The Danish investment company KIRKBI A/S, the private holding company of the Kirk Kristiansen family, owns 75 percent of the LEGO Group. Yesterday, the family business announced the next step in the gradual generational change in its company to take (...) read more
A new 60-seat XD Theatre from Triotech has recently opened at the Happy Valley amusement park operated by OCT Group in Tianjin, located about a 1.5 hours’ drive away from Beijing. The attraction, which appeals to families in particular, is located (...) read more
With the construction of a new stadium, Germany’s SC Freiburg soccer club is stepping torwards a new sportive future supported by its long-term partner Europa-Park. The future home stadium of the SC Freiburg, which will offer space for 34,700 fans, (...) read more
Simworx, the British specialist for media-based simulator attractions, welcomes Paul Kent (photo) in the role of Global Business Development Manager to its team. Kent takes over his new role after some 20 years spent at the also Britain-based (...) read more
Located on Las Vegas’ The Strip entertainment mile, a new attraction starts its operation today: FlyOver Las Vegas invites guests to discover the West of the USA in a completely new way. Highlight is a several-minute-long “flight” over spectacular (...) read more
A new unique artificial surfing facility is to be built under the name of Surf Era in Fürstenwalde/Spree in Brandenburg, about a one hour‘s drive southeast of Berlin. The master plan for the new facility includes a hybrid concept that will combine (...) read more
This news should make the hearts of video game fans and Puy du Fou lovers beat faster: The French theme park is planning to launch its first own video game in spring 2022, for console and PC. To this end, it has teamed up with Microïds, a video game (...) read more
Despite all efforts on the part of the citizens and supporters of the WAVE Water World in Wörgl/Austria (cf. EAP news of 22 Feb 2021), the adventure pool complex in Tyrol must now close permanently after all – this was decided by a majority of the (...) read more
The Plopsa Hotel, which is part of Plopsaland De Panne, can call itself a four-star superior hotel now. The themed hotel, which marks a milestone in the expansion of the Belgian theme park into a resort (see EAP 6/2020), was officially opened in May (...) read more
After TimeRide‘s first location opened in Cologne in the fall of 2017, the location has now been given a new virtual time travel experience. It goes to the year 1926, which was a special one for Cologne after the World War I and the occupation by (...) read more
After six years of construction the time has come for Universal Beijing Resort to start into its soft opening phase on September 1st. The newest and overall second resort of the Universal brand features the Universal Studios Beijing theme park, the (...) read more
After the Aqualud water park, located in northern France in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, in the Pas-de-Calais department, about 30 kilometers from Boulogne-sur-Mer, remained completely closed due to the Corona pandemic in 2020 and also in 2021 to date, (...) read more
More than 20,000 building bricks– colourful and in LEGO® miniature format – were symbolically unloaded today on the site of the future LEGOLAND Resort in Shenzhen (Guangdong Province, China) to mark the start of construction. Over the next three (...) read more
About ten years ago, a new exhibition event on the British cult series “Doctor Who” celebrated its premiere in London (cf. EAP news of 2 Apr 2011). From 2012 to 2017, the “Doctor Who Experience” was on display as a permanent installation in Cardiff (...) read more
Around one year after launching the under water on adventure “Reef Rider“ for its StormTM coin-operated VR simulator (see EAP news of 12 Aug 2020), Canada’s Triotech has now further expanded its Storm content library with the new “Sugery Slope“ (...) read more
Last year, Germany’s first BattleKart facility was opened in Bispingen Lower Saxony (cf. EAP news of 3 Nov 2020), a leisure center that focuses on the interactive gaming experience. Now the Rhine metropolis Cologne can look forward to a similar (...) read more
Following the opening of the new“Texas Stingray“ coaster experience (Great Coasters International) at SeaWorld San Antonio last year (see EAP 6/2020), the park has already announced its next new thrill attraction named “Tidal Surge“, which will (...) read more
From 24 September to 7 November 2021, visitors can follow the “Dark Mark”, the symbol of Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, which can be discovered at various points during the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter. In the (...) read more
Miami Seaquarium, a visitor aquarium that opened in 1955 and is currently operated by Palace Entertainment (the U.S. subsidiary of Spain’s Parques Reunidos group), is to be transferred to the portfolio of Mexican operator group The Dolphin Company (...) read more
Last fall, Montréal, Canada-based Connect&GO, a leading global provider of RFID solutions for access and payment as well as operating management systems in the leisure industry communicated its intention to further consolidate its market position by (...) read more
