After five years, the IAAPA Expo Europe (IEE) today returns to Barcelona, to bring back together the professionals of the European leisure & attractions industry after the cancellation of last year’s trade show event in London. This time, the (...) read more
Since the beginning of 2019, Wouter Dekkers (pictured) has been General Manager of Tropical Islands, the vacation paradise in Brandenburg (cf. EAP news of 18 Jan 2019), which is part of the portfolio of the Spanish operator group Parques Reunidos. (...) read more
Next Thursday (30 September), the Dutch arcade game operator Gamestate will open its first branch in Germany on an area of more than 700 square meters at Westfield Centro. From then on, visitors will be able to put their gaming and virtual (...) read more
After about one and a half years of reconstruction, the Therme Vierordtbad, operated by the Karlsruher Bädergesellschaft, reopens now for the first time for regular bathing operations and has a number of new offers and attractions in store for (...) read more
To further drive business development of its associated technology division Vantage, Canadian waterslide and attractions manufacturer WhiteWater West has appointed industry professional Frank Good (photo right) as Vice President, Business (...) read more
The name Kilkenny is certainly known to most as an Irish export beer brand that, along with Guinness, is one of the popular beers of the Emerald Isle. In fact, the beer was once brewed in the medieval town of Kilkenny, located in the southeast of (...) read more
Sweden’s Kolmården Wildlife Park located near Norrköping plans to surprise especially its youngest visitors with a novelty in the 2022 season. Next spring, a new children’s attraction called “Skalmans Flygskola” (Eng.: Skalman’s Flying School) will (...) read more
As part of its global growth strategy, California-based TEA (Themed Entertainment Association) has announced the establishment of an official legal presence in mainland China in the form of a wholly-foreign owned entity. With headquarters in (...) read more
Austrian thermal bath operator Eurothermen recently announced that the company has increased its sales with its three locations Bad Schallerbach, Bad Ischl und Bad Hall. Between July and August 2021, the three thermal bathing destinations welcomed (...) read more
The international artist collective teamLab wants to bring its immersive museum concept (cf. EAP 1/2020) to Germany and do so in 2024 in a new museum for digital art in Hamburg’s HafenCity. Under the name teamLab Borderless Hamburg, a permanent (...) read more
With the Eden Project North, which will be developed in Morecambe in the north-west of England, a second Eden location is planned to be developed following the example of Eden in Cornwall, which already opened in 2001. The planning application for (...) read more
In the family-oriented hiking area Family Mountain Söllereck in Germany’s Allgäu region two new sections for its XXL marble run were installed near the Söllereckbahn cable car station. The 33-metre-long “Adler7“ and the 93-metre-long “Wellenbahn“, (...) read more
After the take-over of Sidijk BV in February and the acquisition of two-thirds of ELI Play in June (cf. EAP news fo 14 June 2021), Global Leisure Group (GLC) recently announced the take-over of Dubai-based HPS Play Company and its associated HPEET (...) read more
After a 20-day-soft-opening phase (cf. EAP news of 27 Aug 2021), Universal Beijing Resort located in China‘s capital of Beijing celebrates its grand opening today. The Resort consists out of the Universal Studios Beijing theme park, the Universal (...) read more
Evergrande Group, which is based in Shenzhen and listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, has raised fresh warnings of default risks. China’s second-largest property developer is struggling to raise funds to pay lenders and suppliers. Revenue growth (...) read more
It was only this summer that the “Odyssey of the Seas“, the newest cruise ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet, set sail – now the company has already announced the departure date of the new gigaliner “Wonders of the Seas“. On 4 March 2022, the ship, (...) read more
On an over six-hectares-large (15 acres) area, the new beachfront water park Baha Bay opened in Nassau. The water park was created in cooperation between the beach resort Baha Mar and the Canadian waterslide manufacturer ProSlide. With 13 water (...) read more
Soon the first Peppa Pig World of Play in Europe will be opened at the new Westfield Mall of the Netherlands in Leidschendam, on the outskirts of the city of The Hague. This was announced by the British operating group Merlin Entertainments (Merlin) (...) read more
Creative and design company Creative Works recently announced a partnership with the Make-A-Wish foundation, which is foremost known in the USA for making whishes come true for critically ill children. “Granting a wish can be so impactful for the (...) read more
Today, Zurich Zoo has presented its new “development plan 2050“, following the completion of the prior “development plan 2030“ with the opening of the “Lewa Savanne“ last year. The zoo aims at setting new standards in both, animal welfare and (...) read more
