South Germany’s largest convention centre recently opened in the Lower Bavarian town of Bad Gögging with a number of large conventions. The Kuwaiti hotel operator concern REFAD Hotels & Resort invested ...
An “infernal ride through the desert” will soon be possible at Heide Park Soltau ...
The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) recently held its 61st annual meeting in Leipzig. In a series of lectures, 250 zoo directors and scientists from 50 countries presented ...
The World Tourism Organization UNWTO (http://www.world-tourism.org) recently calculated that travellers spend more than two billion dollars daily ...
Led by the Aquapark Management GmbH, which was contracted with the conceptual consultation and operation, Darmstadt’s art nouveau-influenced “Volksbad” (people’s bath) from 1909 is being reconstructed and expanded for around 18 million euros ...
From 27-30 September 2006, the interbad 2006 in Düsseldorf will be presenting the latest trends in the pool, sauna and spa sectors ...
For the second time in a row, Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio is America’s most popular amusement park ...
At this year’s WorldMediaFestival in Hamburg, Alaska Ice Adventure, a film about the breathtaking trip of an ice floe through the Arctic sea, was awarded the Intermedia Globe Gold prize. The award-winning film created by the Munich-based multimedia agency INTER/AKTION is shown daily to visitors of ...
The amusement park located in Lichtaart, Belgium inaugurated another new attraction called “The Dreamcatcher” in early July ...
The 20 million euro expensive attraction was originally scheduled to open on Easter. After numerous rumours about further delays since then, the company’s headquarters have now definitely “grounded” the attraction ...
As made public by Swiss media, the financially strained park (as we’ve reported a number of times in past issues) is now trying to avert looming bankruptcy ...
Instigated by the US Government, Homeland Security representatives recently met with high-ranking managers from the American leisure industry. The meeting focussed on the potential terrorism threat to amusement parks and ...
On the 22nd of June, the New York-based corporation Six Flags announced its decision to sell 6 of its 30 amusement and aqua parks ...
More than ever, fast food is getting a bad rap in the US ...
A new amusement park for approximately 170 million euros is to open in 2009 near the Austrian border ...
The leisure centre SchiederSee (Schneider Lake) has acquired two solar-powered boats in cooperation with the SolarWaterWorld AG (Hameln/Berlin). Past experiences with the solar boats on ...
Rising costs parallel to stagnating revenue have led the US Department of the Interior to drastically increase the admission fees to 22 of the most popular national landmarks. In addition, visitor centres are to be closed or ...
The Braunschweig-based company has contributed two novel driving simulators to the new Mercedes-Benz Museum that opened on 20 May ...
On the 3rd of May, the Compagnie des Alpes (CDA) signed a letter of intent with Palamon Capital Partners on the acquisition of five amusement parks owned by the StarParks Group. The takeover was completed on 30 May and affects the following facilities: ...
Park director Wolfgang Schneider and roller coaster guru Werner Stengel are linked by their longstanding collaboration: Stengel built the famous “GeForce” for the Holiday Park ...
Fri, 03 July 2020
International Trade Magazine for Specialists & Executives in the Leisure Business
