The Atlantic Park Seignosse Océan, a water park, which is directly located at the French atlantic coast only an one hour drive away from San Sebastián (Spain), enhanced its slide portfolio by the addition of seven “Slip&Fly“ slides supplied by (...) read more
Ten months after the groundbreaking ceremony (cf. EAP news of 12 Nov 2019) the new Horner Bad located in Bremen, Germany celebrated its roofing ceremony. The new multifunstional swimming complex, which will be operated by the Bremer Bäder GmbH, will (...) read more
A decision that the professionals of the international leisure and attractions industry have been waiting for: Due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions cancels IAAPA Expo 2020 in Orlando, (...) read more
Yesterday, the German electronic store chain Saturn opened “Xperion“, a new 3,000 square metre-large retail and entertainment experience center located in the centre of Cologne. With this project, Saturn aims at addressing the younger generation by (...) read more
This week, the Fantasiana Erlebnispark Strasswalchen (Fantasiana Adventure Park), located in the Austrian state of Salzburg, celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for its major 2021 expansion project, for which the park has acquired a new 8,000 (...) read more
The Montreal-based company Connect&GO, which specializes in RFID wristbands for the leisure and attractions industries, has raised some four million CND (approx. 2.6 million EUR) in its recent round of financing from its investors. With this new (...) read more
Dear Industry Professionals, Dear Readers, The digital issues of EuroAmusement Professional Trade Magazine are now available in our new ePaper reading tool, which provides you with an even more comfortable and flexible reading experience. Just click (...) read more
The Explorado interactive museum for children, which is located in Duisburg, Germany, pauses its operation in order to carry out renovation works and develop a “Corona-safe“ concept for the coming winter months. During the closure, Explorado will (...) read more
During the past year, Germany’s Zoo Rostock, which accommodates about 4,500 animals from 450 species, restructured and modernised its enclosure for the Eurasian Lynx, after the passing of its last lynx resident Candy (22) last year. The outdoor area (...) read more
The consulting division of PrimeTime Amusements – an US American company specialized in arcade games and in the operation of gaming centres and FECs – will cooperate with the Slovenia-based 360 Karting go kart track manufacturing company in order to (...) read more
Bart de Boer (born 1951), former director of De Efteling, died at the age of 69. Bart de Boer, the former Managing Director of Eindhoven Airport, was CEO of the Efteling, the largest theme park in the Netherlands, from June 2008 to September 2013. (...) read more
Six Flags Entertainment, the Arlington/Texas-based operating group of thrill and water parks in the US, Canada and Mexico, announced the amendment of its credit facility to further extend the covenant waiver period by one year, from the fourth (...) read more
“The Pirates Experience“, a “socialtainment“ event concept developed by the Amusement Hub creative company, is a new live role play format dedicated to the “Golden Age of Piracy“ (cf. EAP 5/2019). The first pirate event weekend will take place on (...) read more
Montréal-based D-Box Technologies, specialized in haptic and immersive entertainment experiences, and France’s Ubisoft group, one of the world’s leading video game publishers, have signed a new partnership agreement that leverages the use of D-Box’s (...) read more
The rumour mill about a new ride coming to Movie Park Germany kept on going for quite some time – now the secret has been revealed. The park just announced a new multi dimension coaster supplied by Intamin for its 25th anniversary season in 2021, (...) read more
In the Swiss city of Zurich a cableway is planned as a fast and comfortable, environmentally-friendly urban public transport connection from the Stettbach public transport hub to Zoo Zurich, in order to relieve the high traffic load in the area (...) read more
The recently opened new theme park resort Gulliver’s Valley in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, which is dedicated to children aged up to thirteen years, has just launched „Gyrosaur“ as its latest attraction dedicated to thrill-seekers. The new (...) read more
The Olympic Center Jahorina – a popular winter sports destination in Bosnia-Herzegovina located about an hour’s drive south of Sarajevo – recently opened three new Sunkid attractions in order to appeal to families with a varied range of leisure (...) read more
The Thermal-Freibad Bad Lippspringe (Eng.: Thermal Outdoor Pool) looks ahead to a modern future. The municipal of Bad Lippspringe, a town located in Germany’s Eastern Westphalian region, recently announced the complete reconstruction of the outdoor (...) read more
Being among France’s most popular leisure attractions in terms of attendance figures (with approx. 2.3 million visitors in 2019, cf. Park Report in EAP 2/2020), Parc Astérix has recently introduced the “Qsmart“ virtual queuing technology from (...) read more
