Arlington (Texas)-based Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced that it has appointed Marilyn Spiegel as Independent Director to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. This announcement follows constructive dialogue between the Six (...) read more
Two new roller coasters have been thrilling visitors to Australia’s Gumbuya World water, wildlife and theme park since December 23, 2022. The park, located in Tynong North, Victoria, opened its new attractions at the start of the Australian summer (...) read more
At the Welsh Oakwood Theme Park, which is operated by Aspro Parks, the modernization work on its popular “Megafobia” wooden coaster, which was opened in 1996, is going according to plan – since recently, the team of the US-American Gravity Group, (...) read more
The U.S. operator group SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. has again announced personnel changes at the management level as part of an organizational restructuring – eight positions have been newly created or are taken over by leaders from within the (...) read more
The Ottensheim (Upper Austria)-based company Weigl was recently honored with the “JULIUS Award” presented by the Upper Austrian Business Association, which is regularly conferred to quality companies that strengthen Upper Austria as a business (...) read more
Global technology company Connect&GO, which is headquartered in Montréal/Canada, is celebrating ten years of technological milestones in guest and attraction management. “The journey of the past ten years has truly been inspiring,” said Dominic (...) read more
After the successful integration of drone technology in the “Disney D-Light” show, which was premiered in the past season as part of Disneyland Paris’ 30th anniversary celebrations, visitors to the Walt Disney Studios® Park will be able to (...) read more
Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN) has announced the start of construction of a new entertainment center in Tabuk, a city in the northwestern part of the kingdom. Over one billion Saudi riyal (approximately 245 million euros) is being invested by (...) read more
Abu Dhabi’s shopping destination The Galleria Al Maryah Island has announced expansion plans for 2023. After a successful 2022, in which the shopping mall saw growth both in visitors (in sum over 34 million) and sales, the center is looking to (...) read more
Staffordshire’s Alton Towers theme park, operated by Merlin Entertainments Group, has confirmed the redesign of its “Duel” dark ride and revealed the name of the attraction that it will bear after its modernization. “The Curse at Alton Manor” will (...) read more
Following cities like Melbourne, San Diego, Paris and Shanghai, “Jurassic World: The Exhibition” is now coming to Cologne. From March 31, 2023, it can be experienced at the Odysseum for a limited time. On 2,500 square meters, visitors can expect an (...) read more
The Italian manufacturer Neveplast, who produces artificial slopes for alpine skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing (for use in winter and summer seasons), was able to realize three projects in Milan this winter. In December, the fashionable Piazza (...) read more
The Alpentherme Ehrenberg in Reutte (Tyrol), Austria, already employs 62 people. Nevertheless, also this company is constantly looking for new staff. There was a shortage of staff, especially in the catering area, and the company wanted to relieve (...) read more
On January 28, 2023, Culturespaces will open “Phoenix des Lumières”, its first digital art center in Germany. The French company, based in Paris, was founded in 1990 by Bruno Monnier and since 2012 has been a provider of digital art centers with (...) read more
Through Sunday (22 January), the international FITUR tourism trade show (Feria Internacional de Turismo) can be visited in Madrid – among the over 750 exhibitors are also theme parks and other leisure destinations that focus on the touristic (...) read more
On March 31, Legoland New York Resort will once again open its doors to guests. This season, visitors can look forward to cooling off on hot summer days. A new water playground is being added to the visitor offer, stated to open on Memorial Day (...) read more
Bristol-based VFX studio Moonraker VFX, which produces content for museums, attractions, TV, film and advertisers, has released its first original film for the fulldome market. “Moonbase: The Next Step” is the name of the 4K fulldome film, which is (...) read more
The Arnhem, Netherlands-based real estate development company Dormio Group, which also operates resorts and hotels, wants to take over thirty vacation parks from the likewise Dutch vacation park operator Roompot. The latter had already announced in (...) read more
Since November 4, 2022, the new Eatrenalin experience restaurant at Europa-Park in Rust has welcomed lovers of culinary arts to an extraordinary sensory journey: On a “Floating Chair” (by Mack Rides), guests travel through several themed worlds, (...) read more
The Swedish operator group Parks & Resorts Scandinavia announced today that Jan Eriksson has taken over the role as Gröna Lund’s new CEO. Since last fall, the company had been searching for a successor to Magnus Widell, who had stepped down from the (...) read more
