During this year’s Euro Attractions Show (EAS) in Berlin, Dr.-Ing. h.c. Roland Mack, owner of Europa-Park, was honored with the “Lifetime Award” from the Kirmes & Park Revue magazine for his achievements in the amusement and attractions industry. (...) read more
According to current planning, the area of Beaulieu, close to Avignon in southern France, will see the opening of the brand-new Parc Spirou theme park in 2018, featuring the popular Franco-Belgian comics series “Spirou and Fantasio”. The new park, (...) read more
Starting today, the professionals from the international leisure and attractions industry will come together in Berlin for this year’s Euro Attractions Show (EAS), taking place at the Messe Berlin exhibition halls until Thursday, September 28th. The (...) read more
Holovis, a British developer and provider of innovative technology solutions for the amusement industry, has recently named Howard Newstate new Vice President of Experience Innovation. Previously, Newstate spent three years at Cedar Fair (...) read more
As announced by Spain’s Parques Reunidos operating group this past Wednesday, the first “Lionsgate Entertainment City”-branded indoor entertainment center in the US will be developed at Times Square in New York City. Parques Reunidos’ new business (...) read more
After Australia’s Wet’n’Wild Sydney water park had introduced the technology-based “accesso LoQueue” queuing solution from British provider accesso Technology Group in 2016 (cf. EAP news from November 3rd, 2016), the Australian-American operating (...) read more
Orlando/FL-based ITEC Entertainment Corporation, one of the internationally leading companies in the entertainment sector, has been commissioned with the design of 35 attractions and show concepts for a new indoor park developed by Chinese property (...) read more
Today, SeaWorld Entertainment – operator of the world’s unique “Sesame Street” theme park – announced that the Langhorne/PA-based Sesame Place® family park will open its first wooden coaster in spring 2018. “Oscar’s Wacky TaxiTM” is the name of the (...) read more
As announced yesterday by British operating group Merlin Entertainments, LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort will upgrade its existing “Project X” test track coaster (a “Wild Mouse” model from German manufacturer Mack Rides) with Virtual Reality (VR) (...) read more
Austria’s Swarovski Kristallwelten park, which is located in Wattens, has recently inaugurated a new, versatile play landscape appealing to kids of all ages. In the course of a cooperation with Germany’s Ravensburger Freizeit und Promotion GmbH and (...) read more
In order to save resources in its administration when it comes to ticket sales, Movie Park Germany has recently decided to make use of the booking technology of Berlin-based provider bookingkit, one of the leading companies in the field of (...) read more
Five years after the opening of its “Darwineum” tropical hall, Germany’s Zoo Rostock now takes stock of the attraction, which is home to more than 2,000 animals of over 150 species (nearly twice as much as at its beginning). The animal park, which (...) read more
Recently, Har Kupers, COO of Vekoma Rides, was honored with the AIMS International Safety Award of the non-profit organization AIMS International, which had been awarded for the first time in 2016 (to Harold Hudson, cf. EAP news from October 21st, (...) read more
Some time ago, Europa-Park had already announced its plans to set a new milestone in the history of Germany’s largest amusement park by expanding the Europa-Park universe with the creation of its first own water world to be opened by the end of (...) read more
At last year’s IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Turkey-based Polin Waterparks presented its innovative “Splash Cabin” attraction, developed in cooperation with Lagotronics (cf. EAP, 1/17). The first model has been opened at Turkish Aquafantasy Waterpark in (...) read more
Philippines-based design and theming specialist Themebuilders has recently opened its first European office located in Venlo, Netherlands, to further strengthen its presence in the European market and to provide customers in this area with a direct, (...) read more
Yesterday, Dutch experience design and production agency Jora Vision announced the appointment of Dr. Pieter C.M. Cornelis (photo) as the company’s new Project Strategy Director. In his new role, Pieter Cornelis, who combines his work at Jora Vision (...) read more
Ohio-based Cedar Fair operating group, which focuses on regional amusement parks, water parks and active entertainment, Peanuts Worldwide (a subsidiary of DHX Media, Ltd.) and the family of Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts characters, have (...) read more
Munich-based online ticket provider Regiondo has recently announced the company’s restructuring towards the B2B business to provide leisure facilities with their cloud-based 360 degrees booking solution. Previously, Regiondo, which was founded as a (...) read more
In the summer of 2018, LEGOLAND California Resort will open the new “LEGO® City Deep Sea Adventure” underwater ride, representing the largest single investment from Merlin Entertainments into a Legoland park until to date. Similar to the existing (...) read more
