In 2008, the 18-hectare Raging Waves water park, located some 86 kilometers southwest of Chicago, Illinois, opened its doors. Visited by more than 300,000 guests annually, the family-owned park today offers, amongst other features, 20 water slides, (...) read more
Having welcomed 1,015,000 guests last year, Zoo Osnabrück is one of the most visited zoos in Germany. In recent years, the zoo opened its Asia-themed “Angkor Wat” area, which includes a temple occupied by apes as well as a tiger temple garden (cf. (...) read more
As Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a division of the US-based media group Viacom Inc., and the international leisure park operator Parques Reunidos recently announced, the two companies will partner to bring “Nickelodeon” family (...) read more
As of April 1, David Cromwell will be leading the Virginia-based Busch Gardens Williamsburg theme park as well as the Water Country USA water park, which is located in close proximity to Busch Gardens. The current Vice President of Aquatica San (...) read more
Following the renaming as Disney Springs and the opening of several restaurants last fall (cf. EAP News from September 29, 2015), some of the best-known shopping brands and further restaurants will soon be added to Walt Disney World Resort's (...) read more
Disney Cruise Line’s fleet continues to grow: As the shipping company, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, announced a few days ago, two new family cruise liners will set sail in 2021 and 2023. Like their predecessors “Disney Dream” (cf. EAP, (...) read more
It’s the first push of the Dalian Wanda Group in France: As recently announced, Wanda has signed an investment contract with the real estate company Immochan, a subsidiary of the French retail group Auchan, in Paris at the end of February. The (...) read more
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
