(eap) This past Saturday, the Furuvik amusement park in the Swedish municipality of Gävle (northeast of Stockholm) opened “Lightning”, a new rollercoaster that sends visitors on an “electrifying” ride. Announced last summer, the launch coaster was (...) read more
(eap) Located in southern Portugal, Zoomarine Algarve offers marine animal encounters as well as a range of theme park and water park attractions. Just in time for the start of the season on 1 June, “Quetzal” (named after a bird species from Central (...) read more
(eap) Following the green light for Stockholm’s Tivoli park Gröna Lund to expand its area given last summer, a new shareholder is now joining the operating group company to help finance this development and enable continued growth for all parks (...) read more
(eap) Center Parcs UK, which have been owned by Canadian asset management company Brookfield since 2015, are up for sale. Specifically, the sale involves the total of the six existing holiday park facilities, five of which are located in the United (...) read more
(eap) In the spring of 2022, the Belgian Plopsa Group had presented its plans for the construction of a Plopsaqua water park in the Belgian city of Mechelen (Antwerp province) for the first time. The application for a required environmental permit (...) read more
(eap) In cooperation with the financing company Nürnberger Leasing, the developer and manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles Cenntro introduced the so-called “able2rent” rental program for its various electric vehicles. Thanks to this, (...) read more
(eap) Already last summer, the outdoor offering of Thermen- & Badewelt Euskirchen was complemented by an attractive new outdoor area (with a textile sauna, a relaxation pool, a beach bar, and a beach with a sunbathing lawn on the natural lake) with (...) read more
(eap) 30 years ago, the at that time 22-year-old Robert Dahl opened his first strawberry farm in Rövershagen, Germany. Strawberry cultivation is a family business in this case. Already his grandfather grew the fruit and the idea for opening the (...) read more
(eap) London-based Rainbow Productions manufacturers mascot costumes and holds over 140 licenses for children’s series character mascots. These include some for well-known series such as “Peppa Pig”, “Teletubbies” and “Master Moley”. Most recently, (...) read more
(eap) In March this year, Canada-based Dynamic Technologies Group (Dynamic Group) filed for insolvency (c.f. EAP News of 24 Mar 2023) and an order was granted authorizing the Monitor, FTI Consulting, Inc., to conduct a Sales and Investment (...) read more
(eap) Chilean company Crystal Lagoons (see EAP 5/2021) and Canadian surf machine manufacturer Ka’ana Wave have signed a Preferred Vendor Agreement that states Ka’ana’s CM7-Series surf machines will be supplied to Crystal Lagoons® facilities. The CM7 (...) read more
(eap) The OK Corral amusement park in the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur has announced a new attraction for this summer: “Grande Ourse”, a Kontiki XL from the German Zierer company, which will be the first of its kind in France. The XL (...) read more
(eap) In a “stern TV” special yesterday, the TV channel RTL dealt with the topic of summer vacation 2023. Among other things, the TV channel also had a family of four testing three of the most popular water parks in Germany and evaluate them in the (...) read more
(eap) As of this Memorial Day weekend, visitors to LEGOLAND New York Resort, which opened two years ago, can now also enjoy a water play area for a splashy cool-down on warm summer days. The new area attracts visitors with several new attractions (...) read more
(eap) Opened in 2021, the Doha Quest indoor amusement park in Doha, Qatar, will launch two new racing experiences for visitors later this year. Manufacturer Brogent Technologies is supplying the park with a 6-DOF racing simulator with four (...) read more
(eap) Illinois-based amusement park Santa’s Village has announced several new attractions scheduled to open during this season. “Santa’s Village has been helping Chicagoans create fun, family memories for more than 60 years,” said Jason Sierpien, (...) read more
(eap) The OCT Happy Valley theme park in Nanjing, eastern China, has recently been enriched by a new thrill attraction: German manufacturer Huss Park Attractions supplied a “Giant Frisbee 40”, which was installed in the “Happy Time” themed area and (...) read more
(eap) Soon the outdoor pool season will begin in the small town of Wahlstedt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Attractive new features await visitors at the local Aqua Fun public pool this summer. On the one hand, the outdoor pool has been equipped (...) read more
(eap) Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN), a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) established for the development of Saudi Arabia’s leisure and entertainment industry, is looking to bring the “Transformers” fandom (...) read more
(eap) Severn Lamb, the British family business known for its trams and park train solutions, has delivered a new electrical train to Dayton, Ohio. This now runs on a nearly 1.8-miles (three-kilometre) rail line through Carillon Historical Park. (...) read more
