The Australian park operator group Ardent Leisure, which owns a portfolio of several leisure facilities in Australia and the US, and private investment firm RedBird Capital Partners will sell their US entertainment business Main Event. Namely, the (...) read more
The Parisian amusement park Le Jardin d’Acclimatation, which has been extensively renovated and modernized in recent years (cp. EAP 5/2019 & 6/2017), has opened up a new attraction for the start of the new season last Saturday. The new ride is (...) read more
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) will hold its next European SATE (“SATE”: Storytelling, Architecture, Technology, Experience) conference from 4-7 May 2022 at the Swedish theme park Liseberg (Gothenburg). Two complete conference days with (...) read more
After around 31 years, Ruud Jeen is taking early retirement as Sales Director of the Dutch ride manufacturer ETF Ride Systems. As the company has now announced, Jos Sloesen (photo), who most recently served as Business Development Manager at Unisign (...) read more
With its sights set on growth, RWS Entertainment Group has once again announced management-level personnel changes. Danielle Kramer, who has been part of the company for almost 20 years and most recently held the position of Vice President, (...) read more
In our September/October 2020 issue, we already reported on the mega leisure complex development project Al Qana in Abu Dhabi and the versatile offer that is being created there in the desert emirate. A total of eleven areas will be combined here to (...) read more
To kick off the season on 23 April, Gothenburg’s Liseberg amusement park will present its guests with a new, thrilling VR experience that will be available on the park’s 116-meter-high free-fall tower “AtmosFear”. In “AtmosFear VR”, visitors are (...) read more
Frankfurt-based Miles & More GmbH, operator of the award point program of the same name, announced to have expanded its network of over 200 partner companies globally by two new partnerships: with Center Parcs Europe and Musement. From now on, Miles (...) read more
Better, brighter, fresher … Sandcastle Waterpark in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), part of Palace Entertainment (a subsidiary of the Parques Reunidos group), is currently undergoing a major revamp for the upcoming season, which begins there on May (...) read more
Just about two weeks ago, Drayton Manor Resort, which is part of the Looping Group, announced its new themed area “Vikings Land”. To enhance the visitor experience not only with new attractions but also by adaptations to the administrative system, (...) read more
The RheinRiff, a 9,000-square-meter sports and event location, will open this December in Meerbusch (near Düsseldorf) as what the developing company RheinRiff GmbH says is going to be “the world’s largest indoor surfing hall.” The main attraction (...) read more
At Germany‘s Holiday Park, 3 April marks not only the start of the 2022 summer season, but also the beginning of construction works for a new water attraction, which is scheduled to open in spring 2023. A water playground with water slides and (...) read more
Yesterday, after about one and a half years of planning and development, the new YULLBE attraction “YULLBE WUNDERLAND“ in Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg in cooperation with the Europa-Park and MackNeXT – read our news from 1 March 2022. “We have (...) read more
Together with the City of Bremerhaven and the Städt. Grundstücksgesellschaft Bremerhaven (a city-owned organization for the brokerage of land, buildings and flats), the Bremerhaven Zoo recently presented a concept study which – with the “Biodom“ – (...) read more
Located about 20 minutes south of Oslo, the TusenFryd amusement park, which will celebrate its 35th anniversary next year and belongs to the Spanish operator group Parques Reunidos, has announced a multi-million investment plan for the next three (...) read more
The elephants of Hannover Adventure Zoo have moved into the expansion of their outdoor enclosure just in time for spring – the development is part of the zoo‘s “Masterplan 2025+“. The eye-catcher of the newly equipped enclosure is an (...) read more
After Jakob Wahl was officially appointed as new Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) in October 2021 (cf. EAP news of 20 Oct 2021), his leading position at (...) read more
The leisure and tourism industry has lost a pioneer and visionary. On 25 March 2022, Prof. Dr. Heinz Rico Scherrieb, who had already been living and working on Tenerife for several years, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 73. In (...) read more
Dyson is primarily known for its bagless vacuum cleaners and hair dryers, but the UK-based company has meanwhile also added air purifiers for domestic use to its range of products. Now the supplier is presenting “Dyson Zone™”, a wearable air (...) read more
As announced last fall, LEGOLAND® Korea Resort will open on 5 May this year. The completion of the tenth LEGOLAND resort was celebrated with the official handover of keys to the operations team – Ray Dubois, Group Development Director for LEGOLAND (...) read more
