Movie Park Germany’s popular “Halloween Horror Fest”, which takes place each year in October, is one of Europe’s biggest Halloween events. Due to the strong demand, the Bottrop-based amusement park will open a permanent horror attraction in the (...) read more
Visited by more than 1.6 million guests in 2015, Karlsruhe’s 12 swimming pool facilities, as in the recent years, registered high attendance figures. Thanks to last year’s good summer weather, the outdoor pools welcomed 200,000 more guests than in (...) read more
As the US-based Six Flags Entertainment Corporation recently announced, the theme park operator has entered a marketing partnership with the technology company Samsung, which appoints Samsung as Six Flags’ “Official Technology Partner”. In the (...) read more
Italy’s Gardaland Resort, which will open its new “Gardaland Adventure Hotel” on June 1 (cf. EAP News from September 11, 2015), has announced a further novelty for this season. The resort has concluded an agreement with DreamWorks Animation for (...) read more
On March 1, the world's largest travel website TripAdvisor announced this year's “Traveller's Choice Award” winners in the “family hotel” category. TripAdvisor bases the ranking on millions of experience reports and opinions of the travel community (...) read more
During the last few weeks, Germany's automobile and technology museum Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim updated its IMAX 3-D cinema with the modern IMAX 4K laser technology (cf. EAP News from December 8, 2015). The film theatre presents two new (...) read more
This past Sunday (February 28, 2016) Disneyland Anaheim’s marketing legend Jack Lindquist died at the age of 88. Lindquist, who was born on March 15, 1927 in Chicago, worked for 38 years in different positions at Disneyland. Only a few months after (...) read more
As the US-based Six Flags Entertainment Corporation recently announced, its board of directors has split the theme park company’s executive leadership roles. While Jim Reid-Anderson, Six Flag’s former Chairman, President and CEO, has been named the (...) read more
This past January saw the opening of Therme Bucuresti, a new thermal spa and wellness complex located at the outskirts of Bucharest. Covering an area of more than 30,000 square meters, the lush green facility features the “Palm”, “Galaxy” and (...) read more
On time with the start of its new season, Germany’s Kernie’s Family Park at Wunderland Kalkar, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, will open its new “Atlantis” ride at the Easter weekend. The 32 meter high HUSS Condor will offer (...) read more
Last year, Universal Orlando Resort announced its plans for the opening of its new “Skull Island: Reign of Kong” attraction at the Islands of Adventure theme park, which is scheduled to welcome its first visitors this summer (cf. EAP News from May (...) read more
The US-based theme park operator SeaWorld Entertainment recently announced several changes in its operational management team, both at its corporate headquarters in Orlando, Florida and at some further locations. John Reilly, who has served as (...) read more
The US-based amusement park operator Cedar Fair, headquartered in Ohio, successfully ended its financial year 2015, recording its sixth consecutive year of record results. As the company announced last week, it generated net revenues of 1.24 billion (...) read more
As of now, visitors to Ferrari World Abu Dhabi have the possibility to dare a thrilling ride on the theme park’s new “Flying Aces” roller coaster (cf. EAP News from November 4, 2015). In the course of an exclusive launch event with more than 100 (...) read more
Only recently after it has become known that Legoland Florida reportedly intends to build a new resort (cf. EAP News from February 11, 2016), the theme park located in Winter Haven announced its plans for the opening of its first major water park (...) read more
The new theme park complex Dubai Parks and Resorts, which is currently under construction, is estimated to meet the scheduled opening date in October this year. Located on Sheikh Zayes Road in Dubai, the new 232 hectare complex will feature (...) read more
A few days ago, Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) published its fiscal year 2015 results. Visited by 6.8 million guests in 2015, the theme park could not reach its record prior-year result of 7.5 million guests. HKDL primarily traces back the declining (...) read more
Last year, the three swimming pool and bathing complexes Nettebad, Moskaubad and Schinkelbad, all located in the city of Osnabrück, once again registered a total of almost 1.25 million visitors. Although Stadtwerke Osnabrück targeted an even higher (...) read more
As the Canada-based provider of interactive and multi-sensory attractions for the entertainment industry Triotech announced yesterday, Charles Décarie has been appointed as the company's new Chief Operating Officer. For more than 15 years, Décarie (...) read more
In spring last year, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment™ announced its plans for opening Orlando’s tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster at SeaWorld Orlando this summer (cf. EAP News from June 2, 2015). A few days ago, the theme park now unveiled (...) read more
