Yesterday, Six Flags Entertainment announced the appointment of former PepsiCo manager Michael Spanos as new President and CEO of the operating group, effective November 18th, 2019. Also, Spanos has joined the Six Flags board of directors. (...) read more
On the occasion of the anniversary gala “25 Years Grand Prize for Medium-Sized Businesses”, which took place on 19 October in Würzburg/Bavaria, the monte mare group of companies (one of Germany’s largest operator of bathing complexes, sauna & (...) read more
As one of the main components of the future leisure offer of the new American Dream retail and entertainment complex, which is still under development at its location in East Rutherford (Bergen County, near New York City), the Nickelodeon Universe (...) read more
The indoor entertainment park Legend Heroes Park located in Macao‘s leisure complex Studio City (cf. EAP 2/2016) recently added a new 4D motion theater to its attractions portfolio. With the new motion-based cinematic experience the park, which is (...) read more
After more than 800 party nights with more than 350,000 guests the successful “Mamma Mia! The Party” show dinner concept set up in Stockholm in 2016 (we reported on this in EAP 3/2016) will move to Gothenburg next year. Up until now, the event (...) read more
The British Holovis company revealed its global expansion plans for its locations in the USA, UK and Ukraine. New offices, large-area facilities for mockup-building and demonstration, as well as Research and Development spaces were developed. In (...) read more
From April to October 2022 the Floriade World Horticultural Expo, which takes place every ten years and is coordinated by the Dutch Horticultural Council, will see its 7th edition in the Dutch municipality of Almere (near Amsterdam), following the (...) read more
Over the past few years, the Bengtson Pumpkin Farm in Homer Glen, Illinois grew into a family leisure experience with eleven rides and brings joy to families and kids every year by the local tradition of pumpkin picking. The new attraction “Tractor (...) read more
One of the most well-known theme park resorts in the world, Universal Orlando Resort, recently revealed its plans for a new live stunt show called “The Bourne Stuntacular“, debuting in spring 2020, yesterday. The action show is created around the (...) read more
Two years ago the Sesame Workshop non-profit organization and SeaWorld Entertainment operating group announced their plans to build a new, second theme park dedicated to the “Sesame Street” brand, following the announcement of the two parties to (...) read more
Estimated at a total investment sum of 36.7 million GBP (approx. 42 million EUR), England’s new The Wave indoor waterpark, which is located in the heart of the city of Coventry, officially opens its doors today. The offer for visitors includes (...) read more
From October 7th to 10th, experts from the international waterpark industry came together in Orlando/Florida for the “39th Annual Symposium & Trade Show” organized by the World Waterpark Association (WWA), which was held this year at the Walt (...) read more
During a special meeting held on Thursday last week, 99.9 percent of the shareholders of Canada-based Entertainment One film and television production company (eOne; rights owner of the “Peppa Pig” IP, amongst others) voted to approve the proposal (...) read more
The French operator group Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) reports very dynamic annual sales for its leisure destinations, with an increase of twelve per cent on a reported basis and sales totaling 380.7 million Euro in the financial year of 2018/19. In (...) read more
Rain Forest Valencia S.A., operating company of Valencia’s BIOPARC zoo, is planning to build an outdoor adventure park on a leased parcel of land adjacent to the animal park, in order to extend the existing experiences offered by the zoo. The new (...) read more
After the groundbreaking of Universal Beijing Resort in 2015, the park now released new details about the resort‘s design and offers. The new resort, which will be operated by Beijing International Resort Co., Ltd., a joint venture of Beijing (...) read more
England‘s Alton Towers Resort just announced the collaboration with comedian, actor and children’s book author David Walliams for 2020, the year of the resort‘s 40th anniversary. For 2020 numerous attractions will be developed with the creative (...) read more
Operated by Belgian Kinepolis Group, the Kinepolis Jaarbeurs Theater in Utrecht (NL) has launched two new auditoriums last week. The new “ScreenX“ cinema, which is equipped with one main and two side screens, provides guest with a 270-degree movie (...) read more
In order to counter staff shortages in the hospitality sector, Unilever Food Solutions, (in short UFS, the catering supplies division of the Unilever consumer goods group of companies) is inviting its customers to make use of the “Catapult” job (...) read more
The island resort Phu Quoc, which is developed by real estate company Vingroup‘s leisure division Vinpearl, announced the scheduled opening for a new leisure facility highlight on the island. A new island aquarium named “The Sea Shell“ will open (...) read more
