opened its World Premiere Show in Chong Qing, China.
2017
Cityneon Acquired Scorpio East Properties Pte. Ltd. Relocation of office to Cityneon Building @ 25 Tai Seng Ave.
Cityneon’s Executive Chairman won the Outstanding Leader in Asia Award.
Cityneon Holdings acquired JP Exhibition LLC.
Cityneon won the Singapore Business Review (SBR) International Award in Media & Entertainment and National Award in Diversified Services.
2016
Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. opened in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – our first semi-permanent location with over 32,000 sqf of space in Treasure Island Hotel & Casino along the Las Vegas Strip.
Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. opened in Paris, France, our first foray into the European market.
Universal Studios’ Jurassic World: The Exhibition opened its world premiere show in Melbourne, Australia.
2015
VHE entered into a global multi-year partnership with Hasbro to use the TRANSFORMERS brand for exhibitions.
Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Exhibition had its world premiere show in New York City, United States.
Cityneon acquired Victory Hill Exhibitions (VHE).
2014
Victory Hill Exhibitions’ Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. had its world premiere show in New York City, United States.
2013
Key partner for the 2nd Asian Youth Games held in Nanjing, China. Collaborated closely with the Nanjing state government, as well as the Singapore Government.
2011
Designed and built the Oman and Qatar Pavilions for EXPO 2012 in Yeosu, Korea. Cityneon was awarded the Gold Award for its Oman Pavilion and Bronze award for the Qatar Pavilion for theme development.
2010
Cityneon collaborated closely with the Singapore government and was involved in the design and building as a key partner of the Youth Olympic Games 2010 in Singapore.
2009
Designed and built the Oman, Qatar and Indonesia Pavilions for EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, China. Cityneon was awarded the Bronze awards by the World Expo Committee for Creative Display for its work on the Indonesia and Qatar Pavilions.
2008
Concluded a partnership with Singapore GP Pte Ltd, for Singapore’s first Formula 1 Grand Prix Night Race.
Signed a major contract with Resort Worlds Sentosa, the first integrated resort in Singapore.
2005
Listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Stock Exchange.
1999
The Company expands into Interior Architecture and Thematic works.
1989
1976
Events & Exhibitions division is established – became Singapore’s 1st Exhibition contractor.
1962
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