Two years ago the Sesame Workshop non-profit organization and SeaWorld Entertainment operating group announced their plans to build a new, second theme park dedicated to the “Sesame Street” brand, following the announcement of the two parties to (...) read more
Estimated at a total investment sum of 36.7 million GBP (approx. 42 million EUR), England’s new The Wave indoor waterpark, which is located in the heart of the city of Coventry, officially opens its doors today. The offer for visitors includes (...) read more
From October 7th to 10th, experts from the international waterpark industry came together in Orlando/Florida for the “39th Annual Symposium & Trade Show” organized by the World Waterpark Association (WWA), which was held this year at the Walt (...) read more
During a special meeting held on Thursday last week, 99.9 percent of the shareholders of Canada-based Entertainment One film and television production company (eOne; rights owner of the “Peppa Pig” IP, amongst others) voted to approve the proposal (...) read more
The French operator group Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) reports very dynamic annual sales for its leisure destinations, with an increase of twelve per cent on a reported basis and sales totaling 380.7 million Euro in the financial year of 2018/19. In (...) read more
Rain Forest Valencia S.A., operating company of Valencia’s BIOPARC zoo, is planning to build an outdoor adventure park on a leased parcel of land adjacent to the animal park, in order to extend the existing experiences offered by the zoo. The new (...) read more
After the groundbreaking of Universal Beijing Resort in 2015, the park now released new details about the resort‘s design and offers. The new resort, which will be operated by Beijing International Resort Co., Ltd., a joint venture of Beijing (...) read more
England‘s Alton Towers Resort just announced the collaboration with comedian, actor and children’s book author David Walliams for 2020, the year of the resort‘s 40th anniversary. For 2020 numerous attractions will be developed with the creative (...) read more
Operated by Belgian Kinepolis Group, the Kinepolis Jaarbeurs Theater in Utrecht (NL) has launched two new auditoriums last week. The new “ScreenX“ cinema, which is equipped with one main and two side screens, provides guest with a 270-degree movie (...) read more
In order to counter staff shortages in the hospitality sector, Unilever Food Solutions, (in short UFS, the catering supplies division of the Unilever consumer goods group of companies) is inviting its customers to make use of the “Catapult” job (...) read more
The island resort Phu Quoc, which is developed by real estate company Vingroup‘s leisure division Vinpearl, announced the scheduled opening for a new leisure facility highlight on the island. A new island aquarium named “The Sea Shell“ will open (...) read more
As announced last Friday, the Belgian investment company Ergon Capital Partners and French national investment bank Bpifrance intend to sell Looping Group, the operator of 15 leisure parks in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, the (...) read more
The Holiday World entertainment center in Maspalomas, located on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria, just added two more rides to its attraction portfolio both delivered by the Italian manufacturer Technical Park. The rollercoaster (...) read more
Roland Mack is regarded as one of the most unusual and successful entrepreneurs in Germany. More than 120 million people have visited Germany’s largest amusement park since its foundation in 1975. Since then, the Mack family has invested more than (...) read more
The time is finally here, the Copenhill ski slope is now open to the public, the first artificial ski slope on the roof of a waste-to-energy plant (we reported on this in EAP 1/2019). The 400 meter long dry slope starts in a height of 90 metres on (...) read more
Miral Asset Management has announced that the construction of the new mixed-use complex Yas Bay on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island is making progress. The completion of the public realm and the infrastructure is expected for December 2019. The main focal (...) read more
The 158 meter high Blackpool Tower is one of Blackpool’s most famous sights and with its current seven integrated entertainment offers (including the Blackpool Tower Dungeon and the Blackpool Tower Circus) it is drawing the crowds (cf. EAP (...) read more
The new weather experience world “Säntis – Der Wetterberg“ (Eng: Säntis – the weather mountain) was recently opened in the mountain station on Säntis peak, at 2,502 meters above sea level. The interactive weather exhibition aims to give kids and (...) read more
From November 5th to 7th, 2019 the Montpellier Exhibition Center will host the tourism trade show “Sett” (Salon des équipements et techniques du tourisme), which is organized by the French hotel business association Fédération de L’Hôtellerie de (...) read more
After a short renovation phase with an investment volume of 500,000 euros, the Gumbala Bade- und Saunaland in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia region has opened a new sauna area at the end of September. The design of the “half-timbered sauna“ is (...) read more
