The British Merlin Entertainments operating group recently announced its strategic partnership with QikServe, a company specialized in touchless ordering and payment solutions with locations in Great Britain and the USA, in order to expand these (...) read more
The “Bathing Complex Concept Frankfurt 2025” presented by BäderBetriebe Frankfurt GmbH includes the new construction of Rebstockbad as one of the large-scale measures (cf. EAP 5/2020). By 2025, a modern indoor sports pool, an adventure pool and a (...) read more
As of January 2021, guests to the Le Méridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort and the adjacent The Westin Mina Seyahi Resort in Dubai will be able to enjoy an all-new waterpark dubbed “Jungle Bay”, which is currently under construction at the site. The (...) read more
Under the name of “Quest”, the Canadian company CAVU Designwerks has presented the leisure industry with a new, immersive attractions concept yesterday, which the provider itself calls a “walkthrough ride” and thus assigns it to a new genre of (...) read more
With the exhibition “Winners Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2020“, the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen, Germany, is presenting a decentralized exhibition from today on until January 3rd, 2021. The show exhibits are products which have (...) read more
Early 2021 will see the debut of two new rollercoasters at Dubai’s MotiongateTM film theme park, which is part of Dubai Parks & Resorts. Thrill enthusiasts can look forward to a new 4D Free Spin Coaster from S&S and a Spinning Coaster from German (...) read more
Just in time for the 2020 Halloween season, the British company Katapult (specialized in concept design & theming) and media-based rides manufacturer Simworx presented their newly developed concept for a new horror dark ride attraction. “Torchlight: (...) read more
Bergen, located on the southwest coast of Norway, is the country’s second-largest city. Dubbed “gateway to the Fjords“, the historic Hanseatic city with its sights and mountains in the near vicinity offers the vibe of a modern small town against an (...) read more
In 2016, the private investment company Ardian took a majority stake in Austrian Ganter Electronic Austria Holding GmbH (Gantner), which is specialised in electronic access, ticketing and billing systems as well as smart locks for lockers. Ardian (...) read more
Today Plopsa Group starts an auction for the 22.5-meter high stainless steel slide which was installed at Comics Station Antwerp (cf. EAP 4/2017). The indoor park, which opened in spring 2017, was taken over by Plopsa at the end of last year. The (...) read more
The US-based manufacturing company S&S Sansei Technologies recently presented its latest product development. The “Spin Shot Tower“ is a tower attraction equipped with a new seat module based on the 4D Free Spinning Coaster seat, which can be (...) read more
On Turtle Island in the South Korean city of Siheung, located about an hour’s drive away from Seoul, “Wave Park”, the “largest Wavegarden Cove surf facility in the world” (according to the manufacturer), recently opened to visitors. In cooperation (...) read more
Within the framework programm of this year’s “WAZA Annual Conference“, which was held on a virtual basis due to the ongoing worldwide corona pandemic (cf. EAP news of 9 Oct 2020), Prof. Dr. Jörg Junhold (photo), Director of Leipzig Zoo, received the (...) read more
In EAP issue 4/2017 we presented you with the indoor park Comics Station Antwerp, which is situated in the historic station building of the Belgian city and features some of the country’s most iconic comic characters. Unfortunately, the park (...) read more
During this year’s virtual “WWA Show 2020“ hosted by the World Waterpark Association (cf. EAP news of 25 Aug 2020), the Turkish manufacturing company Polin Waterparks was awarded with a “Leading Edge Award” for its installations at Suntago Water (...) read more
Today and on the next two Saturdays, visitors to the FORT FUN Abenteuerland in Germany’s Sauerland region are once again invited to enjoy the “FORT FEAR Horrorland”. In the afternoon, the Halloween program in the Western theme park will offer (...) read more
The city council of the Saxon town of Döbeln has cleared the way for plans to build a Karls Erlebnis-Dorf in the region. During a meeting that took place yesterday, the sale of the required land was approved. This means that the large-scale project, (...) read more
For the OCT Fabland Xiangyang theme park, which belongs to China’s OCT Group and is located in the province of Hubei, the Canadian supplier of media-based attractions Triotech was commissioned with the design and implementation of a new walkthrough (...) read more
As of today, guests to Rulantica – Europa-Park's indoor water world, which celebrated its opening almost one year ago (cf. EAP news of 28 Nov 2019 & EAP 1/2020) – can enjoy “Hyggedal“, the new Nordic-themed spa and relaxation area, which covers a (...) read more
In September, the international leisure industry was supposed to meet in London for this year’s IAAPA Expo Europe. However, the ongoing pandemic crisis forced the IAAPA EMEA to cancel its three-day trade show event. As an alternative education and (...) read more
