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Located in Ypres, Belgium, Bellewaerde will begin construction works of a new major attraction this fall: the first Duelling Alpine Coaster in Europe. The attraction, which will consist of two parallel tracks providing guests with an exciting race (...) read more

Following the success of the newly opened „Lego Ninjago World“ at Denmark’s Legoland Billund Resort at the beginning of this season (cp. EAP, issue 2/2016), the Merlin Entertainments-operated park recently announced to expand its accommodation offer (...) read more

The international trade fair for swimming pools, sauna and spas (interbad) is held from today until Friday, September 30th at the fairgrounds of Germany’s Messe Stuttgart. Nearly 450 exhibitors from 64 countries will present the industry’s latest (...) read more

The International Trade Fair for Gardening and Landscaping (GaLaBau), which was held from September 14th-17th 2016 at NürnbergMesse in Germany, registered higher numbers of both international exhibitors and visitors. In total, 64,138 professionals (...) read more

Following this year’s Euro Attractions Show (EAS), which was held from September 20th until September 22nd at Fira Gran Via Convention Center in Barcelona, the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) already announced (...) read more

DHX Brands, the brand management and consumer products arm of DHX Media, a creator, producer, marketer and broadcaster of family entertainment, and the British design firm Paragon Creative recently announced their collaboration to develop (...) read more

Six Flags’ La Ronde theme park, located in the Canadian city of Montreal, recently announced to add a new thrilling attraction to its lineup of rides in 2017. This will be a new giant frisbee, which will be named “Titan”, according to the Greek (...) read more

Visitors to Disneyland® Paris can look forward to an exclusive new STAR WARSTM saga show program starting at the beginning of 2017 at the Walt Disney Studios® Park. “The Time of Power” is the name of the spectacular show, which will be unique to (...) read more

S&S Worldwide, a manufacturer of rollercoasters and thrill rides, recently announced the appointment of Tim Timco as the company’s new CEO succeeding Rich Allen. After nearly 20 years Allen decided to retire from his position, in which he (...) read more

Today will see the start of the Euro Attractions Show (EAS) 2016 at Fira Gran Via Convention Center in Barcelona, with more than 500 exhibitors who present their latest developments and innovations to the professionals of the international leisure (...) read more

Twentieth Century Fox’ “American Horror Story” has come to life at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood, where guests get creeps in a new maze of different scenes out of the TV series. The new attraction has been opened to (...) read more

Located in the German town of Hodenhagen, the zoo and leisure park Serengeti Park, which recently inaugurated new adventure lodges for overnight guests (c.f. EAP news from August 11th, 2016), has enlarged its animal population by adding three (...) read more

Baz Slatter (photo) recently joined the British company Holovis, specialized in projection technology and media-based solutions, as new Business Development Director to help lead the further expansion of the Holovis “Extended Experience” offering – (...) read more

Construction works of Efteling’s new “Symbolica” dark ride are currently underway. The attraction, which is going to be inaugurated in due time for the park’s 65th anniversary in 2017, is based on a steel construction with a weight of 300,000 (...) read more

The Dutch company Watergames & More, distributor of water attractions, recently installed its first “GoH2O” water slide in a German bathing facility. Guests at Wonnemar Marktheidenfeld can enjoy sliding fun on the new three meter wide “GoH2O (...) read more

Virginia’s Kings Dominion amusement park recently announced its plans to expand the “Planet Snoopy” children’s theme area with the addition of three new family attractions, a new event space and upgraded food and beverage locations in 2017. The new (...) read more

The Dutch Slagharen amusement park announced today the addition of the new “Gold Rush” triple launch coaster to its visitor offer in spring 2017. The new roller coaster will replace the old “Thunder Loop”, which will be teared down by the end of (...) read more

Kraftwerk Living Technologies, one of the leading suppliers in the field of audio-visual system integration with headquarters in the Austrian city of Wels, announced yesterday the appointment of industry veteran Kevin Murphy (photo) to its senior (...) read more

A new and interactive special exhibition on the human body can be experienced by visitors at Wolfsburg’s phaeno science center from September 10th this year until February 11th, 2018. Under the German title “Manometer! – Die unglaubliche Ausstellung (...) read more