Issue 5: September/October 2025

Issue 5: September/October 2025

Topic Overview (Excerpt):

  • “Mission Bermudes”: The world‘s first Rocking Boat debuts at Futuroscope
  • 40 Years of GMF: From a fashion company to a global player in pools and wellness
  • Hola, Barcelona! What leisure professionals can expect at this year’s IAAPA Expo Europe
  • Center Parcs Nordborg: Scandinavia’s first Center Parcs holiday park welcomes guests
  • Germany’s Potts park opens new family coaster “Braus & Saus”
  • Aquashow Family Park in Portugal goes Launch Coaster!
  • Plopsaland Ardennes expands with Majaland
  • Scotland Yard at Ravensburger Spieleland: Manhunt in autonomous cars
  • Cedar Point presents new Tilt Coaster “Siren’s Curse“
  • “Trémor”, the free fall experience at La Recré des 3 Curés
  • Efteling Grand Hotel: An island for the Five Senses
  • Immersive Horizon: A multisensory journey at Therme Sinsheim
  • The new Vitelliusbad pool complex in Wittlich, Germany
  • Future Travel: Emotional, spontaneous & experience-driven
  • Visit Group: The one who does it all?
  • Pricing strategies in transition: “Beyond POP“
  • Technology News: (R)evolution of the dark ride
  • Allá vamos! Barcelona tips from locals
  • Preview: Aquanale & FSB 2025 in Cologne
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| “Mission Bermudes”: A next-generation water ride makes a splash

Rocking Boat Debuts at Futuroscope

“Mission Bermudes”: A next-generation water ride makes a splash
Futuroscope has a taste for bold challenges. And the park’s management proved to have the right instinct back in 2020, when they signed a contract with Mack Rides for the construction of a globally unique water attraction – despite the looming global health crisis that would seriously shake the tourism industry. Under the codename “Bermudes”, a new water attraction had already been in the planning stage – and has now opened as the world’s first installation of the Rocking Boat, a next-generation water ride...
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| From a fashion company to a global player in the leisure pool industry

40 Years of GMF: From Fashion to Pools

From a fashion company to a global player in the leisure pool industry
“A fashion group conquers the leisure industry” – this was the headline in 1985, when the sports fashion company Hettlage decided to combine sportswear with sporting activities and founded GMF – Company for the Development and Management of Leisure Systems. After operating various leisure facilities such as ski schools, tennis and fitness centres, the 1990s then marked the company’s actual entry into the waterpark and leisure pool sector...
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| Hola, Barcelona!

Preview: IAAPA Expo Europe 2025

Hola, Barcelona!
Tibidabo, WaterWorld, PortAventura … and many more unique leisure destinations can be found in and around the Catalan metropolis of Barcelona! For industry professionals travelling to IAAPA Expo Europe (IEE) – Europe’s leading trade show for the leisure industry, which, as four years ago, is once again being hosted in Barcelona – there will be plenty to discover both on the show floor and beyond. From 23 to 25 September, new products, solutions and technologies will be showcased across nearly 21,000 square metres of exhibition space in Halls 1 and 2 of the Fira Gran Via exhibition centre...
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| Debut of the holiday park chain in Scandinavia

The New Center Parcs Resort Nordborg

Debut of the holiday park chain in Scandinavia
The Danish Baltic Sea coast has gained a new holiday destination! With the new Center Parcs Nordborg Resort, Center Parcs Europe has now opened its first location in Scandinavia. The resort is situated on the Danish island of Als, near the town of Sønderborg, with direct access to the Baltic Sea. On 20 June, after around three years of construction, the holiday park – built to special sustainability standards – was officially inaugurated.
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