Despite the persistend corona pandemic, The Netherland’s Efteling fairytale theme park will host its annual “Winter Efteling“ event weeks. From November 16th, 2020 to January 31st, 2021, the park’s grounds will be turned into a winter wonderland. As (...) read more
From April 14 to October 9, 2022, the Dutch city of Almere (province of Flevoland) will host the seventh edition of the Floriade (cf. EAP news of 23 Oct 2019). The international horticultural expo takes places in the Netherlands every ten years, the (...) read more
After closing its doors to visitors on March, 16th, due to the corona pandemic, American Dream Mall has celebrated its reopening on October 1st after around seven months of total closure. As of September 1st, visitors have already been able to visit (...) read more
On a height of 30 metres, visitors to the Bavarian Treetop Path St. Englmar are able to enjoy a panoramic view over the Bavarian Forest’s nature. To enhance the experience, the site has developed an additional 23.5 metre-high tower at the end of the (...) read more
The Universe Science Park, located in Nordborg, Denmark, recently announced the development of a new visitor experience called “Fire Zone“, which will be dedicated to fire and fire protection and will be launched in the 2021 season. Separated into (...) read more
The French theme park Terra Botanica situated in Angers (Pays de la Loire region) has dedicated itself to a very special theme, namely to the life of plants, trees and flowers. On twelve hectares of land, visitors can discover more than 500,000 (...) read more
Triotech, the Canadian provider of media-based attractions and BoldMove, the concept planning and network firm founded by Benoit Cornet (photo ri.) earlier this year (cf. EAP news of 16 Mar 2020) just announced their strategic partnership to jointly (...) read more
ProSlide was recently granted another patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its “FlyingSAUCER” disk-shaped, high-speed water slide element. The Canadian company now holds two patents on this product in the US, in total there are 17 (...) read more
In the immediate vicinity of the retail and entertainment complex Shenzhen OCT Happy Harbor, a new FEC called Nickelodeon Playtime will open by the end of this year. China Leisure Development Co. (CLDC) and ViacomCBS developed the new (...) read more
Only several months after the opening of the spectacular “Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure” rollercoaster novelty in “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” in Universal’s Islands of Adventure (cf. EAP 1/2020 & EAP News of 18 Jun 2019), (...) read more
From April to October 2023, the “Bundesgartenschau 2023“ (BUGA 23 / national garden and floral exhibition) will take place in Mannheim (Rhine-Neckar region). For this large-scale event, a new railway is planned to temporarily connect the “Spinelli“ (...) read more
For the second birthday of the “Polarium“ theme world, which was opened to guests on September 22nd, 2018 (EAP 6/2018), Germany’s Zoo Rostock recently unveiled a new exhibit. The “Eiswelten“ exhibition, located in the Polarium, now offers visitors a (...) read more
In summer 2019, TimeRide, provider of virtual city experiences, opened its third location in its founding city of Munich, where visitors since then have been able to enjoy a voyage over the Bavarian capital and through its history from “Barbarossa” (...) read more
Since its opening earlier this month, the world’s first water park for ladies only has been welcoming guests. Situated in Dana Bay on the shores of Half Moon Beach and developed by Jenan Real Estate, Loopagoon Waterpark offers a mix of waterslides (...) read more
On the former grounds of the Zeche Werde I/II coal mine located in Werne (Germany, Ruhr Region), which was shut down in 1975, a new mega artificial surf spot called SURFWRLD will be developed. Plans for the new water attraction were presented (...) read more
Today sees the reopening of the MOTIONGATE™ Dubai theme park and the Lapita™ theme hotel at Dubai Parks and Resorts, which had to shut down their operations on March 31st this year due to the corona pandemic. The Hollywood-based park and the (...) read more
The Dutch SaaS company Convious, which with its “Convious Crowd Control” product offers an artificial intelligence-based platform for leisure attractions to manage the allotment of visitors (cf. our “Day X” special feature in EAP 4/2020), has now (...) read more
For his conceptual work on the variety of gastronomic offerings at Europa-Park, the related waterworld Rulantica and the six park hotels, Thomas Mack recently received the award as “Most Successful Gastronomer of the Year“. The managing partner of (...) read more
This year, Sweden‘s Liseberg park would have celebrated the 40th anniversary of the “Applause Awards“, which are presented every two years during the IAAPA Expo in Orlando. Due to the postponement of the trade show by the International Association (...) read more
Under the name of “Air Balloon Tbilisi”, a captive balloon delivered by the French company Aerophile has been hovering over the Georgian capital Tbilisi as a new tourist attraction since the beginning of August. With this new installation, the (...) read more
