Zoo Zurich, which celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2019under the slogan “Who knows animals will protect them“, reports 1.254 million visitors for last year, a decline of 4.6 percent compared to fiscal year 2018. Despite the decline in guest (...) read more
The leisure industry mourns the loss of Jan Sherman, a long-time co-worker at Sally Dark Rides, who passed away a few days ago from complications with diabetes and cancer. Jan joined the Jacksonville-based company in 1982 to produce soundtracks and (...) read more
Like every other theme park in the USA, the self-proclaimed “Roller Coaster Capital of the World“ Cedar Point, located in Sandusky/Ohio, is still closed to the public. Therefore the park management now decided to postpone this year‘s 150th (...) read more
Today sees the reopening of Tampa Bay-based Florida Aquarium. After almost eight weeks of forced closure the aquarium, which celebrates ist 25th anniversary this year (cf. EAP 2/2020), now welcomes back visitors under restrictions. Measures that (...) read more
In response to the corona protection measures by the loosenings of the German government also for the tourism industry, vacation facilities of the France-based Pierre et Vacances Center Parcs group will reopen in the next weeks all over Germany. By (...) read more
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), headquartered in Orlando (FL), sent an official letter to leading policy makers of the United States Congress, appealing to support companies within the US leisure and (...) read more
In Germany, more and more federal states permit theme parks to reopen for visitors in the next days/weeks (cf. EAP News of 7 May 2020). While the official requirements with regard to the hygiene and social distancing measures to be applied in (...) read more
Despite the forced closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania-based Hersheypark, which is dedicated to the US-American chocolate and sweet treat manufacturer Hershey‘s, sees the on-site construction work in its new “Chocolatetown“ themed (...) read more
The Belgium-based familiy business Vulkoprin nv, which designs and manufactures polyurethanes applications for the theme park industry, amongst other products, recently signed an agreement to purchase the longyear partner company Vulkoprin (...) read more
In response to the global COVID 19 crisis, the German company Wibit, which is known in the leisure industry for its inflatable water park structures, has developed the “BeachCocoon”: a three-by-three-meter large beach cabin, which is designed to (...) read more
As part of its “Rogue Rides“ range, the newly established BoldMove concept planning & attraction development company (cf. EAP news of 16 Apr 2020) recently introduced its first dark ride concept “Smash & Reload“. As a fully weatherproof system, it (...) read more
In order to create an economic income in Oman alongside the country’s main income, the export of oil and gas, a large number of profitable new projects are being developed in the country on the Persian Gulf. One of these major projects is a 1.5 (...) read more
Founded in 2017, Germany’s CV Entertainment company, which is specialized in concept development, props and special effects for attractions, has launched “AliudQ”, a new software and app to support leisure attractions with crowd and queue (...) read more
Due to the still lasting lockdown of leisure facilities and attractions, Picsolve, the British provider of digital photography solutions for theme parks and attractions, entered an unprecedented situation with significant cash pressure. Most of the (...) read more
Almost all German federal states have given “green light” for the reopening of zoological gardens; Bavaria permits the opening of animal parks as of 11th May next week. A general condition for zoos to reopen is the implementation of strict hygiene (...) read more
Following yesterday’s ministerial conference of all 16 German federal states on a possible loosening of the currently valid corona protection measures, it is now up to the individual German states to develop and implement step-by-step plans to (...) read more
Following the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic in China at the end of last year and the subsequent restrictions on public life since January, some tourist and leisure attractions have recently resumed operations in compliance with China’s (...) read more
British technology solutions provider accesso, located with offices worldwide, has announced the appointment of Fern MacDonald (photo) as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. She will also join the Board of accesso, effective (...) read more
With the Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA), a new and unique sculpture park dedicated to the promotion of coral protection and conservation is currently under development in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park offshore Australia. The concept for the (...) read more
The grand opening of the new LEGOLAND Water Park, which is set to expand Merlin Entertainments’ Gardaland Resort in Castelnuovo (Italy) in the future, has been postponed to 2021, due to the worldwide Corona pandemic and social distancing measures. (...) read more
