Six Flags’ La Ronde theme park based in the Canadian metropolis of Montréal has named Janine Durette (photo) as new Park President. As the first woman to occupy this position at La Ronde, she succeeds Phil Liggett, who has recently joined Six Flags (...) read more
Located in the Catskill Mountains in the US state of New York, a new Katrite Hotel & Indoor Waterpark is set to be opened in 2019, as was recently announced by Ken Ellis (CEO Aquatic Development Group) and Arthur Berry III, Co-Owners of (...) read more
Founded in 2009, Britain’s Yorkshire Wildlife Park has recently been given green light by Doncaster Council for its planned expansion of around 60 hectares (150 acres) directly adjacent to the existing park site. Besides the addition of animal (...) read more
At last year’s IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Digital Centre, provider of redemption photo booths with offices in Barcelona and Miami, had already unveiled its newly developed "The Grand Palace" redemption photo booth featuring a 120 inch LED video wall on (...) read more
Located on a 60-hectare site close to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, HollandWorld® is set to become a new large-scale tourism and leisure destination of the city to open in 2023, welcoming around four million visitors per year as “second gate” to (...) read more
The French operating group Compagnie des Alpes (CdA), whose portfolio includes leisure parks as well as winter sports and ski resorts, has acquired a majority stake of 73 percent in France-based Travelfactory, a specialist in vacation rentals and in (...) read more
In due time for the new year, Spain’s Rocas & Design theming and design company has launched a new sister company named Rocas & Design Art Studio, which is based in Madrid. The new division focuses on the services of themed design & storytelling for (...) read more
As announced by the IMAX Corporation and South Korea-based CJ CGV cinema operator, the two companies have signed an agreement earlier this week to open four new IMAX® theaters in Turkey, some of which will be added to existing multiplexes and some (...) read more
LAI Games, part of Texas-based Helix Leisure Group, will present its new VR simulator “Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride” at EAG International, taking place at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre next week (16th-18th January 2018), introducing its latest (...) read more
As Germany’s Heide Park Resort announced today, fans of its “Colossos” wooden coaster, out of operation since 2016, can finally look forward to a relaunch of the signature ride: The popular coaster is set to rush through the park again as its (...) read more
Canada’s Méga Parc Éphémère, a 30-year-old indoor park located at the Galeries de la Capitale shopping mall in Québec, has recently announced a comprehensive infrastructure overhaul to support a new cast of rides in a football field-sized space. In (...) read more
Dear readers, Technical maintenance works in our publishing house may lead to possible disruptions of our e-mail server and telecommunication networks in the coming days. We hope that everything will be settled as soon as possible. Thank you for (...) read more
“Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire” is the title of a hyper reality experience created by The Void in cooperation with ILMxLAB (Lucasfilm), which can already be experienced at Disney Springs in Orlando/FL and at Downtown Disney in Anaheim/CA (cf. EAP (...) read more
Yesterday, British Alton Towers Resort has revealed the name of its latest rollercoaster project “Secret Weapon 8” (SW8): the new wooden coaster from Great Coasters International, which is set to be inaugurated in spring this year, will be named (...) read more
Maryland-based Ride Entertainment, a company specialized in various services for the leisure and amusement industry, including sales, operation and installation of rides and attractions, has welcomed five new team members during the past year: Lance (...) read more
Augsburg/Germany-based Kuka company, manufacturer of robotics and part of Chinese Midea group (cf. EAP news from October 10th, 2016), has recently acquired Finland’s Visual Components, provider of 3D simulation software for planning and (...) read more
Opened in 1962 in due time for the World Exhibition, the 184 meter high Space Needle observation and restaurant tower in Seattle/WA is one of the most iconic buildings in the city’s skyline. Recently, the tower’s observation platform was expanded (...) read more
At the beginning of this year, Dutch Toverland amusement park will launch a new park logo and corporate identity to prepare for the “biggest expansion in its history”, as the park calls it. In 2018, visitors can look forward to the new theme area (...) read more
Norwegian zoologist and polar researcher Fridtjof Nansen was probably one of the first scientists to experience seals and polar bears in their natural environment in the “high north”: in 1888, Jansen was the first polar researcher to cross (...) read more
Oskoui & Oskoui (O&O), a Los Angeles/CA-based digital content media agency, has developed a mobile app, which is especially designed for museums, art galleries, theme parks and other leisure destinations: “Gretel” is aimed at providing visitors an (...) read more
