In 2019, Austria’s Kraftwerk Living Technologies, which is specialised in audiovisual system integration, created the “Magic Glaze“ 5D theatre for the Tonguan Kiln International Cultural and Tourism Center located in Changsha, China (cf. EAP news of (...) read more
Six Flags, one of the largest regional park operators in the world with currently 26 leisure facilities in the USA, Canada and Mexico, just announced that B. Ben Baldanza, CEO of Diemacher LLC, an advisory firm, and Selim Bassoul, former CEO and (...) read more
Yesterday the last parts of the track and the first train for the new “Ice Breaker“ multi launch coaster were installed at SeaWorld Orlando (cf. EAP news of 13 Sep 2019). “We are extremely proud to reach this important milestone. The ride looks (...) read more
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter will invite visitors to discover the new “A Celebration of Slytherin“ special feature as of April 3rd through summer this year. In cooperation with Stuart Craig, Production Designer, the (...) read more
The Walt Disney Company just announced that Bob Chapek has been named Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective immediately. Former Disney CEO Robert A. Iger assumes the role of Executive Chairman and will direct the company’s creative (...) read more
Germany’s Spreewelten Bad indoor pool facility, located in the federal state of Brandenburg, provides guests with a variety of bathing fun and experiences such as “swimming with penguins“ and interactive slides. The water world, which received the (...) read more
After a construction period of around two years the new Suntago Water World, which is the first section of the Park of Poland leisure complex currently under development in Wręcza, recently welcomed its first visitors. Guests are now able to enjoy (...) read more
Sandusky (Ohio)-based Cedar Fair Entertainment company, which currently owns and operates 13 leisure facilities in the US and Canada, recently presented the results of its past fiscal year 2019, showing new record net revenues of 1.36 billion Euro (...) read more
The water park and pool industry mourns the passing of Dr. phil. Harald Frisch, who died on 14 February 2020 at the age of 82 in the circle of his family. As a founding member and first president of the European Waterpark Association (EWA), Harald (...) read more
Disney’s fairytale castles such as the “Cinderella Castle” at Magic Kingdom or at Tokyo Disneyland and the “Sleeping Beauty Castle” at Disneyland Paris are among the most popular photo motifs for guests during a park visit. In the course of the 70th (...) read more
On 9 March 2000, the 135-metre-high London Eye officially opened its pods for the first time to visitors. This year, the popular attraction, which is operated by Merlin Entertainments, is celebrating ist 20th anniversary and will therefore enable (...) read more
Jubail Island in Abu Dhabi is located halfway between Yas Island and Saadiyat and is known for its mangrove forests. Recently, the Jubail Mangrove Park was opened here as a new nature experience park, allowing visitors to discover the flora and (...) read more
The new “Max and Moritz“ family coaster at Netherland’s Efteling theme park, which is scheduled to open this spring, is highly anticipated by visitors (cf. EAP news 9 Oct 2018). But this will not be the only place where the two rascals from the (...) read more
Yesterday, Oliver Sternagel (CEO of Karlsruher Bäder) and Mayor Martin Lenz presented the annual results of the ten related indoor and outdoor pools which belong to the portfolio of Karlsruher Bäder. In 2019, a total of around 1.64 million visitors (...) read more
The Ravensburger Museum, which is located in Southern Germany and opened its doors to visitors for the first time in 2010, registered its highest attendance since opening in the past season. The family-friendly museum, which offers interactive (...) read more
Chessington World of Adventures Resort, located in Chessington/UK, provides family-fun with the combination of a zoo and leisure park experience. In March 2020 the Merlin Entertainments-operated park will open its new “Rainforest“ theme area. (...) read more
Germany’s Rostock Zoo is home to 4,200 animals from 430 different species. With about 650,000 visitors in 2019, it is among the most popular leisure destinations at the German Baltic coast. In the future, the zoological garden will continue to (...) read more
Netherland’s Toverland looks back on a successful park season 2019 with a new record of 862,000 visitors, which is a plus of 50,000 guests in comparison to the previous season. In 2018, the park saw a major expansion with the opening of the “Avalon“ (...) read more
Finland’s Valo Motion company, provider of interactive sporting experience, creator of the “ValoClimb®“ climbing wall at “ValoJump“ trampoline set-up, aims at combining exercise and fitness with the gaming. After the launch of the first two-player (...) read more
Following the cooperation agreement announced by the companies of Triotech (headquartered in Montréal, Canada) and France’s CL Corporation (based in Rennes) in fall last year (cf. EAP 6/2019), Triotech recently reported the acquisition of the French (...) read more
