The Atlanta, Georgia-based operator group Herschend Family Entertainment, whose park portfolio includes Dollywood, Silver Dollar City and the Newport Aquarium, among other venues, recently announced that they became majority partner and new operator of Kentucky Kingdom and its associated water ...
Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz Arkaden shopping complex will open a new family entertainment center in spring 2022: “Mission: Play!”TM will provide playing fun centered around some popular brands from U.S. toy manufacturer Mattel. The planned new entertainment offering is part of a comprehensive realignment of the arcades, which are owned and managed ...
At the end of last year, Cambodian casino operator and investor NagaCorp. Ltd. announced plans to build a new leisure complex on a 75-hectare large site near the outermost restricted zone of the historic Angkor Wat temple in the province of Siem Reap. According to the announcement, NagaGroup Global Limited ...
In cooperation with Citymanagement Roermond, Lagotronics – a specialist in creating immersive visitor experiences – developed the “Magic Route Roermond“ that now leads through the city center. With “magic wands“, kids are able to interactively activate 40 different light points for extra street lighting and 3D light objects with different effects ...
Playparc, the play equipment and street furniture manufacturer from East Westphalia, Germany, has developed a new fitness bench that combines a wayside recreation and break option with a sporting activity option. For the patented bench design, the movement behaviour of 20- to 50-year-old study participants was examined, and the results were used to develop the product ...
As the New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced in a statement on February 17th, indoor FECs will be allowed to reopen to visitors in New York beginning March 26th, and outdoor leisure facilities such as theme parks will be allowed to reopen April 9th, 2021. FECs have to operate at a lower capacity of 25 percent and amusement parks at ...
The WAVE Water World in Wörgl (Austrian Tyrol region) is subject to political discussions about a possible demolition – thousands of citizens are mobilizing themselves in order to secure their favorite bathing complex, which has a wide catchment area including Bavaria and the Achensee region. The water adventure world opened in 2003 and after less than ...
Rob Hetherington, most recently Commercial Director at Lappset Creative, and Kevin Williams, speaker and publisher of The Stinger Report, have joined forces with other location-based entertainment (LBE) specialists to form Spider Entertainment, a new operating company for turnkey visitor experiences. Hetherington, now CEO of Spider Entertainment ...
In March 2020, Saudi Arabia-based water park operator Rawae Co. announced the development of Jeddah Waterpark, a new Mediterranean-themed leisure venue (cf EAP news of 19 Mar 2020). Now the announcement of another water park dubbed CYAN Water Park was released, which is also set to be constructed ...
Since the Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA had left its city centre location in Coventry in March last year, the Coventry City Council has been discussing a possible re-use of the vacant building. Councillors of the Coventry Council Cabinet and Full Council will vote on the development of the ”Collections Centre“ ...
“We are optimistic that levels of attendance at our parks and resort properties will significantly improve in 2021, particularly as COVID-19 vaccines become broadly available over the next few months. In anticipation of improving demand, we are poised to resume normal operations ...
The over 200 hectare-large, city center-like mixed-use complex TraffordCity, which is located west of Manchester’s city center and is operated by Peel L&P, is constantly developing its visitor offerings. Such as is the Therme Group’s new and eleven hectare-large Therme Manchester, which was announced last ...
The Walt Disney Company recently presented the report for the first quarter of the 2021 fiscal year, which shows a total revenue of 16.249 billion US Dollars (approx. 13.405 billion Euros) – a decrease of 22 percent in comparison to the revenue of 20.877 billion US Dollars (17.222 billion Euros) generated in Q1 2020 ...
Founded by Ronald A. Bussink, Switzerland’s Robu Group recently bought the Melbourne Star Observation Wheel, one of the touristic highlight attractions in the south Australian metropolis. With a new master plan Robu Group plans to bring exciting new visitor activities and experiences both in ...
Rostock Zoo takes a look back at the 2020 financial year, which was determined by the Corona pandemic. With a total visitor number of 589,274 guests, the zoological facility recorded a decrease of over 62,000 visitors in comparison to the previous year. “Of course Corona had an impact on Rostock Zoo, too. In total, ...
For the past twelve years, the World Waterpark Association (WWA) has been initiating the “World’s Largest Swimming Lesson” (WLSL), working together with pool and waterpark operators in order to raise awareness about water safety and the importance of teaching children to swim at an early age. “A dire consequence ...
The Brandenburg-based Tropical Islands leisure and waterpark facility, which is operated by Parques Reunidos, recently announced that it will use the time until its reopening to overhaul its softdrink serving counters throughout the destination. Renowned softdrink supplier Coca-Cola will serve Tropical Islands in ...
The Biosphere Reserve Großes Walsertal, a skiing and hiking region in western Austria, announced the launch of a new outdoor accommodation unit in the middle of nature in the Vorarlberg region. The offer was developed in cooperation with the young entrepreneur Philipp Herburger, the Alpenregion Bludenz ...
The Munich-based company Hologate, which is specialised in VR experiences, has announced the development of a new, 1,200 square-meter-large location-based attraction: “Hologate World“ is set to become “the largest extended reality and entertainment destination in Germany” ...
In its 25th anniversary season this year, the Austrian family theme park Fantasiana in Strasswalchen (Salzburger Land) plans to present its most comprehensive investment until to date to its visitors: A 5,000 sqm large park expansion with a new themed area and a Family Multi Launch Coaster. The park ...
Fri, 26 February 2021
International Trade Magazine for Specialists & Executives in the Leisure Business
