Merlin Entertainments continues to expand in South Korea and has announced the acquisition of The COEX Aquarium in Seoul‘s Gangnam district. The aquarium is home to a wide range of marine life in around 180 exhibits which contain a total of 3,000 (...) read more
Designed in the shape of a turtle, the Sea Shell Aquarium on the popular holiday and leisure island of Phú Quốc, Vietnam has recently celebrated its official opening as part of the VinWonders Theme Park – it was originally scheduled to launch in (...) read more
Brexit – Oh, by the way... we reflect in the current May/June issue of EAP magazine. In addition to our article ”Brexit – How the European amusement industry is dealing with the changes” in our trade magazine, in which we focus on the effects of (...) read more
Therme Euskirchen, which is part of the Thermengruppe Josef Wund and has been managed by Uwe Barth since October 2021 (who had previously managed Therme Erding for 20 years and is still serving as Chief Operations Officer of Thermengroup) will open (...) read more
Today, the official opening of the new indoor theme park Majaland Warsaw takes place in Poland, where visitors can now experience more than 25 attractions. After opening the first “Majaland” theme park in Poland (and thus the first ever Plopsa park (...) read more
UK-based attractions operator Merlin Entertainments today announced that Nick Varney (photo), Chief Executive Officer, has informed the board that he intends to retire in early 2023. Mark Fisher, who currently holds the position as Chief Development (...) read more
Previously marketed under the name of “Crystal Lagoons Island Resort“, the large-scale tourist destination which is currently under development in Glendale, Arizona has now been renamed into VAI Resort – it is planned to become the “largest hotel (...) read more
The international toy and boardgame manufacturer Hasbro also makes its brands available to boardgame enthusiasts in the form of location-based entertainment in an immersive way (e.g. “Monopoly: Lifesized“ in London). Together with its local partner (...) read more
The Łódź Zoo opened in 1938 and houses more than 2,000 animals from over 550 different species on an area of over 16 hectares. After four years of construction, the zoo today officially opens the new “Orientarium”, a large modern zoo complex (...) read more
The AREA15 art and entertainment district in Las Vegas is soon to be enriched by another attraction. Fisher Brothers, the real estate firm that opened AREA15 in 2020, has announced that it has acquired a Boeing 747. The aircraft previously was an (...) read more
On 6 April 2002, Parque Warner in San Martín de la Vega (near the Spanish capital Madrid) opened its doors for the first time and let visitors immerse themselves in four different themed worlds, all dedicated to popular Warner Bros. IPs and (...) read more
With the formation of the subsidiary Meyer RE, Germany’s Meyer Werft aims at opening up a new business segment for itself: The new company will offer modernisation, repair and optimisation services for running cruise ships – from the cabins to the (...) read more
The Japanese operating company Oriental Land Co., Ltd just announced that it will invest a major sum of 56 billion Japanese Yen (approx. 411million Euros) into the extensive renovation of the “Space Mountain“ indoor coaster and its surrounding area (...) read more
Recently, the “Golden Crown Awards 2021“ were presented to several manufacturing companies and suppliers in the international leisure industry in various categories. Asia Attractions Magazine, who presents the awards, aims to regularly recognise (...) read more
Those who have always wanted to immerse themselves in the era of the shiny “Golden Twenties“ now have the opportunity to do so at Madame Tussauds Berlin waxwork museum. The Midway Attraction of the British operating group Merlin Entertainments (...) read more
Opened six years ago and located in the French Vendée, O’Gliss Park is one of the largest water parks in the country (cf. EAP 5/2016 & 5/2018). For the coming season, which starts on 25 June, the park will hand over to its visitors “Le Galion des (...) read more
The science fiction series “Stranger Things“ has been one of the most hyped series of the streaming provider Netflix since its debut in 2016, which already led to the opening of two pop-up retail shops in Los Angeles and New York City last year – by (...) read more
With immediate effect, Tropical Islands‘ current Director Marketing & Sales, Kim Schäfer, is the new Customer Director German HUB for the Spanish operating group Parques Reunidos, whose portfolio includes the Brandenburg-based indoor bathing (...) read more
The two Dutch animal welfare foundations SOS Dolfijn Foundation and The Leeuw Foundation, which strive for the protection of marine mammals and big cats through targeted educative initiatives, amongst other things, are expanding their respective (...) read more
For the first half of the 2021/2022 fiscal year (October 1 to March 31), French operator group Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) reported sales of 541.2 million euros, an increase of 16.2 percent compared to the first half of the 2018/2019 fiscal year, the (...) read more
