Matthias Li (photo), CEO of Hong Kong’s Ocean Park, recently announced his plans to retire on 1st July 2020. After joining the park’s management team in 1994 as Finance Director and Corporate Secretary and being promoted to Deputy Chief Executive (...) read more
As the latest addition to the attractions line-up of Surfside Pier park, which is located on the boardwalk of the US coastal town Wildwood (New Jersey), a new Force 280 family coaster from German manufacturer Zierer was recently opened under the (...) read more
The Holiday World theme park, located in the US state of Indiana, recently announced a launched water coaster for its related waterpark Splashin´ Safari for 2020. “Cheetah Chase”, a slide of the type “RocketBLAST” by Canadian supplier ProSlide, (...) read more
Operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, the leisure and entertainment complex OWA in Foley, Alabama will open its new eSports Center “Clash“ on 17 August this year. The modern gaming complex is a high-end video gaming facility located within (...) read more
US operating group SeaWorld Entertainment recently released the results for the first six months of its 2019 fiscal year, recording growth in both terms revenues and attendance. Compared to the same time period of fiscal year 2018 (cf. EAP News f. (...) read more
After Ireland’s Tayto Park opened the gates to its “The Viking Voyage“ water flume ride in 2017 (cf. EAP-News of 19 Jul 17), the rides wating area was redesigned with new and interactive elements. Taking up the viking theme of the ride, (...) read more
After the Braunschweig/Germany-based manufacturer Simtec Systems had increased its production capacity by building a new 5,500 square meter production and assembly hall (“Simtec Manufactury”, cf. EAP News f. 26 April 18), which was completed in (...) read more
After several months of redesigning its “Bermuda Triangle” boat ride attraction – a water dark ride from Intamin opened in 1996 – Movie Park Germany celebrates the reopening of the popular visitor attraction today, which now operates under its new (...) read more
The Supervisory Board of Berliner Bäder-Betriebe (Engl.: “Berlin Bathing Operations”, BBB) recently appointed Dr. Johannes Kleinsorg as new Chairman of its Management Board effective from 1st September this year. The political economist and (...) read more
Yesterday, Bavaria’s Playmobil FunPark in Zirndorf announced its plans to open a new theme area in 2020, named “Mermaid´s Kingdom“. With construction works scheduled to begin this September, the previous sand- and mud-playground right next to the (...) read more
An all-new Universal theme park will take shape in Orlando, on a site south of Sand Lake Road and east of Universal Boulevard. This news were confirmed by Brian L. Roberts, Chairman & CEO of Comcast Corporation and Tom Williams, Chairman & CEO of (...) read more
Two days ago, the groundbreaking for Ticiland – a new amusement park scheduled to open in September 2020 – took place in Stein am Rhein, a Swiss community located west of Lake Constance and thus near the German border. Behind the project are the (...) read more
Today, 175 years ago, the gates of Zoo Berlin opened for the first time. The animal park was founded as a royal menagerie and over the years it has developed into one of the most popular and species-rich zoos in Germany. Traces of history can (...) read more
Busch Gardens Williamsburg, operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, yesterday announced the construction of a new multi-launch coaster in its “Festa Italia” area, scheduled to open in spring 2020 under the name of “Pantheon®”. The new ride (...) read more
The online travel platform TripAdvisor invites its users on an annual basis to participate in the “Travellers’ Choice Awards” ranking by voting for their favorite travel and leisure destinations. Recently, TripAdvisor presented the results for (...) read more
“Giants on the Quayside” is a large-scale project developed by the World Wheel Company Newcastle for an over 32,000-sqm site on the banks of the River Tyne in Newcastle, comprising a 140 meter-high observation wheel and a surrounding leisure (...) read more
England’s family amusement park Paultons Park, located around a 20 minutes’ drive away from Southampton, has recently announced its plans to open a new theme area under the name of “Tornado Springs” in May 2020, immersing visitors into a Midwest (...) read more
Yesterday, The VOID and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) announced their partnership to bring more than 25 permanent immersive virtual reality experiences to URW shopping centers in the United States and Europe by 2022. The first installations are (...) read more
Set to become the signature attraction of its new “Chocolate Town” theme area, which is currently under construction (cf. EAP News f. 17 Jan 19), Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark recently revealed details on the “Candymonium” rollercoaster, scheduled to (...) read more
Germany-based Huss Park Attractions recently welcomed Lars Hartmann (photo) in its head office sales team in the position of International Sales Manager. Based in Bremen, his new role is to promote the Huss product range in new overseas (...) read more
