(eap) The US theme park Silver Dollar City in Stone County, Missouri, has announced that it will retire its popular mine train roller coaster “Thunderation” at the end of the 2026 season. According to the park, the Arrow Dynamics coaster has carried (...) read more
(eap) The European Waterpark Association (EWA) invites spa and leisure pool professionals to its 10th international congress, taking place from 26 to 28 April 2026 under the title “Future Prospects for the European Waterpark Business”. This year’s (...) read more
(eap) Anyone who regularly visits leisure pools and water parks will be familiar with the characteristically pungent “swimming pool smell”. It arises during water disinfection when chlorine reacts with organic substances such as sweat, urine or skin (...) read more
(eap) Just in time for the start of the Vietnamese Tết Nguyên Đán holidays (14-22 February 2026), Sun Group opened a new water park at Sun World Vung Tau (near Ho Chi Minh City, south-eastern Vietnam) last week. The 15-hectare Aqua Adventure water (...) read more
(eap) From 1 March 2026, Zoo Rostock will present the special exhibition “The Evolution of Animals with PLAYMOBIL – Marvel, Play, Learn”. In the “Mirror Hall” of the zoo’s Darwineum, detailed miniature landscapes designed by diorama artist Oliver (...) read more
(eap) The Zoo de Granby in Québec, Canada, combines a classical animal park with a range of amusement rides as well as the seasonally open Amazoo Water Park. In addition to four pools, an Adventure River, and a slide tower, it also features the (...) read more
(eap) The private Thursford Collection in England’s North Norfolk district, which features an exhibition of steam engines and fairground organs and is renowned for its large-scale Christmas shows, will reopen its doors on April 5, (...) read more
(eap) The Dubai-based real estate development company DarGlobal has announced the development of a Nickelodeon Hotel & Resort luxury family destination as part of its “AIDA” mixed-use development project in Oman’s capital city of Muscat. The AIDA (...) read more
(eap) After a year of construction, Germany’s Stadtwerk.Westbad in Regensburg (Bavaria) recently opened a new slide complex for its guests. Around four million euros were invested in the project, in which a total of 15 specialist companies were (...) read more
(eap) The Kingoland amusement park, which opened in 2014 in the town of Plumelin (Morbihan department, Brittany) in western France, has continuously expanded its offerings in recent years. In the upcoming season, the park’s “Far West”-themed area (...) read more
(eap) Member facilities of the European Waterpark Association e.V. (EWA) – the quality association representing European leisure pools, spas and waterparks – can now submit their applications for the prestigious “EWA Awards”. The distinction will be (...) read more
(eap) As early as this spring, a new indoor activity park is set to expand Nuremberg’s leisure offering: With JumpYard, the city in northern Bavaria will get a trampoline park that marks the first location of the Swedish operator in Germany. The (...) read more
(eap) Around ten weeks after the opening of the new combined pool Hirschbachbad in Aalen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany), the municipal operator Stadtwerke Aalen (SWA) are drawing a positive initial balance. Since the official commissioning at the (...) read more
(eap) Starting tomorrow, visitors to Zoo Aquarium Madrid will be able to immerse themselves more deeply in the distant People’s Republic of China over the next four weekends: In addition to the two giant pandas “Jin Xi” and “Zhu Yu”, who can be (...) read more
(eap) At the most recent edition of the international Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) trade show held in Barcelona, the globally operating electronics corporation Panasonic presented a new laser projector specifically developed for immersive and (...) read more
(eap) The Dutch theme park and holiday resort Slagharen is expanding its Wild West offering with a new adventure. This spring, an attraction named “Sky Sifter” is set to open, combining both a thrill and a family-friendly experience in one. This (...) read more
(eap) A new opportunity is emerging for the AQUAtoll leisure pool in Neckarsulm, Germany, which has been closed since May 2022: A private investor has declared his willingness to reactivate the leisure pool at his own expense and at his own economic (...) read more
(eap) More than 4.2 million visitors were recorded by the art collective teamLab in 2025 across its two museum locations in Tokyo. The digital exhibition teamLab Borderless – which initially opened in 2018 on the island of Odaiba in Tokyo Bay and (...) read more
(eap) The Detmold (Germany)-based company purematic, a provider of visitor management and digital signage solutions for the leisure industry, is advancing its international expansion and has welcomed Werner Dullmaier to its team, who assumed the (...) read more
(eap) “German tourism achieved the best result in its history in 2025,” emphasises Reinhard Meyer, President of the German Tourism Association (DTV), the umbrella organisation of municipal, regional and state tourism bodies. According to the Federal (...) read more
