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
Germany‘s family-run Erlebnispark Steinau and the Hessian-based company PEH Karussellbau John Heinz have recently announced their exclusive cooperation. In the future, new attractions from the carousel construction company will first be supplied to (...) read more
Antonio Zamperla Jr., who previously served as Chief Innovation Officer for the family-owned manufacturing company Antonio Zamperla S.p.A., has officially taken over the management of the business. After some 20 years of experience in all business (...) read more
20 years after the official closure of Spreepark Berlin (1991-2001), re-construction measures are now underway on the grounds of the former theme park. The new concept is clear: giving new life to the historic leisure ground, which was home to the (...) read more
The 15-year-old “Stalen Monsters” dark ride attraction in the Railway Museum (NL: Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht recently received a complete overhaul. In cooperation with the dark ride specialists from Dutch company Lagotronics Projects the technical (...) read more
In the city of Yingde in southern China, which has over one million inhabitants, a new, chocolately theme park was opened recently. The Chocolate Kingdom Theme Park, which was developed by China Aoyuan Group Limited, a property development group, (...) read more
The design process for the Six Flags Qiddiya high-thrill theme park’s anchor attraction “Falcon’s Flight” was kicked off. The ride, which will be supplied by Liechtenstein-based manufacturer Intamin, is set to become “the world’s longest, fastest (...) read more
After its premier last winter, the city of Bruges is illuminated during the “WinterGlow“ light festival again this year. The Belgium-based company Painting with Light created ten different light installations in cooperation with local artists, (...) read more
US theme and water park operator Six Flags announced that 63-year-old Selim Bassoul has been elected by the board of directors to succeed Richard Roedel as non-executive chairman. It has previously been announced that Roedel would not stand for (...) read more
