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US-based Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio reports record results for the first half of 2015. Until the end of June, the owner and operator of eleven amusement parks, three outdoor water parks, one indoor water park (...) read more

Yesterday, August 5, a new visitor record was set at Dutch Toverland amusement park, located close to Venlo. In total, a number of 11,000 guests, including 3,000 German visitors, spent their day in the park. Around 4 pm, the park management decided (...) read more

Recently, accesso® Technology Group plc, provider of technology solutions to leisure, entertainment and cultural markets, announced the signing of a long-term agreement with the British Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd. The contract provides the (...) read more

In its last issue, the US-based Aquatics International Magazine announced the “Dream Design 2015” winners. The price is awarded to appealingly designed water parks and attractions. This year, Waterplay® Solutions’ spray pad at Splesj Water Park in (...) read more

According to media reports, the roof of Berlin’s former airport Tempelhof, which was closed in 2008, is to be redesigned and used for touristic purposes in the future. In this context, a 1.2 kilometer long boulevard including a history gallery, a (...) read more

Starting on August 13, visitors of SeaWorld San Diego, California, will have the possibility to see the new show “Dolphin Days”. After five years the new program will replace the previous show “Blue Horizons”. In the center of attention are (...) read more

Last week, US-based operator of family resorts, Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.®, announced its expansion to Colorado with the construction of Great Wolf Lodge Colorado Springs, which is expected to open in late 2016. Like in every of the chain’s resorts, (...) read more

This past Thursday, Holiday Park, located in Haßloch, Germany has welcomed its 2.5 millionth visitor since the park was taken over by the Belgian Plopsa Group in 2010. The Getting family was surprised when they were welcomed by Holiday Park’s CEO (...) read more

Now Universal Studio Hollywood’s visitors have the chance to get in close contact with dinosaurs. In the all-new experience “Raptors Encounter”, located adjacent to the “Jurassic Park” movie-inspired white water ride “Jurassic Park – The Ride”, the (...) read more

Last week the holiday resort Schloss Dankern, located in Western Germany, was certified by Lower Saxony’s ministry of economics with the quality certificate “KinderFerienLand Niedersachsen”. In order to be classified as child- and family-friendly, (...) read more

This past Monday, Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort™, located close to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, could welcome its first guests (cf. EAP News from June 16, 2014). In the year of Dollywood theme park’s 30th anniversary visitors can now make use (...) read more

In June, Germany’s waterpark AquaMagis, located in Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, scheduled the opening of its newest attractions, two “standing slides” delivered by Klarer, for July this year (cf. EAP News from June 5, 2015). Recently, the (...) read more

The online-based travel platform TripAdvisor recently published the results of this year’s “Traveler’s Choice Awards”, based on the ratings of millions of TripAdvisor users. In the “Most Popular Italian Amusement & Aquatic Parks” category Leolandia (...) read more

The secret about the French park’s new attraction for next year is out: Walibi Rhône-Alpes will open a brand-new wooden coaster next spring. While the attraction will be supplied by US manufacturer The Gravity Group, no further technical information (...) read more

Amy Steele will from now on support the team of Holovis, UK-based specialist for audio and video systems. In her function as VP of Development, Steel will lead the in-house production team which includes more than 30 film makers, game producers, (...) read more

In January this year, Germany’s Tropical Islands resort located in Krausnick, close to Berlin, announced its plans for the development of an outdoor area (cf. EAP News from January 8, 2015). Following the enlargement of the “Mobile Homes Park” at (...) read more

This year’s Euro Attractions Show (EAS), held from 6 to 8 October at the Svenska Massan in Gothenburg, Sweden comes with an expanded five-day educational program including comprehensive learning opportunities. The general education sessions, which (...) read more