As announced today, visitors to Gröna Lund theme park in Stockholm will be able to enjoy a new roller coaster as of April 24th, 2021 – an “Inverted Steel Roller Coaster“ supplied by Switzerland-based manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard (cf. EAP news (...) read more
With a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony, Munich-based Hellabrunn animal park started with the construction work of its new lion enclosure last week. The new habitat will be developed on the site of the former brown bear enclosure and is planned to (...) read more
At Legoland Windsor, an almost “normal“ theme park visit is possible again as the park reopend its doors to guests on December 4th after a second phase of closure due to another lockdown in Great Britain. From now on visitors are able to enjoy the (...) read more
Since the IAAPA Expo, which was scheduled for November, also had to be cancelled due to the worldwide pandemic, the international leisure association also moved its annual main trade show to the Internet as a virtual educational conference. Here in (...) read more
Luna Park Sydney, which was opened 85 years ago at Lavender Bay in the direct neighbourhood of Sydney Harbour Bridge, announced an investment of 30 million Australian Dollar (around 18.4 Euro) to offer visitors nine new attractions as of the 2021 (...) read more
After another forced closure of four weeks due to the stricter corona protective measures introduced by the Austrian government, the Swarovski Crystal Worlds in Wattens near Innsbruck reopen to visitors today. For now, guests will be able to enjoy (...) read more
Still being under construction, Belgium’s new Terhills Resort vacation park, which is developed by a subsidiary of the Limburg-based LRM investment company and which will be managed by Center Parcs in the future, is scheduled to welcome its first (...) read more
The Bristol Zoological Society (BZS), which operates the historical Bristol Zoo, has recently announced the permanent closure of the facility in Clifton, Bristol located in the southwest of England. Due to financial reasons the zoo will be relocated (...) read more
On 2nd December 2020, Michael Pledl, managing owner of the Gambit Leisure GmbH consultancy bureau with offices in Bremen and Hamburg, passed away at the age of 72 years. The former shareholder and managing director of Bremen-based Huss (...) read more
As announced in August this year, Movie Park Germany will celebrate its 25th park anniversary with a very special coaster project – a multi dimension coaster supplied by Intamin (cf. EAP news of 27 Aug 2020). Today, the park revealed further details (...) read more
The Chinese conglomerate New World Development recently announced the construction of a new mixed use complex with the name 11 SKIES in direct neighboorhood to Hong Kong International Airport, which will combine retail, dining and entertainment (...) read more
Only ten days after his 77th birthday, Heribert Stork, founder of Germany’s Westfalen-Therme in Bad Lippspringe, passed away last Friday. At the end of September, the pioneer and visionary of the German bathing industry, together with his son Robin (...) read more
Sports enthusiasts will be able not only to buckle their snowboards in the city of Sion, which is the capital city of the canton of Wallis in southwest Switzerland. In this city with around 35,000 residents, an 8,500 square metre-large artificial (...) read more
Sad news reached us from Italy today: Renzo Martini, founder of the manufacturing company Mel Park (today: Technical Park), passed away on Saturday at the age of 79 after a long illness. Martini was a leading entrepreneur in the Italian leisure and (...) read more
Epsom, UK-based Atkins company, which is part of the Canadian SNC-Lavalin (SNC) group specialized in engineering, procurement and construction services, recently signed a three-year lead design and service consultancy contract with the Qiddiya (...) read more
In a five-storey-high building the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit, located in Toronto, offers a newly concepted art exhibition in accordance with the current corona regulations. On a total ground space of around 56,000 square meters (600,000 square (...) read more
Since spring, the construction vehicles for the re-construction and general overhaul of the Lagunenbad indoor bathing complex in Willingen (Germany’s Sauerland region) have been rolling. The actual start of construction was scheduled for April 20th (...) read more
For more than half a century the Bremen-based company Ebeling has been providing beautiful light decorations for fairgrounds and amusement parks all over the world. Especially many of the so-called “Christmas markets”, which are popular attractions (...) read more
Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde, who is well-known and respected in the international leisure industry for his outstanding work in theming and design, has decided to retire in early January 2021. During his 40-year career in the creative business (...) read more
For the “Buffalo Hunt“ Wild West visitor experience near Rapid City (South Dakota, USA), which is operated by the Fort Hays & Mount Rushmore Tours local tourism organisation, the German manufacturer Wiegand supplied a “Mystical Hex“ Suspended (...) read more
