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British photo provider Picsolve, which is headquartered in Derby/England, plans to expand its professional team by opening a new division for technical development, creating 25 new jobs in the city, which is one of England’s “tech cities”. Alan (...) read more

This past Saturday, Germany’s Nettebad Osnabrueck officially opened its new “Twist” funnel slide (c.f. EAP news from October 28th, 2016), after it has been successfully approved by German TÜV inspection at the second attempt. Due to its steep (...) read more

During the IAAPA Expo in Orlando this past November, Tampa’s Busch Gardens theme park (operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment) was honored with the “Applause Award”, which is presented every two years to a park, whose management, operations and (...) read more

Starting on December 19th, 2016 visitors to Miami Seaquarium can try out the new “Penguin Encounter” experience as part of the park’s “Penguin Holidays”. In addition to an interactive educational segment, the experience includes a penguin feeding (...) read more

Last Saturday, the Mall of Qatar – one of Doha’s new shopping complexes – started its soft opening phase. On a total area of 500,000 square meters, residents and tourists encounter a unique shopping and entertainment experience in the region with (...) read more

Today, US-based SeaWorld Entertainment and Miral, Abu Dhabi’s creator and operator of destinations, announced to jointly develop SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, a next-generation marine life themed park on Yas Island by 2020. The park will also include the (...) read more

Based on James Cameron’s popular “Avatar” movie, the new “AVATAR: Discover Pandora” exhibition opened last week at its first stop at Taiwan’s Xinyi Theatre in Taipei, where visitors can immerse into the foreign world of Pandora during the next three (...) read more

In November this year, DreamCraft Attractions, a joint venture between CAVU Designwerks and One Bit Labs (c.f. EAP news from October 21st, 2016), announced that Vernon McGugan – who looks back on 40 years of experience in the business – will become (...) read more

In due time for this month’s premiere of the new “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” movie, Disney’s Hollywood Studios will open new visitor experiences around the popular saga, partly based on the new movie. The daytime stage show “Star Wars: A Galaxy (...) read more

In 2015, Universal Parks & Resorts and Japan’s video game developer Nintendo singned a strategic partnership agreement on their future cooperation (c.f. EAP news from May 19th, 2015), so it was only a matter of time when the companies would announce (...) read more

Following the opening of Dubai’s new IMG Worlds of Adventure indoor mega park back in August this year (c.f. EAP news from August 31st, 2016), IMG Worlds, the entertainment arm of the Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari (IMG) Group, now announced the (...) read more

Hamburg’s Miniatur Wunderland – one of the most popular tourist attractions in Germany – has steadily increased its attendance figures since its opening some 15 years ago. Last Friday, the founders Gerrit and Frederik Braun welcomed their 15 (...) read more

For more than a week Tennessee’s “Great Smoky Mountains” national park has been affected by extensive wildfires – also the Dollywood Theme Park and the Dollywood DreamMore Resort are located close to the threatened area and had to reduce their (...) read more

Germany’s Zoo Osnabrueck plans to add a bat cave with leaf-nosed bats to its subterranean zoo area, which is scheduled to open by summer 2017 – construction works will begin by the end of this month. 15 animals are expected to habitat the 29 square (...) read more

Spreewelten Bad in the German town of Luebbenau (Brandenburg region) recently revealed further details on its planned conversion and expansion measures of the bathing complex itself and its penguin enclosure (we reported on this topic in EAP, (...) read more

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment recently presented its plans to change the existing food offer in its twelve amusement and water parks to be exclusively based on sustainably grown food and meat out of species-appropriate keeping in the future. The (...) read more

During this year’s IAAPA Expo, Michael Mack (CEO MackMedia) and Dong Gi Park – CEO of South Korea’s Lotte World theme park) – signed a strategic partnership to further develop virtual reality (VR) applications in theme parks. Lotte World, which is (...) read more

Hong Kong Disneyland, which opened its doors for visitors in 2005, this week presented a comprehensive development plan for its park area to be realized from 2018 through 2023. The plans include new themed areas, spectacular attractions and (...) read more