The planning and design company JRA, which was taken over by the RWS Entertainment group last Novermber, recently announced Sam Xu, former Group Director for the Beijing studio of Thinkwell Group, as its new Business Development Manager Asia. In (...) read more
Another sad news reaches the international leisure industry from the USA: Kevin C. Hehn, who had only taken over the position of President of the American roller coaster manufacturer Martin & Vleminckx in October 2021, passed away on 18 May 2022 (...) read more
The Sprockets Fun Foundry, a new FEC located in the small town of Keystone, South Dakota (USA), not far from the presidential monument Mount Rushmore, now opened its doors to visitors for the first time and offers VR experiences in addition to (...) read more
In May 2022, Andreas Ramsauer took over the management of the newly emerging Silvretta Therme in Ischgl, a tourist hotspot in Austria. The tourism graduate and management consultant, who first toured Europe as a successful tour manager of small and (...) read more
Last weekend, the world‘s first parade in a LEGOLAND location celebrated its premiere at LEGOLAND Deutschland Resort. Seven LEGO-themed floats – including the colorful LEGOLAND Germany entrance, the bright red fire truck, a pirate ship, the majestic (...) read more
The highlight of Disneyland Paris‘ anniversary season is just around the corner. In almost two months – on July 20 –, the European Disney destination will open its brand new “Marvel Avengers Campus“. The new themed area is entirely dedicated to the (...) read more
With great sadness the industry mours the loss of Kevin John Rohwer. Dynamic Attractions‘ Executive Director Business Development unexpectedly passed away in Logan, Utah on May 19th. The passioned cyclist who started his career at Omnidata (Logan, (...) read more
With “Eagle‘s Eye“, a new attraction for which visitors should be free from giddiness has recently opened on the vacation and leisure island of Hòn Thơm as part of the Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park. The Sky Tower, made by German manufacturer HUSS, (...) read more
As new Director of Business Development for Mobility Solutions for the Americas, Hawaii & Caribbean, Newton Montano has joined UK-based company Severn Lamb. With his over 30 years of knowledge from the electric vehicle and passenger mobility (...) read more
After more than 34 years, Anthony Van Dam, Executive Vice President of FORREC, will retire effective October 1, 2022. Van Dam, who began his career as a Junior Designer with the Toronto-based themed entertainment specialist in 1988, was instrumental (...) read more
Orlando-based entertainment company Falcon‘s Beyond Global now announced the development of a new signature destination. “Falcon‘s Central“ will combine retail, dining and entertainment and, similar to “Disney Springs“ at the Walt Disney World (...) read more
Germany’s Duisburg Zoo recently opened its new themed enclosure dedicated to Australia‘s Outback habitat. In the 800-square-meter “Outback Aviary“ – 600 square meters of which are outdoors and 200 square meters indoors, including stables and feeding (...) read more
With the “Double Racer“ slide, the Dutch company Watergames & more, a specialist for water attractions, is expanding its product portfolio. The two slide tubes, which have a diameter of one meter each, are running side by side and allow sliders in a (...) read more
Dollywood‘s Splash Country water park, part of Dollywood Parks & Resorts, kicked off this year‘s season on May 14, which will run through September 5. There has been an improvement in the park‘s attraction offerings, especially for families with (...) read more
The skywalk allgäu nature experience park located in Scheidegg (Bavaria) offers its visitors a new educational experience around the topic of “bees“ starting next Saturday (May 21). The “Nature Experience Garden – Bees and Blossoms in the Course of (...) read more
In January of this year, Efteling announced a major park expansion that includes the development of a new 17,000-square-foot themed area designed to give visitors goosebumps. The “Spookslot“, which opened in 1978, will be demolished in favor of the (...) read more
As has now been officially announced, the French animal and amusement park Le PAL (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) will expand and diversify its visitor offering next year by the addition of a new Smash & Reload dark ride. Starting in 2023, park guests (...) read more
On Denmark’s vacation island of Als in southern Jutland, the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for the first Center Parcs Europe holiday park in Scandinavia is taking place today. The new holiday park complex with over 440 holiday homes is being (...) read more
Braunschweig, Germany-based Simtec Systems, a global developer of high-end motion simulators, and Scruffy Dog Creative, a leading experience design company, just announced to have formed an alliance to develop a new immersive, trackless dark ride (...) read more
Italian manufacturer Neveplast is best known for its TUBBY slides, which can be used all year round and on which young and old alike glide downhill sitting in tubes filled with air over slopes covered with a special plastic coating. Now the supplier (...) read more
