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
Veterinarian Christine Richter (33) has recently assumed the responsibility as new zoo director of Germany’s Tierpark Jaderberg (Jaderpark), succeeding Bastian Lange, who took over the position in 2012 (cf. EAP news from February 22nd, 2012) and is (...) read more
Dubai’s IMG Worlds of Adventure indoor mega park (cf. EAP, 1/17), which opened on August 31st, 2016, recently celebrated its first anniversary. According to the park, which comprises four theme areas featuring exciting attractions and a wide (...) read more
If we were not in September, it would appear that today is 1 April. After all, the new idea of Rollercoasterrestaurant® inventor Michael Mack sounds like an April fool’s trick. After the busy entrepreneur had revolutionized the market a few years (...) read more
This past Tuesday, 5 September, Germany’s Ravensburger Spieleland amusement park welcomed its seven millionth guest since the park’s opening in 1998. Since then, the park, situated near Lake Constance, has become a popular destination for families. (...) read more
Germany’s robotics manufacturing company KUKA, which is part of Chinese Midea group of companies (cf. EAP news from October 10th, 2016), plans to invest more than 100 million Euro in the expansion and modernization of its Augsburg headquarters in (...) read more
For the distribution of its coin-operated simulator ride “Typhoon“, the Canadian supplier Triotech announced today to have signed an exclusive agreement with BANDAI NAMCO Amusement Europe Limited (BNAE). With immediate effect, Bandai Namco is (...) read more
Earlier this year we had already reported on the expansion plans of Dutch amusement park Toverland, which envisage the creation of a completely new theme area with a Wing Coaster and a magical boat tour as anchor attractions (cp. EAP news of 05 May (...) read more
Established in 1974 by the municipality of Rengsdorf, the formerly named Garden Wave Pool (G.: Garten-Wellenbad) bathing complex had been transferred to Wellenbad GmbH, before it was taken over by monte mare Bädergesellschaft mbH in 1991, which (...) read more
Located in the British county of Lincolnshire, Fantasy Island amusement park enthuses its visitors with a new projection mapping show, which does not make use of a classical canvas but projected onto an artificial rock in a formerly low-visited park (...) read more
Deborah Eicher, member of the Board of Directors of the IAAPA Foundation, is heading up the international business development of New York City-based RWS Entertainment Group, a company focusing on live entertainment, events and brand experiences. (...) read more
Located in Erie/Pennsylvania, the Waldameer amusement park recently opened a new, large-scale water play structure at its belonging Water World, named “Battle of Lake Erie”, which offers kids seven slides, two dump buckets for a frequent refreshment (...) read more
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced yesterday that its California-based Six Flags Discovery Kingdom park will launch the world’s first installation of a “Skywarp“ coaster model next year (cf. EAP, 2/17). The thrilling ride, which will be (...) read more
