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Germany’s Scheidt & Bachmann and HKS companies – two leading specialists for cash and access systems – have established the entervo-access GmbH joint venture to develop new intelligent cash and access systems for the leisure industry. Through the (...) read more

Germany’s LEGOLAND Deutschland Resort today announced the appointment of Manuela Stone (photo) as new CEO of the theme park and holiday village, effective on May 10th this year. Stone, who currently serves as Director of the park’s gastronomic (...) read more

Today sees the reopening of Disneyland Paris’ redesigned “Phantom Manor” dark ride, which is located in the “Frontierland” area at Disneyland Park and has been forming part of the park’s visitor offer since 1992. The attraction was closed in early (...) read more

Germany’s FORT FUN Abenteuerland, which is located near Bestwig in North Rhine-Westphalia’s Sauerland region, has recently introduced the real time pricing software from Amsterdam-based Convious company for a maximum of price transparency in (...) read more

Recently, Tokyo Dome City has launched its new “Gan Gun Battlers” interactive gaming attraction, comprised of two “XD Dark Ride Interactive Theater” attractions from Triotech. Located side by side, each of the two installations features a distinct (...) read more

British Merlin Entertainments operating group has recently announced several changes to its senior management team: Fiona Eastwood will move from her current role as Managing Director, Resort Theme Parks to her new position of Managing Director (...) read more

A new visitor attraction, the “Fairytale Worlds” exhibition will open its gates in Hamburg’s HafenCity district on September 14th this year, featuring multimedia experiences dedicated to the fairytales written by the Brothers Grimm. The (...) read more

Andreas Veilstrup Andersen (photo), CEO and President of Sweden’s Liseberg Group, will transition to Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens amusement park taking over as new Executive Vice President. The native Dane was COO of Tivoli before his transition to (...) read more

France’s Poma company, specialized in aerial tramway and cable car technology, manufactures a new triangle ropeway for Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, a leisure complex operated by China’s Chimelong Group featuring one of the world’s largest (...) read more

During the Annual Shareholder Meeting of DXB Entertainments PJSC, which was held this month, shareholders of the company approved expansion plans for the related theme park assets MotiongateTM Dubai and Bollywood ParksTM Dubai, both part of Dubai (...) read more

Two Bit Circus, a US-based entertainment company, has recently launched a new game testing program for game developers, inviting them to test and distribute their contents in the field of location-based entertainment (LBE). As testing platform (...) read more

Japan’s Nagashima Spa Land leisure and water park, which is located close to the city of Nagoya, has recently launched its latest attraction, a “Farm Fair”-themed dark ride realized by Dutch Lagotronics company. The attraction is the second dark (...) read more

After a renovation phase of one year of a former ice skating hall, today will see the opening of the new Activity Park in Paderborn (North Rhine-Westphalia) as the first modern trampoline park in the region, inviting youngsters and adults to (...) read more

England’s Chester Zoo recently submitted the planning application for “Grasslands”, a new “Africa” theme area to be launched in 2022 directly adjacent to the animal park’s existing “Africa Tsavo” rhino enclosure. Centerpiece of the new area would (...) read more

The first of 27 mechanical attractions at the Dream Island indoor park, which is currently under construction as part of the REGIONS Group’s equally named mixed-use complex in Moscow, are completely installed. For the “Mowgli in the Dino Land” (...) read more

On May 14th & 15th, the professionals of Europe’s leisure and attractions industry will come together in Finland for the IAAPA EMEA Spring Summit 2019. Participants await interesting lectures by industry colleagues, a tour behind-the-scenes at (...) read more

Today, Italy’s Mirabilandia amusement park opened its new “Ducati World” theme area dedicated to the Italian motorcycle brand (cf. EAP News f. Nov 29th, 2017). The 35,000 square meter large area features a range of exciting attractions: visitors (...) read more

Opened one year ago as the first hotel of Germany’s monte mare group (operator of recreational bathing complexes with sauna & spa facilities), the monte mare Hotel in Andernach located in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate was (...) read more

Visitors to Bavaria, Germany’s Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn are now able to try out the park’s new “Steampunk VR Scooter” experience, immersing themselves into a desert landscape of the Wild West (“Western Steampunk” design) where they can race (...) read more