On May 14th & 15th, the professionals of Europe’s leisure and attractions industry will come together in Finland for the IAAPA EMEA Spring Summit 2019. Participants await interesting lectures by industry colleagues, a tour behind-the-scenes at (...) read more
Today, Italy’s Mirabilandia amusement park opened its new “Ducati World” theme area dedicated to the Italian motorcycle brand (cf. EAP News f. Nov 29th, 2017). The 35,000 square meter large area features a range of exciting attractions: visitors (...) read more
Opened one year ago as the first hotel of Germany’s monte mare group (operator of recreational bathing complexes with sauna & spa facilities), the monte mare Hotel in Andernach located in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate was (...) read more
Visitors to Bavaria, Germany’s Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn are now able to try out the park’s new “Steampunk VR Scooter” experience, immersing themselves into a desert landscape of the Wild West (“Western Steampunk” design) where they can race (...) read more
Lappset Creative (a business unit of Finish Lappset Group, specialized in the development and design of themed attractions) and Sweden’s Bulls Press international media company (licensing holder of the “Moomins” out of Tove Jansson’s book series) (...) read more
Yesterday, Denmark’s Fårup Sommerland announced to add a new family coaster to its park portfolio in 2020, with its opening scheduled for the start of next year’s season. Construction works for “Saven” (Engl.: “The Saw”) – a Family Boomerang from (...) read more
Since its start into the new season this past Saturday, Germany’s Ravensburger Spieleland – a family amusement park located close to Lake Constance – has been enthusing visitors with two new attractions. The newly created “Activity World” is based (...) read more
With a new name, website design and branding, Germany’s Safariland Stukenbrock zoo & theme park (formerly known as Zoo Safaripark Stukenbrock) in North Rhine-Westphalia today kicks off its anniversary season, celebrating 50 years since the park (...) read more
Germany’s Taunus Wunderland family theme park, which is located in the federal state of Hesse and starts into the new season tomorrow, will again add a new theme area to its existing visitor offer this year – only in 2018, the park had opened (...) read more
This Sunday (April 14th), the 78 meter high Hi-Sky Munich portable Ferris wheel installed in Munich’s Werksviertel-Mitte district will be officially inaugurated, inviting guests to a 30-minute panoramic ride over the city’s rooftops with a view (...) read more
According to the official statement, over 300 exhibitors from close to 40 countries and “thousands of visitors” from over a hundred countries were registered during this year’s Dubai Entertainment, Amusement and Leisure (DEAL) trade show event, (...) read more
As Austria’s first waterpark featuring a Virtual Reality (VR) water slide, the Sonnentherme Lutzmannsburg bathing complex today re-opened its “Twister” slide, which was closed down to be expanded by VR technology and can now – under its new name (...) read more
Last week, a new family attraction called “Attention Menhir!” was presented to the visitors of French Parc Asterix. The new 4D cinema attraction, supplied by CL Corporation, is one of several novelties that will be launched in the course of the (...) read more
Germany’s Hainich climbing forest (G.: Kletterwald Hainich), situated on the edge of the Thuringian Hainich National Park, has recently expanded its visitor offer by the opening of a new, eleventh climbing course, leading through the treetops at a (...) read more
Specialized in themed entertainment design and headquartered in Orlando/FL, ITEC Entertainment has recently opened a new office in Los Angeles/CA to improve services and support for US West Coast and Asia clients. The new office is led by Steve (...) read more
After the opening of its new “Avalon“ theme area and the “Port Laguna” entrance portal last year (cf. EAP 5/18), Dutch Toverland theme park has recently added a new dark ride scene in the shape of a dragon animatronic (supplied by Dutch Van (...) read more
The Texas-based, internationally organized industry association AIMS International (AIMS: Amusement Industry Manufacturers & Suppliers) recently named new board officers and directors, who took over their respective positions on April 1st this (...) read more
Claudia Leicht, member of the management board of Germany’s Hansa-Park located at the Baltic Sea, is volunteering for hospice and palliative work as of this year. As ambassador, she supports the work of the Hospiz- und Palliativverband (...) read more
Germany’s Autostadt, which is located in the city of Wolfsburg around the Volkswagen car supply center, has added four new race car simulator units to its visitor offer for a virtual racing experience. The motion-based simulators come from (...) read more
At its related kids’ exhibition centers Odysseum Abenteuermuseum in Cologne and Explorado Kindermuseum in Duisburg, Germany’s Explorado Group GmbH/AWC AG presents the interactive LEGO fan exhibition “Bricklive”, founded in 2014 by Clive Nørgaard (...) read more
