Spain-based Parques Reunidos Group, which currently operates 55 leisure parks across twelve countries, recently announced that Fernando Eiroa has taken over the position of Chief Executive Officer of the group with effect from February 1, 2016. (...) read more
Following a construction period of one and a half years, January 2013 saw the opening of Yas Waterworld Abu Dhabi, which is operated by Farah Leisure Parks Management (cf. EAP, issue 2/2013). On the occasion of its third anniversary, the waterpark (...) read more
Following an excellent 2015 annual balance with more than 425,000 visitors, AquaMagis has successfully started into the new year. The Plettenberg-based (North Rhine Westphalia) wellness and waterpark complex was honored with two new distinctions, (...) read more
According to US media reports, the indoor waterpark operator Great Wolf Resorts has purchased a 23 million US dollar (around 21 million euros) property from Garrison Orlando Land LLC last week to build Florida's first Great Wolf facility. The (...) read more
France’s Parc Astérix has recently appointed a new management team, consisting of Nicolas Kremer, Guy Vassel and Sébastien Retailleau. As the amusement park announced, Nicolas Kremer will assume the role of managing director, which was previously (...) read more
Yesterday, the mid-market investment company Ergon Capital Partners, based in Brussels, announced that it has reached an agreement with private equity fund H.I.G. Capital for the acquisition of Looping Group. The transaction is expected to close in (...) read more
Spain's leisure resort PortAventura, consisting of a theme park, a water park, several themed hotels and restaurants, a convention center, a beach club as well as three golf courses, now presents itself under the new brand PortAventura World Parks & (...) read more
Recently, a new Giant Wheel from Mondial was opened at Paris’ Place de la Concorde. Featuring a height of 70 meters, it is without a doubt one of the world’s tallest transportable wheels. Only the R80XL transportable wheel, built by the ride (...) read more
Since April 2009, more than 3.5 million guests have visited “Harry Potter™: The Exhibition” in cities all over the world. As Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Global Experience Specialists (GES), the touring exhibition's developers, announced last (...) read more
According to media reports, the Spanish operator group Aspro Ocio acquired France’s Walygator Parc, located close to the city of Metz in the Lorraine area, via its Luxembourg-based subsidiary Continental Leisure Projects (CLP) in mid-January. (...) read more
Following the announcement that the “Chicago Blues Experience” museum will be opened at Chicago’s Navy Pier (Illinois) in 2017 (cf. EAP News from September 21, 2015), construction works for another new attraction have recently started at the popular (...) read more
In 2014, the Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, headquartered in the USA, announced its plans for the construction of several Six Flags parks in China in cooperation with the tourism and real estate developer Riverside Investment Group Co. Ltd. (...) read more
This year, Busch Gardens Williamsburg, located in the US-state of Virginia, will introduce three new guest experiences. As the theme park announced, the Italian restaurant “Ristorante della Piazza” has been transformed into a new international (...) read more
Visitors to California's Modesto Boomers, which has been part of Apex Parks Group since 2014 (cf. EAP, issue 6/2014), can look forward to a new indoor attraction: As the Family Entertainment Center recently announced, this spring will see the (...) read more
As of now, Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland, which was awarded the title “world’s largest model railway” by Guiness World Records last year (cf. EAP News from September 15, 2015), can be explored from home. The website g.co/MiniaturWunderland offers (...) read more
A few months ago, England’s Thorpe Park announced its plans for the opening of a new major attraction this year. Now the amusement park has published more details with regard to the new ride, which the park developed in cooperation with the British (...) read more
Since January 15, visitors to Cologne’s Odysseum adventure museum have the possibility to see the new special exhibition “Erlebe Energie” (Engl.: “Experience Energy”), which is presented for the first time in Germany. Covering an area of 700 square (...) read more
As Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, located in the US state of California, recently announced, this month will see the opening of the new attraction “Pacific Rim 5-D” at the theme park’s Iwerks Theatre. Developed by SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment in (...) read more
In 2011, the construction works for mainland China’s first and at the same time the sixth Disney Resort worldwide have started in Pudong District, Shanghai (cf. EAP News from May 2, 2011). Now The Walt Disney Company and Shanghai Shendi Group, joint (...) read more
This past Wednesday, Roland Mack, the founder and owner of Germany’s Europa-Park, has been introduced to the “Hall of Fame” of German family businesses. The festive event was held in the city of Munich. For eight years already, the Handelsblatt (...) read more
