After the opening of “Zadra” in August 2019, “the world’s tallest wooden rollercoaster” according to the park – a hybrid coaster with a wooden construction but steel rails by RMC (cf. EAP 6/2019) –, the next big coaster novelty for the Polish (...) read more
“Rembrandt's Amsterdam“, a new permanent visitor attraction at Amsterdam’s Leidseplein is scheduled to open in spring this year. The exhibition is dedicated to the city’s famous artist Rembrandt (Rembrandt Hamerszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669), and is (...) read more
Who doesn’t know the stereotype of German tourits sneaking out of their hotel rooms in the morning in order to reserve recliners at the pool by putting towels on them? In order to avoid this habit and the cumbersome search for a recliner, the AVITA (...) read more
In order to firm up and seal their previous cooperation, Benoit Cornet and Anja D’Hondt are founding BoldMove Nation BV, headquartered in Brussels. Both will assume active management roles in the company, which emerges from the concept planning & (...) read more
The Global Leisure Group, formed by SPI Global Play, is a consortium of the suppliers Global Attractions, SPI Global Play Retail, The Pay Installation Company, SkyRider and TechSpray. Recently, the group announced the acquisition of (...) read more
For the 2021 season, the Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township (New Jersey) plans to open the “Jersey Devil Coaster“, which – according to the park – will be “the world's fastest, tallest and longest single-rail coaster“ (cf. EAP news f. 29 (...) read more
Since February 1st, visitors to Disney’s EPCOT theme park in Orlando (FL) have been able to visit the new exhibition “The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure“ at the “The American Adventure“ pavilion. This new exhibit is dedicated to the history of (...) read more
As Parc Astérix recently announced, the French park intends to focus solely on its operations as a theme and amusement park in the future and, with this in mind, is closing its “Dolphinarium”. The eight dolphins of the park, which were all born in (...) read more
Yesterday, Nicola Masin (photo) joined Dutch manufacturer Vekoma Rides as the company’s new Global Sales and Business Development Manager. The company plans to expand its services by providing professional sales support in the distribution of its (...) read more
Jacksonville (Florida)-based dark ride specialist Sally has announced several personnel changes in its sales and leadership teams: Karen Staley joins the company as new Vice President of Global Sales. She brings a wealth of experience in the global (...) read more
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
