Thanks to a comprehensive financing and restructuring program, which included investments worth millions of euros despite a pandemic-related drop in sales, the French Pierre & Vacances-Center Parcs Group can emerge from the crisis stronger than (...) read more
On 1st October, Kari Brandsgård (pictured) will take over the position of hotel director at LEGOLAND Billund Resort. Thus, Brandsgård, born in Norway, will be responsible for the management of the three hotels belonging to the resort and the four (...) read more
Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) has a lot to celebrate next year, because in 2023 the theme park, which opened in 2005, can not only look back on its 17th anniversary, but also look forward to the opening of the world’s first “Frozen” themed area. In (...) read more
FORT FUN Abenteuerland near Bestwig in the Sauerland region of Germany has now revealed the first details of its planned new attraction for the 2023 season: visitors can look forward to a new adventure world centered around “YAKARI”, the little boy (...) read more
GaLaBau was held again in the halls of NürnbergMesse (Exhibition Centre Nuremberg) from September 14 to 17, for the first time in four years. According to the official numbers of NürnbergMesse, the 24th edition of the regularly biennial (...) read more
Last week, Toverland has announced to invest a total of ten million euros in the expansion of its “Avalon” themed area, which opened in 2018 (see EAP 5/2018). Four new attractions are scheduled to be added and open in mid-2023 in this area, which (...) read more
The three-day IAAPA Expo Europe, Europe’s premier trade show event for the attractions industry held annually by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), concluded in London on Thursday. According to the organizers, (...) read more
A few weeks ago, at the end of August, the Mori Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab Borderless (we reported in EAP 1/2020), which opened in Tokyo in 2018, closed its doors to be relocated to a new site within the Japanese capital. While the (...) read more
The IAA Transportation – one of the world’s leading trade shows for logistics, commercial vehicles, buses & the transportation sector – will be held in the halls of Hannover Messe from September 20th-25th. Professional staff and managers from theme (...) read more
Last fall, the two companies Adventure Golf Sports (AGS) and Holovis presented “360Golf”, a new product on the leisure market that is intended to represent an interesting investment in a new guest experience, especially for FECs, amusement parks, (...) read more
The newest cinema venue of the Roxy Cinemas chain in Dubai, located in the Dubai Hills Mall, offers movie entertainment at the highest level: one of the total of 15 auditoriums is equipped with a giant screen called “Roxy Xtreme”, the surface of (...) read more
The three-day IAAPA Expo Europe trade show begins today at London’s ExCeL exhibition center at the Docklands, where more than 530 exhibitors – including manufacturers of roller coasters and amusement rides, theming companies and designers, as well (...) read more
In the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai, a new type of Puy du Fou show will be staged in the form of “SAGA” – the opening was originally planned for 2022. The newly developed immersive show concept, which will be held at the Everbright Convention & (...) read more
As part of a Germany-wide study by the ranking company ServiceValue in cooperation with the “Welt am Sonntag” newspaper and with scientific support by the Goethe University in Frankfurt, customer assessments for a total of 684 companies from 65 (...) read more
After the French company only launched its own video game in June this year, there is now the first film produced by Puy du Fou, which will soon be shown to French audiences. As part of an exclusive preview, the documentary film “Vaincre ou Mourir” (...) read more
After the board members of the Association of German Amusement Parks and Attractions VDFU had already met several times during the year with representatives of government parties and state parliaments or their tourism officials to discuss the (...) read more
The flags are at half-mast: After a 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at the age of 96 yesterday. Over the next ten days, the United Kingdom will officially bid farewell to its Queen, who overcame wars and (...) read more
The “Flying Scotsman”, the world’s most famous steam locomotive, which once operated non-stop between the two capital cities of London (England) and Edinburgh (Scotland) along the “East Coast Main Line” to connect the south with the north, will (...) read more
Ten years ago, on September 7, 2012, the British anthropologist Dr. Felix Padel (great-great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin, 1809-1882) inaugurated the “Darwineum” tropical house at Rostock Zoo during an official opening event, in which a (...) read more
Under the name of “DarKoaster™ – Escape the Storm”, a new Family Launch Coaster – apparently from Intamin – will open at Busch Gardens® Williamsburg in 2023. This was now announced by the amusement park in the US state of Virginia, which is part of (...) read more
