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After its premiere last year, the Dutch amusement park Toverland will again operate a pop-up campsite near the wooden roller coaster “Troy” as a temporary accommodation offering this summer (cf. EAP news of 3 Aug 2020). From May 1st to September (...) read more

During the first edition of its “Fun Week” – an online product & project presentation format by Zamperla to take place once per month until the end of this year – the Italian manufacturer launched its new spinning attraction ”Gryphon”, being one of (...) read more

Since the beginning of March this year, Olivier Garaïalde (photo right) has been supporting the management team of the European holiday park provider as a member of the Management Board and new CEO of Center Parcs Europe. With more than 30 years of (...) read more

Ride Entertainment, the US-based sales and support company for the leisure and attractions industry, welcomes two new key additions to their team: Kris Rowberry, who takes over the role als the company’s Communications Manager, and Ed Hodgdon as new (...) read more

The Plantsch leisure bathing complex, located in Schongau, Bavaria, will expand its attractions line-up by adding a new tube slide in the near future. Swiss manufacturer Klarer has been commissioned with the design of the new slide attraction. The (...) read more

With effect from 1st of May 2021, Tim Golstein (photo) will take over as new Director of Avonturenpark Hellendoorn. He succeeds Lyan van den Bosch, who, after almost nine years at the helm of the Dutch amusement park, is now taking on a new (...) read more

With a virtual handover of the traditional coin by “Captain Minnie Mouse” and the subsequent lowering of the ship’s first block, Meyer Werft and Disney Cruise Line yesterday celebrated via video conference the keel laying of the new ocean vessel (...) read more

At the entertainment and leisure destination OWA in Alabama one project follows the next – in March of this year, the operators announced the opening of an indoor water park scheduled for 2022 (cf. EAP news of 10 March 2021). Now, another expansion (...) read more

In order to further drive the market development of the “Entry Assistant” cashier system and its related access control administration, Austria’s TAC | The Assistant Company is welcoming Christoph Schubert (photo) to its sales team for Germany. (...) read more

Since 1972, Germany’s Schwaben Park has been a go-to theme park experience especially for families of the federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. During the past years the park put much effort into the creation of new visitors attractions regularly, (...) read more

Meraas Leisure and Entertainment LLC, an entity of the privately held Meraas Holding company based in Dubai, will acquire a hundred percent of the issued and paid up ordinary share capital of DXB Entertainments PJSC (DXBE). Meraas already owns in (...) read more

Very soon Orlando/Florida’s Fun Spot America amusement park will extend its attractions offer by adding a new family swing ride. Visitors will be able to enjoy the park from a bird’s eye view in lofty heights while seated in one of the twelve (...) read more

For some months now, Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg has been taking its visitors on a virtual tour behind the scenes of its model building world with videos posted on its Youtube channel. However, the (due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions) (...) read more

Founded in 1977, the Sun Valley Lanes & Games bowling center in Lincoln, Nebraska (USA), no longer only offers bowling experiences, but has steadily expanded its range of leisure activities over the past few years in order to be able to offer (...) read more

Starting April 16, residents of the U.S. state of California can once again enjoy a visit to Universal Studios Hollywood (cf. EAP News of 26 March 2021). After being closed for more than a year due to the Covid-19 regulations in the region, the park (...) read more

Dear Readers, dear Industry Colleagues, the EAP team wishes you, your families, employees and colleagues a happy and blessed Easter. Enjoy the first days of spring and gather fresh forces to hopefully start soon into this year's theme park season! (...) read more

Christian Lachel, who has joined California-based production and design studio BRC Imagination Arts in 1997, was recently appointed new Chief Creative Officer of the company. In his new position Lachel, who is specialized in creative storytelling, (...) read more

In the immediate vicinity of Plopsaland de Panne and Plopsaqua de Panne, the new “Plopsa Village” campsite opened yesterday. The former Camping Ter Hoeve campsite was extensively renovated in order to offer visitors to the popular Belgian leisure (...) read more

For 20 years now, Zoo Leipzig has been combining animal husbandry, science and research under one roof with its “Pongoland” anthropoid ape facility. The three-hectare large area was developed in cooperation with the Max Planck Gesellschaft and (...) read more

The Dutch theme park Efteling has added 60 new charging stations for e-cars to its visitor parking lot, the units were supplied by Eneco eMobility. Together with the 27 charging stations that have already been in place, the leisure destination now (...) read more