Forrec, a Canadian design and planning company, recently announced that Cale Heit was named to become the company’s new CEO and president, effective October 1st, 2017. He succeeds Gordon Dorrett, who will stay on as executive director offering (...) read more
Dublin-based The Giant Company recently announced to partner with US leisure consulting company International Theme Park Services (ITPS) to introduce and market “The Giant” attraction to the leisure industry. The concept for the Giant was developed (...) read more
At this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW), a festival for music, film and interactive media annually taking place in Austin/Texas, the cinematic VR theater experience on the world’s first fully motion-based VR simulator “Voyager” – “The Mummy Zero (...) read more
Suzohapp, a technology company offering a various hard and software portfolio for the leisure market, recently announced the reorganization of its sales team in the EMA “gaming” sector. Goran Sovilj has been promoted to the position of Vice (...) read more
Electrosonic, one of the leading specialists for AV (audio-visual) systems, recently announced the resignation of Jim Bowie, who will step down from his current position as CEO of California-based Electrosonic, Inc. in June this year, when he (...) read more
After 19 years of delighting more than ten million guests with breathtaking acrobatics and stunning choreography, “La Nouba” by Cirque du Soleil will give its final performance at Disney Springs on December 31st this year. “We want to thank Walt (...) read more
Today, Dutch Duinrell holiday and leisure park announced that its Tiki Pool will open a new spectacular slide attraction and an almost 1,000 square meter large indoor water playground this year. The slide is a 163 meter long triple cone slide, which (...) read more
Madame Tussauds, a so-called midway attraction operated by Merlin Entertainments, will surprise visitors to its New York and London locations with a larger-than-life animatronic head of giant ape “Kong”. In due time for the release of the new “KONG: (...) read more
As an add-on to the special exhibition “The Girl and the Sea”, which can be seen at Switzerland’s Spielzeug Welten Museum in Basel until April 2nd this year, pedestrians can already catch a first glimpse of the exhibition from outside the (...) read more
Today sees the opening of the first multiple adventure world from German entrepreneur Jochen Schweizer, which is located in the Bavarian town of Taufkirchen, near to Munich (please see also our report in EAP, 1/17). Jochen Schweizer Arena is the (...) read more
Texas’ Space Center Houston recently opened “Mission Mars”, an interactive exhibition about the so-called “red planet”, which offers visitors the possibility to peer inside a NASA “Orion” spacecraft research model and to learn more about the (...) read more
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (HKDL) recently presented its figures for the past financial year 2016: According to the annual report, the park welcomed a total of 6.1 million guests in the 2016 season (2015: 6.8 million), of which 39 percent were (...) read more
Recently, Miral Asset Management, a real-estate development company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, announced 29 attractions – rides, shows and entertainment offers for the new Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi indoor theme park, which is currently under (...) read more
Yesterday, Comcast NBCUniversal announced its plans to completely overtake Universal Studios Japan (USJ) located in the city of Osaka – the transaction is scheduled to close before the end of April this year. The acquisition includes the purchase of (...) read more
California’s The Producers Group (TPG) welcomes industry veteran and former Ocean Park Hong Kong CEO Tom Mehrmann as new member of its board of advisors. Mehrmann left Ocean Park in the summer of 2016 (c.f. EAP news from October 30th, 2015) and (...) read more
Australia’s Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast waterpark, which is operated by Village Roadshow, recently expanded its sliding and bathing offer by adding a new “dry” attraction, promising adrenaline and adventure for guests. “Wet’n’Wild Buggy” is the name of (...) read more
Germany’s KristallTurm company, which is headquartered in the Bavarian town of Lenggries, recently added two new elements to expand its high ropes course portfolio – “ZipCorner” and a stainless steel slide can now be added to the ice crystal-shaped (...) read more
In the upcoming season, starting in April, Sweden’s Gröna Lund theme park will surprise its visitors with an all-new attraction: “IKAROS“ is the name of the new spectacular ride that will certainly make guests‘ hands sweat. And even before the new (...) read more
US operator Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and the tourism and real estate development company Riverside Investment Group recently signed definitive agreements to build two more Six Flags-branded parks – a theme park and a water park – in (...) read more
Yesterday, SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. reported first preliminary results of the past 2016 financial year. According to the report, total revenues are expected to be 1.344 billion US Dollar (approx. 1.272 billion Euros) generated in all belonging (...) read more
