The international horticultural exposition Floriade Expo 2022 is scheduled to take place in Almere from April 14th until October 9th, 2022 under the motto of “Growing Green Cities“ (cf. EAP news f. 29 Oct 2019). In correspondance with this motto, (...) read more
The Children‘s Museum of Eau Claire (CMEC), which opened in December 2004 in the city of Eau Claire (Wisconsin), plans to welcome visitors in a new, larger location as of 2022. On over 2,400 square meters (26,000 square feet), children will be able (...) read more
With the new visitor experience “Outside the Box“, the Crayola Experience in Orlando, Florida has enhanced its range of family-dedicated attractions. The new experience is based on the history and development of the Crayola stationery. “We went deep (...) read more
With a total height of 600 metres the Canton Tower located in the Chinese city of Guangzhou is currently the fifth highest building in the world. Around two million tourists visit the broadcast and observation tower anually. French company MND, (...) read more
Extensive operational restrictions for leisure facilities during the global Corona pandemic are also clearly reflected in the recently published full-year results of the American media and entertainment group Comcast Corporation in its theme parks (...) read more
Diving through the depths of the ocean, exploring underwater wrecks, caves and submarines – all of this is now possible at the new underwater VR attraction DIVR®, which was launched at Yas Waterworld Abu Dhabi. Leander de Wit, General Manager at Yas (...) read more
On Hudayriat Island, which is located directly on the coast of Abu Dhabi, a range of new leisure and sports facilities were opened recently. The “321 Sports“ area offers numerous possibilities for sportive activities. It features a jogging track, an (...) read more
Nuremberg-based VR specialist SPREE Interactive (formerly: HolodeckVR) and Pico Interactive, which is also specialised in VR solutions, announced their strategic partnership to work together to deliver custom B2B solutions for the out-of-home (...) read more
In cooperation with other national tourism associations, the Association of German Amusement Parks and Attractions (VDFU) is claiming the correction of the “Recovery and Resilience Plan“ of the German government. After approval of the (...) read more
On January 22nd & 23rd, this year’s AUREA Awards were presented to developers of exciting VR, AR and Mixed Reality applications in four categories during a virtual conference and show format moderated by Alexander Mazza. Initiated three years ago by (...) read more
The Midlothian Snowsports Centre, which features artificial skiing slopes and is located only about a 20-minute drive from the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, will be transformed into a multifunctional leisure destination dubbed “Destination (...) read more
Bollywood ParksTM in Dubai, part of the Dubai Parks & Resorts leisure complex, reopens its gates today with a line-up of nine new attractions, inviting visitors to even more family-friendly entertainment. Young guests and adults can look forward to (...) read more
The holiday park Landal De Lommerbergen, which is located in Reuver, Netherlands and operated by Landal GreenParks, is adding new slides to its related indoor leisure pool. The existing slide tower, which already features a tube slide, will be (...) read more
Spanning an area of over 263 hectares (651 acres), the “Enlight Movie World“ is a large-scale entertainment project currently in the planning phase, which will be realized in the East Chinese city of Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. The privately-owned (...) read more
Vancouver-based WhiteWater West, the company that celebrated its 40th anniversary this past (cf. EAP News of 15 Dec 2020), kicks off the new year with further “big news”. Paul Chutter, who is the second generation of the family business founded by (...) read more
The Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando (FL) plans to reopen its related Blizzard Beach water park on 7th March this year. Since the outbreak of the global Corona pandemic around one year ago, both Disney water parks – Blizzard Beach and Disney’s (...) read more
In the city of Bad Vilbel located in Germany’s Hessian federal state, the Thermengruppe Josef Wund plans to develop the “Thermenwelt Bad Vilbel“, a new indoor thermal bathing complex which will become Germany’s first pool complex with a “Leadership (...) read more
As announced by the international association, both the date and the venue of IAAPA’s Asian trade show event have been changed due to the pandemic-related circumstances. Accordingly, the IAAPA Expo Asia 2021 is now scheduled to take place in (...) read more
Virtual Reality (VR) and motion technology are also in demand outside the entertainment industry. New functionality has recently been added to the VSimulator installed by British Holovis company at the University of Exeter, which allows researchers (...) read more
It has just been announced that the roller coaster novelty at Plopsaland de Panne will be realized in cooperation with the annual “Tomorrowland“ festival held in Belgium – which with approx. 400,000 visitors is one of the world’s largest festivals (...) read more
