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Tomorrow will see the opening of the new “Colorado Creek” theme hotel at PortAventura World, the theme park resort close to the Spanish city of Tarragona, expanding the resort’s overnight capacity by 150 rooms to a total of over 2,200 rooms. (...) read more

Following a planning and construction period of several years, California’s Disneyland Park celebrates the opening of its new “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” theme area today, immersing guests on an area of 5.6 hectares into the far galaxies of the (...) read more

Six Flags Darien Lake, the Six Flags Group’s high-thrill park located in the US state of New York, has recently launched its new “SkyScreamer” tower ride, a StarFlyerTM model from Austrian manufacturer Funtime (supplied by its North American (...) read more

The Tonguan Kiln International Cultural and Tourism Center in the Chinese city of Changsha (Hunan province), which is part of the portfolio of Macrolink Group, has recently expanded its existing visitor offer by the opening of a new 5D theater, (...) read more

Germany’s Holodeck VR technology company (a spin-off of Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS), which is specialized in the development of free-roaming VR experiences (so-called “Holodecks”), recently announced to have gained (...) read more

Canada’s Martin & Vleminckx rollercoaster manufacturing company and British The Seasonal Group, supplier of animatronic figures, recently signed an agreement making Martin & Vleminckx the exclusive distribution partner for The Seasonal Group’s (...) read more

One week before the official inauguration for overnight guests on May 31st, Germany’s Europa-Park invited media representatives already toady to take a step behind the doors of its new Krønasår hotel and to participate in a great opening ceremony. (...) read more

British Merlin Entertainments operating group announced this week that it has signed its first franchise agreement for its “Madame Tussauds” midway brand. Franchise partner is the Czech Wax Museum – Svět Zábavy company, which owns and operates a (...) read more

Visitors to England’s Pleasurewood Hills family theme park, which is located close to the coastal town of Lowestoft in the county of Suffolk, can now profit from real-time generated ticket prices in online booking thanks to the newly introduced (...) read more

Opened in 2008 close to the Dutch city of Leiden, the CORPUS edutainment center invites guests to “take a walk through the human body”, discovering a range of oversized, walkable exhibits designed as internal organs as well as interactive play and (...) read more

Montréal-based Triotech company has announced the appointment of Eric Beauregard (l.) as new Vice President Global Sales to lead business development and sales efforts of the interactive attraction provider. Most recently, Beauregard held the (...) read more

The 3-in-1-tower ride “Fatamorgana” opened in Denmark’s Tivoli Gardens in 2016 (see EAP news f. 18 Apr 2016) – a Condor 2G Tower from Huss Park Attractions with two different gondola types for more leisurely and faster riding fun as well as a (...) read more

After a 250-million US dollar transformation the US cruise line Royal Caribbean International (RCI) recently opened their private island “CocoCay” in the Caribbean (cp. our theme special on cruise ship trends in EAP 1/2019). The highlight of the (...) read more

This month, Austria’s Swarovski Kristallwelten (Swarovski Crystal Worlds) has opened the “Beletage” (Engl.: magnificent floor), a new location and additional floor that extends the existing Daniels Kristallwelten restaurant. With 120 seats, the (...) read more

As of this weekend, visitors to Germany’s Freizeitpark Plohn (located in the federal state of Saxony) will be able to experience thrilling rides on the park’s new “Dynamite” coaster, which will be officially inaugurated tomorrow in the presence of (...) read more

DHX Brands, the brand management and consumer products arm of Canada’s DHX Media production firm, and London-based Minor Entertainment company, which is specialized in the creation of family theatre events, have announced their partnership to (...) read more

As part of a special exhibition featuring the Silk Road, the Hong Kong Science Museum in Hong Kong’s Kowloon urban district recently presented a 32 x 3 meter edge blending projection of a historic map of the ancient trade route, which was (...) read more

Efteling has announced to invest around 3.5 million Euros in the refurbishment of its existing “PandaDroom” 4D theater, which was opened at the park in 2002 in the frameworks of a cooperation with the Dutch section of the World Wildlife Fund for (...) read more

After more than twelve years of successful, international and partner-like development of Germany’s wiegand.maelzer GmbH, Rainer Maelzer (photo) resigns from his current position as Co-Managing Director and leaves the company at the end of this (...) read more