Germany’s Hainich climbing forest (G.: Kletterwald Hainich), situated on the edge of the Thuringian Hainich National Park, has recently expanded its visitor offer by the opening of a new, eleventh climbing course, leading through the treetops at a (...) read more
Specialized in themed entertainment design and headquartered in Orlando/FL, ITEC Entertainment has recently opened a new office in Los Angeles/CA to improve services and support for US West Coast and Asia clients. The new office is led by Steve (...) read more
After the opening of its new “Avalon“ theme area and the “Port Laguna” entrance portal last year (cf. EAP 5/18), Dutch Toverland theme park has recently added a new dark ride scene in the shape of a dragon animatronic (supplied by Dutch Van (...) read more
The Texas-based, internationally organized industry association AIMS International (AIMS: Amusement Industry Manufacturers & Suppliers) recently named new board officers and directors, who took over their respective positions on April 1st this (...) read more
Claudia Leicht, member of the management board of Germany’s Hansa-Park located at the Baltic Sea, is volunteering for hospice and palliative work as of this year. As ambassador, she supports the work of the Hospiz- und Palliativverband (...) read more
Germany’s Autostadt, which is located in the city of Wolfsburg around the Volkswagen car supply center, has added four new race car simulator units to its visitor offer for a virtual racing experience. The motion-based simulators come from (...) read more
At its related kids’ exhibition centers Odysseum Abenteuermuseum in Cologne and Explorado Kindermuseum in Duisburg, Germany’s Explorado Group GmbH/AWC AG presents the interactive LEGO fan exhibition “Bricklive”, founded in 2014 by Clive Nørgaard (...) read more
Today, Dutch Slagharen Theme Park & Resort starts into the new season and invites its guests to a climbing adventure on its new “Black Hill Ranger Path” high ropes course, set up in the park by Bulgaria’s Walltopia company during the past months (...) read more
Danish Fårup Sommerland theme park today announced the appointment of Niels Jørgen Jensen (photo) as new Managing Director of the park, effective Sept 1st this year. The current Managing Director Per Dam Jensen will leave on May 1st to take over (...) read more
Northern California’s Six Flags Discovery Kingdom theme park has announced the opening of a new theme area, set to launch under the name of “DC Universe” this year. It will comprise a range of the park’s existing attractions (including “THE (...) read more
During a press conference today, Germany’s Europa-Park has announced a number of novelties for the 2019 season for both individual attractions and entire theme areas of the park. Space fans can look forward to a new space-themed adventure in the (...) read more
Northwest England’s Chester Zoo has added a new junior ropes course to its visitor offer last autumn, an eleven-mast “Sky Tykes” course set to enthuse young zoo guests this season. Located close to its “Fruit Bat Forest” area and with a height of (...) read more
The leisure and hotel resort complex Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), which belongs to Genting Group's portfolio and was inaugurated 2010 on Singapore’s Sentosa Island, is set to be expanded during the next years for a total investment volume of 4.5 (...) read more
Featuring a new exhibition concept and state-of-the-art technologies, Germany’s experimenta Science Center located in Heilbronn (federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg) celebrated its reopening this past Sunday. In summer 2017, the visitor attraction (...) read more
The farmyard play oasis Irrland, a family-run park located near Kevelaer/Germany close to the Dutch border, was voted second in the “Verkiezingsrapport 2019” leisure park ranking conducted by the Royal Dutch Tourist Board (ANWB) – behind (...) read more
As of April 9th this year, visitors to Los Angeles’ Two Bit Circus Micro-Amusement ParkTM, which opened last September with a range of different offerings including nostalgic carnival games, arcade machines and Mixed- & Virtual Reality (...) read more
After the completion of merger and other regulatory reviews, The Walt Disney Company has recently completed its acquisition deal with Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox (21CF) at total transaction costs of 71 billion US Dollar (over 63 billion (...) read more
Today, Movie Park Germany starts into the new season and reopens its doors for visitors, who can look forward to a range of novelties. In addition to the new “Adventure Bay” theme area dedicated to Nickelodeon’s “PAW Patrol” animation series set (...) read more
Orlando/Florida-based Flacon’s Creative Group and Harves Entertainment, the leisure and entertainment division of Chinese Harves real estate and investment company, today announced their strategic cooperation to propel new opportunities in the (...) read more
For its “ScreenFLITE®” product – an installation consisting of mobile LED displays to be used as an innovative communications platform (cf. EAP 6/2018) – Germany’s Simtec Systems company will receive the Red Dot Design Award 2019 in the category (...) read more
