The Vivamar Betriebsgesellschaft Saarbrücken GmbH operating company filed for insolvency for the Calypso leisure pool and sauna in Saarbrücken on 21st May, being the first German water park to take this step due to the Covid-19 closure and the (...) read more
As of June 15th, 2020 Germany’s Tropical Islands resort will welcome back guests to its water world and the related hotel, ensuring the compliance with social distancing rules and hygiene measures. The daily operations will be modified according to (...) read more
As of Thursday 11th June 2020, Swarovski Crystal Worlds, located in Wattens (Tirol-region), will open its doors to visitors again. Due to current construction work on two new “Chambers of Wonder“, which will be launched at the end of June, the (...) read more
Today, the Walt Disney Company announced two major personnel changes on management level. Josh D’Amaro (photo), who had been appointed new president of the Walt Disney World Resort in November 2019, has now been named chairman of “Disney Parks, (...) read more
Canada-based WhiteWater West water slide and attraction manufacturer presents its newly developed “Endless Surf“ artificial wave pool system for surf sport enthusiasts, in order to strengthen the company’s position on the continuously growing inland (...) read more
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
