The opening date for the new indoor theme park destination, which is currently being built on the Chinese island of Hengqin (Zhuhai Province), has just been announced: Lionsgate Entertainment World® at Novotown Phase I will open its doors to the (...) read more
Danish Lalandia Resort which is located in Billund near Legoland Park has expanded its visitor offer by the addition of two new attractions this year: a Klarer Turbo Racer water slide and a KristallTurm® high ropes course. The twelve meter long (...) read more
After the deal of the cooperation between The London Resort (formerly: “London Paramount”, we recently reported in EAP news of 14 May 2019) and the US film production company Paramount Pictures had been discontinued in mid-2017 (cp. EAP news of 24 (...) read more
This season, Italy’s Fiabilandia family theme park, which is located in Rimini on the North-Italian Adria coast, has added a new Preston & Barbieri junior coaster to its visitor offer, dubbed “Red Mountain”. The new family attraction features one (...) read more
A consortium consisting of the Danish Lego owner family Kristiansen and two other investors (the private equity firm Blackstone and the Canadian CPPIB pension fund) has submitted an acquisition offer for the British operating group Merlin (...) read more
Vienna Zoo (G.: Tiergarten Schönbrunn) plans to replace its over fifty year-old aquarium house by a new facility, which is set to be built into a slope between the zoo’s existing rainforest house and rhinoceros park, comprising five levels both (...) read more
Dutch Hof van Saksen holiday resort, which belongs to the portfolio of Landal Green Parks, will open its new “Saltato” slide attraction next week (on July 5th), a 195-meter long funnel slide supplied by Van Egdom. Guests to the resort’s indoor (...) read more
Ten years ago, Bremerhaven/Germany's Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost science and experience center opened its doors for the first time (cf. EAP 6/09 & EAP 2/19). Since then the visitor attraction, which is dedicated to the knowledge transfer on (...) read more
As announced today, Thomas Meier will take over the management of GMF Neuried & Co. KG (GMF) effective from 1st of July 2019 and thus following in the footsteps of Managing Director Rainer Pethran. Pethran, who joined the company about 30 years (...) read more
Yesterday saw the opening of a new VR roller coaster experience called “Crazy Bats” at Germany’s Phantasialand theme park, which according to its own statement is the longest VR coaster in the world. The four-minute experience was installed on the (...) read more
Succeeding Karen Oertley, Mary Jane Brewer (photo) recently took over as new Executive Director of the US-based AIMS International industry association, which is dedicated to the introduction of and compliance with high safety standards at theme (...) read more
In mid-June, the fifth indoor park of the KOEZIO brand was opened in Saint-Priest near Lyon/France. Following Lille and Paris (there are two facilities in the capital city), Lyon is now already the fourth KOEZIO site within France, with another (...) read more
Germany's Tropical Islands waterpark complex, which is located near Berlin and operated by Parques Reunidos, just opened its new "Pororoca" surf simulator attraction in its related "Amazonia" outdoor area, inviting both surf newcomers and (...) read more
Since its official opening on June 18th, visitors to Finland's Linnanmäki amusement park have been able to enjoy the new "Taiga" Double LSM Launch Coaster from Liechtenstein-based manufacturer Intamin. Featuring two launches, four inversions and a (...) read more
Village Roadshow Limited, the Australian operating group of cinemas and theme parks, has recently announced changes in its management: As of January 1st, 2020, Clark Kirby (photo) will take over the position as the group’s CEO, following Graham (...) read more
Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens amusement park has revealed its plans to build a new 18-storey hotel on the H. C. Andersen Boulevard, directly opposite the City Hall. The project was presented in public for the first time this week. Under the name of (...) read more
Creative design company Falcon’s Creative Group and Cloudco Entertainment (formerly: American Greetings Entertainment) have recently announced their collaboration to create retailtainment experiences based on the “Care Bears” IP. The colorful (...) read more
Since its opening on Thursday last week, the new coaster in the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” – “Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure” (cf. EAP News f. Feb 22nd, 2019) – has been drawing crowds to Universal’s Islands of Adventure (...) read more
Hong Kong-based consulting company Icon Global Partners, which is primarily active in the water park industry, and US-based consulting firm MR-ProFun, an independent provider of consulting and management services to the leisure industry, entered (...) read more
The three-day IAAPA Expo Asia trade show event, which was hold in Shanghai/China this year, closed today with the following (preliminary) results, as announced by the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA): The trade (...) read more
