According to a recent decision of the administrative court of Cergy-Pontoise, the submitted PLU (= le plan local d’urbanisme) or land development plan, which includes, among other things, the creation of the multi-billion EuropaCity mega leisure (...) read more
Dutch Avonturenpark Hellendorn amusement park, which achieved an increase in visitor numbers between five to ten percent in 2018 (cf. our Park Report in EAP 2/19), has announced the addition of two new attractions to its visitor offer in the (...) read more
As announced during a press conference hold in Paris today, globally operating Puy du Fou theme park company will invest a total amount of 407 million Euros alone into its further expansion in France and Spain over the next five years. By 2030, (...) read more
More than 10,000 exhibiting companies from 181 countries and regions presented their services during this year’s ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse) in Berlin/Germany, which took place from March 6th to 10th. Around 113,500 professionals visited (...) read more
Kelowna/Canada-based Waterplay Solutions company has recently appointed Kerrin Smith (photo) new Vice President, Strategic Growth & Customer Experience. Smith, who has worked for outdoor play equipment manufacturer Kompan (amongst other (...) read more
The Equilaland horse adventure world, which was officially opened last September in the German city of Munich (cf. EAP News f. Sept 17th, 2018) and has welcomed around 70,000 visitors since then, has started into the 2019 season under the new name (...) read more
AV technology specialist Electrosonic Group has recently named Donald Stuart (photo) new Managing Director EMEA of the company. Most recently, the native South African held the position as CEO of TMARA Group, an innovation management consultancy (...) read more
West-Florida’s Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Africa-themed park, which is part of the SeaWorld Entertainment group, had already announced its plans to add a new attraction to its coaster portfolio in 2020, replacing the former “Gwazi” wooden coaster and (...) read more
Belgium’s MADGIX company, a specialized provider of gamification and entertainment concepts, has launched its new “MADGIX ScreenPLAY” product, a new interactive gaming kit for leisure and entertainment venues adding interactive gaming to customary (...) read more
Since 23 February guests to the Paris-based Jardin d’Acclimatation leisure park have been able to virtually immerse into exotic jungle landscapes and African safari destinations for a close-up with wild animals. This is possible thanks to “Wild (...) read more
Located in Gothenburg/Sweden, Liseberg amusement park yesterday announced the construction of a new dark ride attraction, slated to open at the beginning of the 2020 season as part of the 200 million SEK (approx. 19 million EUR) expansion of its (...) read more
Construction works on “Rulantica” – the new water park of Germany’s Europa-Park (cf. EAP 6/17 & EAP News f. Dec 12th, 2018) – continue at full steam: After the installation of the first slides at the water park’s west slide tower, this week saw (...) read more
The Karlsruher Bäder municipal bathing complex operator, including ten indoor & outdoor pools in the city of Karlsruhe/Germany, has taken stock for the 2018 financial year, during which a total of 609,858 bathing guests were welcomed at the four (...) read more
Canada’s Triotech company – the Montréal-based provider of interactive, media-based attractions – yesterday announced the appointment of Sylvain Larose (photo) as new Chief Operating Officer of the company. Larose, who until very recently held the (...) read more
Today, Germany’s Serengeti-Park in Hodenhagen/Lower Saxony has revealed new offers for visitors set to be launched this upcoming season, into which the animal and leisure park will start on March 30th. Highlights include a transportable indoor (...) read more
US operating group SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. has recently announced the results of its 2018 financial year, which – after decreasing success in 2017 (cf. EAP News from Feb 27th, 2018) – again show growth in both revenue and attendance figures. (...) read more
British Merlin Entertainments operating group has recently announced the preliminary results of its 2018 financial year, showing an organic revenue growth of 5.2 percent. For the year ended December 29th, 2018 Merlin recorded revenues of 1.65 (...) read more
Today will see the official opening of the new anniversary attraction “Filmstadt Atelier” at Bavaria Filmstadt in Geiselgasteig near Munich, a permanent interactive exhibition celebrating 100 years of Bavarian film studios. Film classics such as (...) read more
In early December of last year, Germany’s Spreewelten bathing & swimming pool complex, located in Lübbenau, celebrated its re-opening after extensive renovation works – with new penguin storytelling, interactive waterslides and much more (read our (...) read more
In the Austrian community of Wildschönau, located in the Tyrol Alpes region, a new leisure park could soon become a reality in order to make the popular winter sports destination also attractive in the summer in terms of recreational activities for (...) read more
