Last Friday, Merlin Entertainments (Merlin) officially announced their intention to expand their presence in Europe and specifically in the Benelux/Northern France region, and thus to be looking for a site for the potential creation of a LEGOLAND (...) read more
Jamie Christon, who most recently held the position as Chief Operating Officer at Britain`s Chester Zoo, recently took over as the new CEO of the zoological institution and popular visitor attraction. His responsibilities include to lead the zoo’s (...) read more
The Pennsylvania-based provider of VR gaming attractions, MajorMega, and Creative Works from Indiana recently announced their strategic partnership. Creative Works will support the distribution of MajorMega’s VR solutions in the North American (...) read more
The interbad show, the international trade fair for swimming pools, saunas and spas, will take place from September 21th to 24th this year as an in-person event in the halls of Messe Stuttgart, and will in addition offer a comprehensive digital (...) read more
The US operator group Cedar Fair Entertainment is also currently preparing for a start into the 2021 season at its total of 13 amusement parks in the US and Canada. “Our primary goal for the 2021 season is to fully reopen all of our properties and (...) read more
After a previous soft opening phase the new ”Super Nintendo World” themed area officially opens today at Universal Studios Japan. The multi-level experience area is dedicated entirely to the colorful world of the famous Nintendo games about “Super (...) read more
Germany’s Spree Interactive specialist company for free-roaming Virtual Reality attractions, who had realized the “Steampunk VR Scooter“ VR bumper car attraction at Schloss Thurn in 2019 (in cooperation with VR Coaster, cf. EAP news f. 17 April (...) read more
Visitors to the Rowdy Bear Ridge Adventure Park in Pigeon Forge (Tennessee), which is owned and managed by Lisa and Mark Williford, are now able to experience the new CoasterKart, the world’s first installation of this attraction type developed by (...) read more
A new indoor wind tunnel attraction is being built in Colorado Springs, the picturesque town with over 470,000 inhabitants located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. The attraction will receive the name of HiFLYght and is scheduled to open at the (...) read more
The sports and event location The Club at Parkwood Village in the heart of the Gold Coast region offers its guests various sportive activities – from golf to trampolining – as well as a diverse gastronomy. In order to expand its activity portfolio (...) read more
Founded in 2016, the Dutch company This Plays! recently added a new pop-up shop photo solution to its product portfolio, aimed in particular at leisure facilities such as zoos, animal parks, FECs and museums. With the new solution, the photo booth (...) read more
Operators of indoor pools and thermal baths throughout Germany and Europe are demanding the opening of their facilities. To support this claim, the European Waterpark Association (EWA) developed a new guidelines concept which consists out of the (...) read more
After Legoland Windsor had announced its new “Lego® Mythica: World of Mythical Creatures“ theme area last fall (cf. EAP news of 30 Oct 2020), the Merlin Entertainments group has now revealed the rides and attractions coming to the new realm, (...) read more
The “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” movie with the US-American actors Will Farrell and Rachel McAdams was released on the streaming platform Netflix in 2020. It tells the story of a musician duo who aim at fulfilling their dream to (...) read more
From 15 to 17 March 2021 the IDX_FS International Digital Food Services Expo powered by Internorga invites professionals from the catering, foodservice and hotel industries to learn more about the latest trends in the out-of-home market. This (...) read more
During a virtual meeting of shareholders of the Walt Disney Company, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced the opening date of the new family attraction “Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure“, which will take place on October 1st as part of the kick-off for “The (...) read more
Amsterdam-based company iP2Development B.V., which is specialized in developing branded indoor leisure facilities, and the British design studio Scruffy Dog Creative Group have recently announced their collaboration. Scruffy Dog was appointed by iP2 (...) read more
Located in the US state of Alabama, the OWA leisure & entertainment destination, so far consisting of an amusement park, shopping and dining facilities as well as a recently opened eSports center (cf. EAP news of 9 Aug 2019) is ready for its next (...) read more
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut, has recently introduced a new, unique visitor experience in the form of a 4D movie theater, in which guests can enjoy 3D content on an oversized screen and (...) read more
Based in the Dutch municipality of Nederweert (province of Limburg) and well-known in the leisure industry, ETF Ride Systems is part of the ETF Group, whose origins lie in the ETF Machinefabriek, founded in 1951 to produce machinery for the textile (...) read more
