The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) recently announced that Doug Stagner joins the IAAPA team as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of worldwide operations, a newly created position responsible (...) read more
Following the retirement of Fårup Sommerland’s former co-owner and CEO Søren Kragelund (c.f. EAP, issue 1/17), the owner family Schnack and the board recently appointed Per Dam Jensen as new CEO. The 49-year-old, who worked for Fårup as a seasonal (...) read more
After nearly nine months of construction works, Germany’s Europa-Park recently inaugurated its new 8,000 square meter large logistics center, which functions as the new central goods receiving department for the park’s departments of Gastronomy, (...) read more
In the West Australian city of Perth “The Village of Wellard” was recently opened – an outdoor adventure park for kids of all ages, featuring a skate park, a BMX trail, trampolines and a playground. EPCAD, an Australian creative design studio, was (...) read more
Carlo Zachau recently joined Berlin’s start-up company bookingkit as new Chief Sales Officer. In his new position, Carlo will be responsible for bookingkit’s global distribution, business development and B2B-marketing. Previously, he has been (...) read more
Germany’s Therme Erding recently opened a Russian “Banya” sauna with room for more than a hundred persons as the currently largest log cabin-Banya worldwide. Surrounded by natural Siberian arolla pine trunks and in comforting 70° Celsius, bathing (...) read more
LEGOLAND Florida Resort recently opened its new “LEGO® NINJAGO® World” theme area, in which kids can become a “ninja fighter” and enjoy a variety of attractions. The area features “LEGO® NINJAGO® The Ride”, a 4D dark ride equipped with the modern (...) read more
Yesterday, LEGOLAND Deutschland Resort, which is located in the German city of Guenzburg, announced its plans to build a new pirate-themed hotel to open in 2018. “Pirate Island” will be part of LEGOLAND’s “Holiday Village” next to the park – a hotel (...) read more
Yesterday, US-based Falcon’s Creative Group announced that the company with headquarters in Orlando will master plan the first phase of expansion of the Philippines’ Enchanted Kingdom amusement park, which had already announced extensive expansion (...) read more
For its parks in Florida, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment recently announced several leadership changes: Jim Dean, President of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island, today takes over the position as Park President of Orlando’s SeaWorld, (...) read more
This past Friday, 13th January, saw the official opening of Europa-Park’s new multifunctional arena with Swiss singer and music producer DJ BoBo, performing his first “Mystorial” tour concert at the new location. The audience in the sold-out hall (...) read more
Located in the North-West of the country, England’s Chester Zoo reached a new record in visitor figures in 2016. In comparison to the previous year, this means a plus of 12 percent. The greater revenue will support vital conservation work protecting (...) read more
Universal Studios Hollywood started with Karen Irwin as new President and Chief Operating Officer into the new year. Karen, who had been overseeing merchandising and partnership deals at the mother company Universal Parks & Resorts in Orlando since (...) read more
US-based S&S-Sansei Technologies and the British Holovis company joined forces to offer a new “Immersive Elevator MediaCoaster” as an advanced dark ride concept. The attraction starts with the creative narrative flowing through a themed media and (...) read more
Today, SeaWorld San Diego announced to open a new thrilling rollercoaster in 2018 – a “Sky Rocket II” model from US manufacturer Premier Rides with the name “Electric Eel”. At a height of 45.7 meters and its maximal speed of nearly 100 km/h, it will (...) read more
Today, the members of the German Showman Association (G.: “Deutscher Schausteller Bund e.V.”) come together in the city of Bonn to discuss union-political issues and future perspectives of the world’s largest showman association in section meetings, (...) read more
Since January 1st, 2017 – or rather with the beginning of the season on April 8th – Germany’s Freizeit-Land Geiselwind amusement park runs under a new owner’s flag. At the beginning of this year, the Showman Matthias Mölter from the German city of (...) read more
Today saw the opening of the “Iron Man Experience” 3-D motion simulator, which is the first Marvel-themed ride at a Disney park, at Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL). Visitors to the park can explore the “Stark Expo” located in HKDL’s “Tomorrowland” theme (...) read more
According to Spanish media reports, two of Parques Reunidos’ main shareholders – the international private equity manager Arle Capital and Britain’s Smithfield Capital, which is specialized in company liquidations – sold ten percent of the capital (...) read more
On May 13th this year, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A Museum) will open a special exhibition on Pink Floyd – one of Britain’s most popular rock bands – to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of the band’s first “Arnold Layne” (...) read more
