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In the city of Bad Vilbel located in Germany’s Hessian federal state, the Thermengruppe Josef Wund plans to develop the “Thermenwelt Bad Vilbel“, a new indoor thermal bathing complex which will become Germany’s first pool complex with a “Leadership (...) read more

As announced by the international association, both the date and the venue of IAAPA’s Asian trade show event have been changed due to the pandemic-related circumstances. Accordingly, the IAAPA Expo Asia 2021 is now scheduled to take place in (...) read more

Virtual Reality (VR) and motion technology are also in demand outside the entertainment industry. New functionality has recently been added to the VSimulator installed by British Holovis company at the University of Exeter, which allows researchers (...) read more

It has just been announced that the roller coaster novelty at Plopsaland de Panne will be realized in cooperation with the annual “Tomorrowland“ festival held in Belgium – which with approx. 400,000 visitors is one of the world’s largest festivals (...) read more

Germany‘s family-run Erlebnispark Steinau and the Hessian-based company PEH Karussellbau John Heinz have recently announced their exclusive cooperation. In the future, new attractions from the carousel construction company will first be supplied to (...) read more

Antonio Zamperla Jr., who previously served as Chief Innovation Officer for the family-owned manufacturing company Antonio Zamperla S.p.A., has officially taken over the management of the business. After some 20 years of experience in all business (...) read more

20 years after the official closure of Spreepark Berlin (1991-2001), re-construction measures are now underway on the grounds of the former theme park. The new concept is clear: giving new life to the historic leisure ground, which was home to the (...) read more

The 15-year-old “Stalen Monsters” dark ride attraction in the Railway Museum (NL: Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht recently received a complete overhaul. In cooperation with the dark ride specialists from Dutch company Lagotronics Projects the technical (...) read more

In the city of Yingde in southern China, which has over one million inhabitants, a new, chocolately theme park was opened recently. The Chocolate Kingdom Theme Park, which was developed by China Aoyuan Group Limited, a property development group, (...) read more

The design process for the Six Flags Qiddiya high-thrill theme park’s anchor attraction “Falcon’s Flight” was kicked off. The ride, which will be supplied by Liechtenstein-based manufacturer Intamin, is set to become “the world’s longest, fastest (...) read more

After its premier last winter, the city of Bruges is illuminated during the “WinterGlow“ light festival again this year. The Belgium-based company Painting with Light created ten different light installations in cooperation with local artists, (...) read more

In New Zealand, rugby is the national sport number one. Since the end of 2020, the The All Black Experience in Auckland has been offering a new interactive visitor experience completely dedicated to this sports, which is played with an egg-shaped (...) read more

IAAPA's European office announced today that the industry meeting planned for February has been cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic-related shutdown in European countries. The IAAPA EMEA Summit was originally scheduled to take place at Europa-Park (...) read more

To further expand its position in the global leisure, hospitality and entertainment markets, ITEC Entertainment has recently opened a new office location in Osaka, Japan. Besides the Beijing-located office it is ITEC‘s second location in the Asian (...) read more

As Scruffy Dog Creative has recently announced, the British creative firm is now part of the OCT Alliance of Planning & Design. This organization was founded by Chinese developer and attractions operator group OCT at the end of 2017 to bring (...) read more

C/R/O GmbH, the German supplier of clean-off floor coverings has been a hundert percent owned subsidiary of Lingen (Germany)-based emco Group, which is also specialised in textile entrance mats and swimming pool grates, since 2010. As of this month, (...) read more

The “Oculus Quest 2” VR headset, which has been available since fall 2020 and is designed both for private VR entertainment at home and for the LBE market, is being offered without sound hardware in its standard version, in favor of a lower consumer (...) read more

Dear Readers, dear Industry Colleagues, A year that has been a tough test for all of us is coming to an end. The leisure industry, too, not only had to be very patient in 2020, but also had to overcome major challenges. And yet, with even more (...) read more

Simple lines, clear messages, timeless design – this is what the works of pop artist Keith Haring, who died in 1990, were known for. Haring himself was once a big Walt Disney fan and “Mickey Mouse” lover. Repeatedly, the cartoon character appeared (...) read more