The general meeting of KölnBäder GmbH recently appointed Dirk Kolkmann (photo) second managing director of the company. Since 2005, Kolkmann has been managing the legal department of Stadtwerke Köln holding (municipal utilities Cologne) and he was (...) read more
Blackstone Real Estate Partners IX, an affiliate of the New York City-based real estate investment group Blackstone, announced this week to acquire a majority ownership of 65 percent in Great Wolf Resorts, which belongs to Centerbridge Partners. (...) read more
Germany’s Wild- & Freizeitpark Klotten – a family leisure and animal park – will expand its existing visitor offer by the addition of an all-new interactive dark ride attraction, set to launch in April 2020 under the name of “Kunibert’s (...) read more
According to the Reuters news agency, the Six Flags group has recently submitted a takeover bid to Cedar Fair, another regional operating group also based in the US. The information source is confidential, but Cedar Fair would be in the process of (...) read more
The ESCAPE theme park, which is located in Penang/Malaysia and operated by Sim Leisure Group Ltd., plans to open an over one kilometer (1,111 meter) long open tube slide, which has already been installed on the park grounds and is scheduled to (...) read more
The WIDIVERSUM adventure land, which is located over 2,000 metres above sea level in the skiing area Hochoetz, Austia recently opened a new 180-degree 5D cinema, in which visitors can experience the world of “Widi“, the Oetztal mascot (an (...) read more
LEGOLAND New York, the new Lego theme park currently under construction in Goshen (cf. EAP 1/2017), has just announced its opening date: As of 4th July 2020 – The States’ Independence Day – the park will be open for visitors. On an area of over 60 (...) read more
This past Sunday saw the inauguration of the new “Disney Skyliner” gondola transportation system at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando/FL, connecting Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Epcot with four Disney hotels. Guests at Disney’s Art of (...) read more
The Zoo Frankfurt recently presented a new concept study called “ZOOKUNFT2030+“ to the city of Frankfurt am Main, which implies new design plans for the north-east and south-west areas of the zoo. In cooperation zoo employees from Zoo Frankfurt, (...) read more
Munich-based TimeRide company, which creates VR experiences thematically based on local history, has recently named Dr. Fabian Hedderich new COO and second managing director of the company. He will oversee the company‘s operation, sales and (...) read more
The International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA) recently elected eleven new board members for 2020, including Jim Pattison, Jr. (President of Orlando/FL-based Ripleys Entertainment company), who will take over the position (...) read more
A whopping 20 million Euro are being invested by French theme park Futuroscope in the construction of the park’s very first rollercoaster ride – the biggest investment of the park since its opening. Now first details about the rollercoaster (...) read more
According to latest media reports, Disney has implemented personnel changes in the board of several business divisions. After it became public that Catherine Powell – who was president of the “Disney Parks Western Region” division since March 2018 (...) read more
Today, Merlin Entertainments announced to build and operate a new LEGOLAND Resort in Sichuan Province in Western China. Merlin partnered with the development company Global Zhongjun Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd, which will fund the (...) read more
The administrative board of Zoo Zurich has recently named Dr. Severin Dressen new director of the zoo, effective on 1 July 2020. Dr. Dressen will succeed in the position of Dr. Alex Rübel, the current director of the zoo who will retire after (...) read more
After almost six years of planning, Sweden’s leisure park Liseberg has just received the green light for the construction start of the park-integrated Liseberg Grand Curiosa Hotel in Gothenburg. The new accommodation facility, which required an (...) read more
The Orlando-based Falcon’s Creative Group and Katmandu Group, which operates Parks in Mallorca and Tenerife and which is also headquartered in Orlando, are joining forces to create a new concept for branded visitor attractions, which will be first (...) read more
After the first attractions had been constructed at Dream Island Moscow back in April this year (cf. EAP News f. 22 Apr 2019), the new thrill ride “Baxter Stockman’s Hammer of Doom“ was recently installed in the indoor park‘s ”Teenage Mutant Ninja (...) read more
The new FEC in Bologna, which was announced in February this year (cf. EAP-News f. 15 Feb 2019) and will be named “Luna Farm“, will open to visitors within 2019 as a part of FICO Eataly World. “Luna Farm“, which was initiated by Italian (...) read more
Sweden‘s Liseberg leisure park just announced the return of Andreas Veilstrup Andersen in his former position as CEO and President. After Andersen had left the park back in April to return to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen (cf. EAP-News f. 29 April (...) read more
