The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) has celebrated its annual summer meeting and at the same time its 80th anniversary at the German Europa-Park at the beginning of June this year. More than 70 members came (...) read more
Kalahari Resorts & Conventions’ owner-family Nelson announced this week that their fourth waterpark resort will open in the city of Round Rock, Texas. The expansion will mark the company’s first resort and convention center in the Southwest of the (...) read more
Sally Corporation, a specialist in the development of dark rides headquartered in Florida’s Jacksonville, will develop the interactive dark ride “Casper’s Birthday Blast” for Malaysia’s Movie Animation Park Studios (MAPS) in collaboration with the (...) read more
The Asian Attractions Expo 2016, organized by the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) in Shanghai this year, closed its doors today. Starting on June 14th, 11,500 visitors (from them 8,100 so-called buyers) from 79 (...) read more
The plans for Russia’s future major destination resort and theme park Magical World of Russia, which are a result of the cooperation between the Californian-based Moschanko Investment Group and the Goddard Group, have been officially approved by the (...) read more
The UK-based company Simworx, which has specialized in the development of media-based dynamic simulation attractions, announced in June this year the cooperation with Cartoon Network, one of the leading providers in the global children’s (...) read more
In Shanghai Disney Resort, the first Disney resort in Mainland China and the sixth Disney resort worldwide, a three-day opening celebration is starting today before opening the doors to visitors for the first time on Thursday (cf. EAP news from (...) read more
The French company Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) announced on June 6th, 2016, that they are still searching for possible partnerships to reinforce the company’s international growth strategy. In particular it focuses on markets with a high growth (...) read more
The image capture company Picsolve has partnered with Alton Towers Resort to develop a special photo experience for the waiting area of the park’s new VR-attraction “Galactica”, so that visitors dip in the virtual space before starting the ride. As (...) read more
As announced on May 16th, 2016, Waterplay’s president Jill White has been ranked as one of Canada’s top 100 businesses led by female entrepreneurs. White ranked 52nd on the “18th Annual W100” list, which is the country’s largest recognition of (...) read more
On July 4th this year, Universal Studios Hollywood will open its new walk-through attraction “The Walking Dead – Battle for Survival” – based on the well-known television series of AMC channel. In addition to the successful “Halloween Horror (...) read more
Beginning on July 2nd this year, Disneyland Paris will present its new stage show “Mickey and the Wizard” (Fr.: “Mickey et le Magicien”) to visitors, which narrows the story of Mickey as a wizard apprentice discovering fascinating subjects that (...) read more
SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium plans to open the world’s first penguin experience in November this year, which will allow visitors to dip in the habitat of King and Gentoo Penguins. This new project is named “Penguin Island Expedition” and is inspired by (...) read more
As announced today, the German amusement park Phantasialand located in the city of Brühl will open its new mystery theme area “Klugheim” on June 30th this year. Fans have been following the progress of the construction works of the two new super (...) read more
FORREC Ltd., one of the world’s leading design companies within the leisure industry and headquartered in Toronto, recently announced the merger with the Toronto-based Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. In this way, FORREC extends its (...) read more
AV Stumpfl, one of the leading companies in the field of screens, multi-image displays and control equipment for the entertainment industry with headquarters in Wallern, has been awarded as Upper Austria’s best family business on May 17th, 2016. The (...) read more
Six Flags Fiesta Texas, located in San Antonio, launches three new and thrilling visitor attractions on the park’s Fiesta Bay Boardwalk – the looping coaster “Fireball”, manufactured by Larson International Inc., which has been inaugurated on May (...) read more
VRstudios, one of the leading companies providing virtual reality (VR) experiences with headquarters in Seattle, and the Korean company Simuline, which develops location-based amusement and entertainment products, recently announced their strategic (...) read more
On May 28th, 2016, the Dalian Wanda Group opened its new outdoor amusement park as a part of the entertainment complex Nanchang Wanda City in the Chinese province of Jiangxi to get in ahead of the scheduled opening of Disneyland Shanghai on June (...) read more
GMF GmbH & Co. KG has taken over the swimming and spa facility NAUTICA in the German city of Magdeburg with effect from May 1st, 2016. After longer-lasting financing problems in the past and the insolvency of the operating company, NAUTICA has been (...) read more
