The 21-hectare large Magic City amusement park in the center of Uzbekistan’s capital city Tashkent, which is open all year round, recently added a large public aquarium to its visitor offerings, where guests can explore unique underwater worlds in (...) read more
The current marketing director of the Parks and Resorts Scandinavia operating group, Joanna Hammar, will take over the position of vice president of the group as of 1 April. In her new role, Hammar will be responsible for the commercial development (...) read more
On 6 March, Disneyland Paris kicked off its 30th anniversary season, which is packed with new attractions for visitors this year, including the long-awaited opening of the “Avengers Campus“ (read more about the new attractions in Paris in EAP 5/21 (...) read more
In recent years, the topic of sustainability has also been brought more into the focus of attention in the leisure and aquatics industry. More and more companies have committed themselves to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and are also (...) read more
In the course of the 2022 season, which will start at Allgäu Skyline Park on 1 April, the visitor offer of the amusement park located near Bad Wörishofen in Bavaria will be complemented by three new rides. Catered for a family audience, a family (...) read more
With the “Hatari Towers”, a new attraction concept is moving into Lower Saxony’s Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen, which starts into the new season on 2 April. The “adventure skyscraper”, a 30-meter-high fun house attraction, consists of two towers with (...) read more
The Fursten Forest outdoor action park, which was started eight years ago by two Dutch entrepreneurs in the Lower Saxon village of Fürstenau (Germany) on the site of a former military training area, is closing its doors permanently. With a diverse (...) read more
Next update on the Spreepark Berlin project: After a complete renovation, the abandoned Ferris wheel, which had stood idle for decades and was part of the amusement park that opened in 1969, will also become part of the visitor offerings at the new (...) read more
With a Pre-Opening Weekend, Europa-Park offered its guests the opportunity to get a taste of the park again one week before the official start of the summer season. In the course of the early start into the season, various novelties for the park (...) read more
In February 2019, Six Flags announced the takeover of the Darien Lake Resort (located in the US State of New York), including the associated water park “Splashtown”. Now, the water park is undergoing a rebranding and will be operated under the Six (...) read more
A storm is coming to Rasti-Land (Lower Saxony, Germany), but luckily not a destructive one, rather one of the fun kind. With “Strohnado“ – a mix from the German word “Stroh“, which means straw, and tornado – the park, who will start into its 2022 (...) read more
Right in time for its season start tomorrow, Alton Towers has announced three new experiences to complement the existing “CBeebies Land“, which is based on the British TV channel owned by the BBC with series and content for pre-school children. In (...) read more
Being appointed as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Keith Senglaub will assume responsibility for the finance division at RWS Entertainment Group. With over 30 years of experience in the media, sports, entertainment and consumer goods industries (...) read more
The Spanish theme park resort PortAventura World and the state-owned railway company Renfe have agreed on a new strategic partnership for the next years. Under the agreement, Renfe will design and market tourism products that combine rail travel (...) read more
Nuremberg-based SPREE Interactive, a specialized developer of VR content, has just launched a sequel of its populer “Anteater“ VR family game, dubbed “Anteater Picnic Panic“. The new content available for the SPREE Arena platform encourages strategy (...) read more
Shortly before the start of the Europa-Park season (19 march), its associated Rulantica water world also announces some novelties for spring and summer this year. With “Heligvända”, the first installation in a water park of a “Twist’n’Splash” spin (...) read more
In less than two weeks, on 26 March, England’s Drayton Manor (Staffordshire) will start off into its new season. Shortly before the opening, the amusement park, which belongs to the Looping Group, has announced details of its new themed area, which (...) read more
Water play equipment specialist Waterplay, which recently formed the new MAKR Group, and Minneapolis-based Life Floor, who is specialized in the production of anti-slip flooring for water attractions, have announced to work together. Effective (...) read more
On Monday (14 March), restrictions on public life related to Covid were largely lifted in France, which is no longer a high-risk area. For example, the obligation to present the so-called “pass vaccinal” (proof of vaccination or certificate of (...) read more
Convious – the Dutch e-Commerce platform provider and app developer for leisure attractions with headquarters in Amsterdam and further European offices in London, Nantes and Vilnius – today announced the integration of Google’s new “Things to do” (...) read more
