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In the past fiscal year 2017, Dutch Efteling amusement park has welcomed a total of 5.18 million visitors (2016: 4.76 million guests), registering a new attendance record. This is also the result of the success of the new “Symbolica” dark ride (...) read more

Yesterday, The Walt Disney Company officially announced the restructuring of its related business units into four newly-created segments: (1) “Direct-to-Consumer & International”, (2) “Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products”, (3) “Media Networks” (...) read more

Tema Design by MK Illumination was created to cater to the needs of the attractions industry as a joint venture founded by Danish MK Illumination ApS and The Philippines’ TEMA Design Inc. companies. In the wake of its current company growth, Tema (...) read more

At the Westfield London shopping mall located in London’s Shepherd Bush city district, customers have been able to enjoy the “Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire” hyper reality experience since the end of 2017. Thanks to its success, the VR attraction, (...) read more

Just in time for the Chinese New Year celebrations in February (2018 is the “Year of the Dog“), the brand-new Atlantis Sanya Resort on Hainan Island in the South China Sea (cp. EAP news f. 14 Nov 2013) was opened a few weeks ago, welcoming its first (...) read more

The sixth and the largest vacation park of Center Parcs Europe in Germany up to date, Center Parcs Park Allgäu, will officially open for guests on October 1st this year (read also our comprehensive article in EAP, 1/18). With a total of 1,000 (...) read more

Today, Silver Dollar City theme park located in Branson/Missouri sees the opening of “Time Traveler”, the world’s first installation of a so-called Xtreme Spinning Coaster supplied by German manufacturer Mack Rides (cf. EAP news from August 17th, (...) read more

British Holovis company, a developer and provider of high-tech simulators and attractions (read also our cover story in EAP, 1/14), has announced a multi-million minority investment in the company by Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed corporation Road (...) read more

Starting today, guests to Therme Erding can finally enjoy the new VR experience in the German waterpark’s “GALAXY” slide complex (cf. our report in EAP, 5/17). On the existing “Space Glider” tube slide, bathing guests aged nine years and older can (...) read more

During this year’s Internationale Tourismusbörse (Engl.: “International Tourism Trade Fair”) in Berlin last week, Europa-Park Managing Partner Thomas Mack revealed a detailed model of the planned new “Krønasår” theme hotel, which will complement the (...) read more

South Korea’s Jeju Island will be home to the large-scale Jeju Shinhwa World leisure resort complex, including Lionsgate Movie World as the world’s first outdoor theme park exclusively themed on popular Lionsgate blockbuster movies (cf. EAP news (...) read more

The French city of Chartres (Centre-Val de Loire region), located around 90 kilometers south-west of Paris, is well known for its impressing cathedral. Every year, more than one million visitors come to the Gothic church. Also the “European Meeting (...) read more

During IAAPA Expo 2016, Canada-based Triotech company presented its newly developed flying theater concept to industry professionals: “The Flyer”. In contrast to existing attractions of this type, The Flyer’s motion simulation is coordinated in line (...) read more

For the third time in a row, Germany’s Economy Association of Baden (G.: Verband der Badischen Wirtschaft) has presented the “Made in Baden Award”, which recognizes outstanding achievements in the fields of economy, innovation, culture and art. This (...) read more

Germany’s Europa-Park has announced to open a new “Jim Button” (G.: “Jim Knopf”)-themed family attraction in due time for this upcoming season in its “Germany” theme area. “Jim Button – Journey Through Tomorrowland” is the name of the new family (...) read more

Bazil El Atassi (44) has been named new CEO of Germany’s BELANTIS amusement park, which was recently taken over by Spanish Parques Reunidos operating group (cf. EAP, 2/18). El Atassi, who succeeds former CEO Erwin Linnenbach, previously held the (...) read more

It is not easy for the planners behind the multi-billion Euro „EuropaCity“ mixed-use project, which is planned to be built just outside of Paris. After only a few weeks ago the completion date originally scheduled for 2024 was postponed by three (...) read more

After the French operating group Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) had already announced in its report for the first quarter of the 2017/2018 financial year to terminate operations at Grévin Praha and Grévin Seoul (opened in 2015) due to recurring losses, (...) read more

The Amikoo Resort Destination Theme Park (Amikoo Park) is a USD 840 million project currently under development at Mexico’s Riviera Maya coast, which in its entire theming will be dedicated to the Mayan high culture. The new leisure destination is (...) read more