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It has now been announced that the Falcon‘s Creative Group will from now on operate as Falcon‘s Beyond Global and will market its own “Katmandu“ brand and other partner IPs more strongly worldwide and especially in the areas of theme parks, resorts, (...) read more

Canada-based Waterplay® Solutions Corp. recently expanded its team with the addition of Mark Weston, who will serve as Director, New Market Development to drive the company’s global expansion into new markets and develop new revenue streams. “We’re (...) read more

On 29 May this year, LEGOLAND New York had already started into its soft opening phase with a wide range of attractions and experiences. Since last Friday (9 July), visitors have been able to experience the new theme park of the Merlin (...) read more

The largest in terms of area, most elaborate and most expensive investment in the 25-year history of the Fantasiana amusement park in Strasswalchen/Austria is “ready to go”. On July 15th, “Project Merlin” will be officially opened. The new “magical” (...) read more

The “Senda dil Dragum“, the world‘s longest treetop path, opened in Switzerland, connecting the two villages of Laax Murschetg and Laax Dorf (in the canton of Grünbünden). The 1.56 kilometre-long footbridge, which is between two and 28 metres high, (...) read more

Yesterday saw the official opening of Mandoria, City of Adventures, a completely new theme park that was handed over to the public. The indoor park, which is located around 1.5 hours by car from Warsaw near Łódź and represents the first investment (...) read more

After the premiere of the virtual art experience “ARTiality“ for YULLBE GO last month (cf. EAP news of 16 June 2021), the individual free roaming experience is now being expanded with further family-friendly content. From 12 July, guests aged twelve (...) read more

The Centro Oberhausen shopping centre, which is part of the destination portfolio of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (UWR), will become “Westfield Oberhausen“ as of September 2021 and therefore one of the company’s flagship centres in Europe. With (...) read more

The Munich-based engineering company Ingenieurbüro Stengel, which is specialized in the design of dynamically highly loaded structures, has now received the “Red Dot Design Award“ for the development of its “Stengel BB Track Series“. The company (...) read more

At its Annual General Meeting held at the end of May, the regional leisure association MENALAC (Middle East & North Africa Leisure and Attractions) elected a new board of directors. Saudi national Mishal Al Hokair, Deputy CEO & General Manager (...) read more

As Miral Asset Management recently announced, construction work on the new “The WB Abu Dhabi“, the world‘s first Warner Bros.-themed hotel (see EAP news of 12 Dec 2019), is on schedule and will open as planned later this year. The new overnight (...) read more

Since last weekend, the new Saraya Aqaba Waterpark in the port city of Aqaba in Jordan is now officially open for visitors (see EAP news of 11 May 2021). With more than 25 rides, water slides and experiences as well as gastronomy and shopping offers (...) read more

Only a few weeks ago, the news that three young girls aged between 13 and 17 were probably swept away by the current while bathing in the Rhine and subsequently drowned caused a shock in the public again. In order to avoid such tragic accidents, the (...) read more

After being closed for around eight months, Therme Sinsheim, operated by the Thermegruppe Josef Wund, is reopening its bathing and sauna facilities as well as the sports pool to visitors. As last year, guests have to make a reservation with the (...) read more

Production and design company Storyland Studios recently announced that is has been selected by Gurrier Development to create an all-new theme park called “Storyville Gardens“, which will be located in Middle Tennessee and will feature rides, (...) read more

The Australian company Surf Lakes, which specialises in the development of artificial surfing facilities (see EAP 2/2021), has now entered into a strategic partnership with China Wave Sports (CWS) to further establish itself on the Chinese market. (...) read more

Guests have been able to experience LEGOLAND Deutschland Resort, located in Günzburg, Bavaria, again since 10 June after around 220 days of closure. Yesterday, during a hybrid press conference, Managing Director Manuela Stone (photo left) officially (...) read more

On April 13th, 2001 Merlin-Entertainments-operated Heide Park Soltau celebrated the opening of its “Colossos“ wooden coatser, which is Europe‘s the largest and fastes wooden coaster until today. Over the years Colossos became the park’s absolute (...) read more

“The Ride to Happiness by Tomorrowland“ is the new signature ride at Belgium’s Plopsaland De Panne – unique in Europe and the world’s second installation of an Xtreme Spinning Coaster by Mack Rides – which offers park visitors an extraordinary ride (...) read more