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
At the beginning of next year, Jörn Kemmener, who already served as manager of the Atoll leisure pool in Espelkamp, North Rhine-Westphalia from 2007 to 2016, will return to the water park facility operated by Aquapark Management. Kemmener currently (...) read more
As of spring 2021, tyres will squeal at the new TAG E-karting & Amusement Centre facility in the Canadian city of Sainte-Thérèse in the South West of Quebec province. This new leisure experience will be developed on a groud space of around 6,000 (...) read more
Loro Parque and Siam Park, two leisure facilities belonging to the Loro Parque Group owned and managed by the Kiessling family, reaffirm their leadership in tourism and environmental sustainability, combating climate change and protecting (...) read more
The US-American operating group Cedar Fair has appointed Louis Carr (64) to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. He succeeds John Scott, who stepped down from the board on September 24th. Carr will serve the remaining portion of Scott’s (...) read more
The winners of the 27th edition of the Thea Awards have now been announced – as was announced by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) online last night. Among the 16 “Thea Awards for Outstanding Achievement (AOA)” winners, four come from (...) read more
After 38 years with the experience design company FORREC, Executive Vice President Steven C. Rhys (photo) retires by the end of this year (effective December 31). Rhys began his career at the Canadian company in 1982 as a designer, one of his first (...) read more
The Lee Valley Ice Center, a new ice sports facility which is planned to be developed as part of the 10,000 square metre large Lee Valley Regional Park in London, recently received the planning approval by the Watham Forest Council. With the design (...) read more
