Susanne Rode is working as senior software consultant at Austrian software producer TAC since the end of March. She is responsible for the support service of international clients and ...
At the end of April, the Spreewelten Bad waterpark in Germany’s Spreewald region opened a new themed restaurant called “Baldura”. In the restaurant people can follow the journey of the Peruvian penguins into the waterpark. About three years ago, the waterpark opened its unique penguin attraction, where visitors can ...
While the first fancy trains in 70s style of the new rollercoaster „Verbolten“ have speeded through the Black Forest at Busch Gardens Williamsburg for some days now (we reported in our latest print magazine issue EAP 3/2012), brave visitors go on a “cool” expedition through an ice-covered landscape in the new “Polar X-plorer” rollercoaster at Legoland Billund ...
The waterpark at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells will start operation of its new “The Lost City of Atlantis” attraction at the end of this month. The huge “AquaPlay Giant RainFortress” will be integrated into the outdoor area of the waterpark ...
For many years now, Lappset has been developing games and playground equipment for different age groups, parkour solutions for teenagers as well as fitness devices for adults and elderly people. Moreover, the company has the exclusive distributions rights of Angry Birds themed playgrounds worldwide ...
When it comes to the connection of rollercoasters and health, the press tends to place this topic under a negative omen. Leipzig, Germany’s Belantis amusement park comes up with surprisingly positive news: Joshua Herrmann, a nine-year-old boy who suffers from autism ...
Today marks the start of the epic Super Hero adventure “Marvel’s The Avengers” in the immersive IMAX 3D format in IMAX theatres in North America and other territories. The international debut of “Marvel’s The Avengers” in IMAX theatres started last weekend ...
Merlin Entertainments Group opened its new Madame Tussauds Sydney attraction in mid-April (cf. EAP news from April 7, 2011). The Australian collection of over 70 figures on display is located in Darling Harbor, a large recreational and pedestrian precinct ...
Starbucks Coffee Company and Walt Disney Parks and Resorts recently announced that Starbucks will soon be available at all Disney theme parks at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, and at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida ...
Europe’s largest thermal spa and waterpark Therme Erding expanded its sauna paradise by tripling the sauna area in 2007. This area has a daily capacity of 1,562 guests. Now, after five years of operation, Jörg Wund, CEO Therme Erding and Uwe Barth, authorized officer Therme Erding, took stock ...
The fitness area of Germany’s new monte mare Andernach sports and wellness facility was already opened on 10 April 2012. Today, the sauna and SPA areas start operation as well. The official inauguration was held yesterday together with representatives from politics and economics ...
Today opens the new 360° 3-D film experience “TurtleTrek” at SeaWorld Orlando (we reported on this innovation in EAP 2/2012). First the guests pass two massive biotopes full of freshwater fish, gentle manatees, saltwater fish and a dozen sea turtles. Next they enter a dome-shaped theater. The 3-D adventure is projected onto the 360° dome and visitors plunge into the undersea life of the wonderful sea turtles ...
NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands hosts the symposium “The Creators of Destinations” on Thursday, 31 May 2012 from 13:30 to 18:30 hrs. More and more leisure, shopping and hospitality facilities are being merged into integrated concepts and developed as tourism, business and sports ‘destinations’ ...
As we reported on 16 April 2012, an affiliate of Apollo Global Management (Apollo) and Great Wolf Resorts (Great Wolf) entered into a merger agreement in March. Apollo initially offered to acquire Great Wolf for 5 US dollars per share (Great Wolf business valued at 703 million US dollars), but increased its offer last week ...
Michael Severn Lamb, former Chairman and Chief Executive of the Severn Lamb company, died on February 7, 2012, aged 63. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1948 as the son of Severn Lamb founder Peter Severn Lamb ...
The construction of the new Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark is currently underway in Bang Saray on the east coast of Thailand, close to Pattaya. The new waterpark is built on a 5.6 hectare large area and is scheduled to open in 2013 ...
According to media reports, the German entrepreneur Wolfgang Kiessling, founder and owner of Loro Parque and Siam Park in Tenerife, plans to build a second waterpark – this time in Grand Canary ...
The Expo 2012 will be held from May 12 to August 12 in Yeosu, a seaside town in Korea. The motto of the expo is “The Living Ocean and Coast” and after the Shanghai Expo 2010, it’s again an Asian country that is hosting the event. “Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities” defines the main theme of the expo ...
TAA introduced two new employees to their company at the beginning of this year. Their team is now supported by its two new project managers Jim Cassidey and Christophe Batista ...
An affiliate of the global investment manager Apollo Global Management and the indoor waterpark operator Great Wolf Resorts announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. This agreement defines the acquisition of the North American waterpark chain for about 703 million dollars including the assumption of the company’s outstanding debt ...
Fri, 18 May 2012
International Trade Magazine for Specialists & Executives in the Leisure Business
