National Geographic, www.nationalgeographic.com, recently reported on the theft of animals from zoos. Thieves are mainly interested in the most valuable animals, i.e. those closest to extinction. Once seized, they are usually transported abroad to (...) read more
Siemens Industrial Solutions & Services (I&S) is offering a new method of swimming pool water treatment that, unlike conventional systems, completely prevents the formation of legionellae. A combination of flocculation, ozonization, multi-layer (...) read more
A development that has been so striking in the U.S. for many years now is now rampant in Great Britain… and definitely on its way to the continent: overweight kids! The case of the nearly 90-kilogramme, nine-year old “heavyweight” Samantha Hames has (...) read more
Professor Dr Horst W. Opaschowski, scientific director of British American Tobacco’s Leisure Research Institute (B.A.T.), is this year’s winner of the German Government Leisure Commission’s award of distinction. In detailing their reasons for making (...) read more
Macau, the special administrative area on the south coast of the People’s Republic of China, has overtaken Las Vegas: according to the most recent figures from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, the gambling income of the once (...) read more
“Gerstlauer Elektro GmbH” is now “Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH”. According to company sources, considerable expansion in the product palette rendered the change necessary. In addition, the long-time manager of operations, Siegfried Gerstlauer, (...) read more
For the second time already, the Tyrolean tourism region Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis is able to look forward to the Best-of-Austria Award: Within the scope of the ITB trade fair presentation of Österreich Werbung (ÖW – Austria advertising) in Berlin, major (...) read more
The relatively mild climate in Central Europe this past winter has been welcomed by the construction industry: It enabled building plans to be carried out through the winter almost without interruption. Any delays in construction work could be (...) read more
London, New York, Dubai: Three cities – one deal. Merlin Entertainments Group (“Merlin”), controlled by the Blackstone Group (“Blackstone”), and The Tussauds Group (“TTG”), controlled by Dubai International Capital LLC (“DIC”), are today (...) read more
According to an estimation by the Russian Ministry for Economic Development and Trade, the Russian tourism industry currently accounts for merely 1.5 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), or roughly five per cent including the respective (...) read more
In the north of Budapest, Europe’s second largest recreational pool facility is to be built on 86,000-square metre large premises. The project planned by the Hungarian real estate developer InterEstate comprises a total investment of around 67 (...) read more
At the island resort of Sentosa just off the coast of Singapore, the 343,000 square metre large “Resorts World at Sentosa” is underway thanks to an overall investment volume of 2.6 billion euros. The mega project with numerous “resorts inside the (...) read more
On the 28th of March 2007, visitors can step out onto the glass Skywalk at Grand Canyon West for the very first time. Work on the project began back in March 2004 already. The Skywalk will be the highest free-floating observation deck in the world: (...) read more
Legoland in California reached a record in visitors this past year. A total of 1.65 million people came to Legoland in Carlsbad – more than ever before. More investments were also made in 2006 than in the past. For example, ten million USD went (...) read more
The four-star “Quellenhotel” (lit.: mineral spring hotel) is the heart of the Bad Waltersdorf health resort and has 350 beds. 370,000 people visited the Bad Waltersdorf curative spa and its Quellenhotel in 2006. The average duration of people’s (...) read more
The holiday park operator Landal GreenParks can look back on a successful year in 2006. Growing numbers of guests and the optimisation of the service spectrum have lead to an 11% increase in turnover, climbing to 215 million euros. Within the (...) read more
Candover Investments plc, one of the numerous American-British and generally very “hungry” investment firms, has announced the signing of an agreement on the takeover of Parques Reunidos. The Madrid-based group Parques Reunidos is held as the third (...) read more
In the next few months, Bremen’s tourist magnet will be supplemented with a pavilion for new exhibition space and an outdoor area with numerous experimental stations. The new discovery park is scheduled to open this summer. The new outdoor (...) read more
On the Wadden Sea island of Terschelling in one of the most popular holiday regions of the Netherlands, another Landal holiday park is being built across the Dutch coast and will open by the summer of 2008. Fifty-four luxury apartments are (...) read more
Christophe Jeannest, CEO of Center Parcs Europe recently announced massive investments for new holiday parks and the expansion of existing facilities. As a reminder: just last autumn, real estate from 11 Center Parcs in continental Europe was (...) read more
