Yesterday, Merlin Entertainments (Merlin) and Mondelēz announced that Merlin will take over the operations and brand licenses of Cadbury World in Birmingham “Cadbury World is a truly unique experience and since it first opened its doors in 1990, has (...) read more
Cedar Fair, the Sandusky, Ohio-based operator group, has announced that it has received an unsolicited, non-binding takeover offer from SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. Together with legal and financial advisors, the Cedar Fair board of directors will (...) read more
At Germany‘s Bostalsee, more precisely at the “Surfbasis“ on the Gonnersweiler lakeshore about 400 metres away from Center Parcs Bostalsee, a new visitor attraction is being developed with “Das Haus steht Kopf“ (Engl.: “The house is upside down“), (...) read more
Everything under one roof now at the Asia Hotel & Spa Leoben in Styria, Austria. Since 28 January 2022, the popular wellness and recreation spa, a modern lifestyle hotel and a new fusions restaurant have belonged together. The 28,000-square metre (...) read more
Under the motto of “Growing Green Cities”, the Floriade 2022 will kick off in the Dutch city of Almere on 14 April this year. “The Arboretum has been completed. This permanent green space forms the green cornerstone of the Expo and the Hortus (...) read more
Playparc, the play equipment manufacturer based in Bad Driburg (East Westphalia region/Germany) specialized not only in classic children’s play equipment but also in multi-generational concepts and exercise course installations, has recently (...) read more
SPREE Interactive, the Nuremberg-based developer of multi-player VR experiences, and Italian company Eurogames, who specializes in the production of battery-powered bumper cars, now announced their partnership to offer the new experience “VR Space (...) read more
The 34-hectare (85-acre) dinosaur park ROARR! Dinosaur Adventure, which is run by the Goymour family, is planning an extensive expansion of its area, which currently features not only replicas of prehistoric giants but also interactive visitor (...) read more
Red Raion, the Italian CGI studio specializing in films for media-based attractions, recently announced the production of a new film that is a modern reinterpretation of the well-known Jules Verne adventure novel from 1873. In “Around the World in (...) read more
From April 8, LEGOLAND® New York will start the first full season of its still young park history and visitors can look forward to a number of new attractions: The long-awaited media-based interactive darkride “LEGO Factory Adventure” will also (...) read more
“PIK 2”, a new mega city development project, is currently on its way in Indonesia, more precisely just a few minutes away from Jakarta’s international airport. A thriving modern city is to be built on an area of over 2,000 hectares (5,100 acres). (...) read more
Northern Germany’s HolstenTherme in Kaltenkirchen (Schleswig-Holstein), which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, has big plans. Under the project name “ParadiesInsel” (ParadiseIsland), the wellness and spa complex is planning an extensive (...) read more
After the concept of Topgolf has already been established in the leisure industry in the USA for many years, the brand is also growing internationally and has opened further locations in Great Britain, Australia, Mexico, Dubai and now also in (...) read more
The Chinese amusement park Sunac Land Chengdu (located in Sichuan Province, Southwest China) recently opened a new Double Launch Coaster from Intamin, dubbed “All Speeds“ by the park and featuring a “raging bull“ theming. As the name of the (...) read more
After the first artificial surf facility under the name The Wave by the company of the same name, which is already equipped with the “Wavegarden Cove” wave-generating technology of the Basque company Wavegarden (see EAP 2/2020), was opened in (...) read more
With its subsidiary Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd, the UK-based Merlin Entertainments Group has extended its existing partnership with accesso Technology Group – the provider of ticketing and e-commerce solutions for attractions and leisure (...) read more
As was announced today, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong-listed Genting, Malaysian billionaire Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, resigned from his offices with immediate effect last Friday (21 January). The resignation of the group’s Deputy (...) read more
The Dutch Efteling theme park is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year and is looking to the future with confidence despite the current pandemic-related closure of cultural and leisure facilities in the Netherlands. The plans are comprehensive: (...) read more
Burbank, California-based Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) – serving the creators, developers, designers and producers from the global themed entertainment industry – announced the members of its new Executive Committee for 2021/2022. The new (...) read more
True to its motto “standstill is regression“, Germany‘s Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle leisure park, located about an hour‘s drive south of Stuttgart, is constantly striving to further develop its existing visitor offerings. Founded in 1974 and now (...) read more
