Physiotherm, one of the leading manufacturers of infrared cabins, recently presented its new 360° panoramic infrared gondola on the Trade Fair for Craft Trades in Munich/Germany, which was held from March 8th to 14th, 2017. The innovative concept is (...) read more
While construction works of the new “Symbolica” family attraction at the Dutch Efteling theme park are in progress, the park already unveiled the design of the attraction’s carriages. It's like magic, the fairy-tale designed vehicles will take (...) read more
Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon waterpark, located in Florida, recently opened its new themed sliding attraction “Miss Adventure Falls”, which has been announced in summer 2016 under the previous name “Miss Fortune Falls” (c.f. EAP news from August 19th, (...) read more
“Little BIG City Berlin” is the name of a new leisure destination created by Merlin Entertainments Group, which is currently under construction in Berlin/Germany. Visitors to “little Berlin” will immerse into the city in miniature size, passing by (...) read more
Since its opening in autumn 2010 (c.f. EAP, issue 6/10), Therme Wien spa facility, which is operated by VAMED Vitality World, has seen ongoing successes in its operation – recently, the destination welcomed its five millionth visitor. Its success (...) read more
The Void – a Utah-based entertainment technology company which is specialized in Virtual Reality (VR) experiences – recently appointed Cliff Plumer as the company’s new CEO, succeeding Ken Bretschneider. Plumer, who looks back on more than 30 years (...) read more
The Swiss village of Tannenboden on Flumserberg mountain will be home to the new Heidi Alperlebnis experience, a theme world featuring the popular little girl from the Swiss children’s book. Furthermore, the plans include a resort with an adjacent (...) read more
Tayto Park, an Irish amusement park and zoo, recently announced to open the new flume ride “The Viking Voyage at the Park” this summer, which is already under construction on site. The new attraction from Interlink will immerse guests into the world (...) read more
In this year’s Sunday Times Export Track, Holovis – a British specialist in projection technology – has been ranked the ninth fastest growing SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) exporter in the UK, according to the results of a survey conducted (...) read more
Forrec, a Canadian design and planning company, recently announced that Cale Heit was named to become the company’s new CEO and president, effective October 1st, 2017. He succeeds Gordon Dorrett, who will stay on as executive director offering (...) read more
Dublin-based The Giant Company recently announced to partner with US leisure consulting company International Theme Park Services (ITPS) to introduce and market “The Giant” attraction to the leisure industry. The concept for the Giant was developed (...) read more
At this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW), a festival for music, film and interactive media annually taking place in Austin/Texas, the cinematic VR theater experience on the world’s first fully motion-based VR simulator “Voyager” – “The Mummy Zero (...) read more
Suzohapp, a technology company offering a various hard and software portfolio for the leisure market, recently announced the reorganization of its sales team in the EMA “gaming” sector. Goran Sovilj has been promoted to the position of Vice (...) read more
Electrosonic, one of the leading specialists for AV (audio-visual) systems, recently announced the resignation of Jim Bowie, who will step down from his current position as CEO of California-based Electrosonic, Inc. in June this year, when he (...) read more
After 19 years of delighting more than ten million guests with breathtaking acrobatics and stunning choreography, “La Nouba” by Cirque du Soleil will give its final performance at Disney Springs on December 31st this year. “We want to thank Walt (...) read more
Today, Dutch Duinrell holiday and leisure park announced that its Tiki Pool will open a new spectacular slide attraction and an almost 1,000 square meter large indoor water playground this year. The slide is a 163 meter long triple cone slide, which (...) read more
Madame Tussauds, a so-called midway attraction operated by Merlin Entertainments, will surprise visitors to its New York and London locations with a larger-than-life animatronic head of giant ape “Kong”. In due time for the release of the new “KONG: (...) read more
As an add-on to the special exhibition “The Girl and the Sea”, which can be seen at Switzerland’s Spielzeug Welten Museum in Basel until April 2nd this year, pedestrians can already catch a first glimpse of the exhibition from outside the (...) read more
Today sees the opening of the first multiple adventure world from German entrepreneur Jochen Schweizer, which is located in the Bavarian town of Taufkirchen, near to Munich (please see also our report in EAP, 1/17). Jochen Schweizer Arena is the (...) read more
Texas’ Space Center Houston recently opened “Mission Mars”, an interactive exhibition about the so-called “red planet”, which offers visitors the possibility to peer inside a NASA “Orion” spacecraft research model and to learn more about the (...) read more
