From April to October 2023, the “Bundesgartenschau 2023“ (BUGA 23 / national garden and floral exhibition) will take place in Mannheim (Rhine-Neckar region). For this large-scale event, a new railway is planned to temporarily connect the “Spinelli“ (...) read more
For the second birthday of the “Polarium“ theme world, which was opened to guests on September 22nd, 2018 (EAP 6/2018), Germany’s Zoo Rostock recently unveiled a new exhibit. The “Eiswelten“ exhibition, located in the Polarium, now offers visitors a (...) read more
In summer 2019, TimeRide, provider of virtual city experiences, opened its third location in its founding city of Munich, where visitors since then have been able to enjoy a voyage over the Bavarian capital and through its history from “Barbarossa” (...) read more
Since its opening earlier this month, the world’s first water park for ladies only has been welcoming guests. Situated in Dana Bay on the shores of Half Moon Beach and developed by Jenan Real Estate, Loopagoon Waterpark offers a mix of waterslides (...) read more
On the former grounds of the Zeche Werde I/II coal mine located in Werne (Germany, Ruhr Region), which was shut down in 1975, a new mega artificial surf spot called SURFWRLD will be developed. Plans for the new water attraction were presented (...) read more
Today sees the reopening of the MOTIONGATE™ Dubai theme park and the Lapita™ theme hotel at Dubai Parks and Resorts, which had to shut down their operations on March 31st this year due to the corona pandemic. The Hollywood-based park and the (...) read more
The Dutch SaaS company Convious, which with its “Convious Crowd Control” product offers an artificial intelligence-based platform for leisure attractions to manage the allotment of visitors (cf. our “Day X” special feature in EAP 4/2020), has now (...) read more
For his conceptual work on the variety of gastronomic offerings at Europa-Park, the related waterworld Rulantica and the six park hotels, Thomas Mack recently received the award as “Most Successful Gastronomer of the Year“. The managing partner of (...) read more
This year, Sweden‘s Liseberg park would have celebrated the 40th anniversary of the “Applause Awards“, which are presented every two years during the IAAPA Expo in Orlando. Due to the postponement of the trade show by the International Association (...) read more
Under the name of “Air Balloon Tbilisi”, a captive balloon delivered by the French company Aerophile has been hovering over the Georgian capital Tbilisi as a new tourist attraction since the beginning of August. With this new installation, the (...) read more
With a post on Twitter and Instagram, Phantasialand has been inviting its followers to explore the new "Rookburgh" theme area since yesterday. The world's first Flying Launch Coaster, which was developed and built by Vekoma – and which not only fans (...) read more
In 2017, the Lisbon-based company Turcultur (Turismo e Cultura de Portugal, Lda.) commissioned the Dutch storytelling specialists of Jora Vision with the concept development and planning of a new visitor center dedicated to a natural catastrophe – (...) read more
As part of Tokyo Disney Resort‘s park expansion plans revealed in summer 2018, new attractions had been announced for the “Fantasyland“, “Toontown“ and “Tomorrowland“ theme areas (see EAP 3/2018 & EAP-News of 15 June 2018). Today saw the official (...) read more
During a “Breakfast Meeting for Tourism Politics“ at the German Bundestag, Jürgen Gevers (photo), MD of German Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (VDFU), and other association representatives pointed out the requirements of theme and (...) read more
In the city of Glendale, located in the South-Western state of Arizona, temperatures easily reach 40 degrees Celsius during summer time, but access to public water areas is not given to the residents – a trip to the beach takes a five hour car ride (...) read more
Today sees the opening of YULLBE, an all-new free roaming and full-body tracking VR attraction located between Rulantica, the new water world of Europa-Park (cf. EAP 1/2020) and the related “Krønasår” theme hotel. Developed by MackNeXT in (...) read more
This past weekend, the new Lindt Home of Chocolate experience located in Kilchberg, Switzerland opened its gates to visitors for the first time. Constructed in the direct neighborhood of the Lindt & Sprüngli Schweiz AG headquarters, the new (...) read more
The fourth edition of the Virtuality trade show for new technologies, which was originally planned to take place as a physical trade show event in Paris in November this year, had to be cancelled by the organizers (the Virtuality Paris specialist (...) read more
The British beverage producer Diageo, who also produces the well-known Johnnie Walker whiskey brand, is developing a new retail and entertainment experience for whiskey enthusiasts. After a construction pause of three months, due to the government‘s (...) read more
Registration is now open for “IAAPA EMEA Trade Summit”, an event which is being held for the very first time and is scheduled to take place at Germany’s Europa-Park in Rust (Baden-Wuerttemberg) from February 2-4, 2021. The International Association (...) read more
