As announced on May 16th, 2016, Waterplay’s president Jill White has been ranked as one of Canada’s top 100 businesses led by female entrepreneurs. White ranked 52nd on the “18th Annual W100” list, which is the country’s largest recognition of (...) read more
On July 4th this year, Universal Studios Hollywood will open its new walk-through attraction “The Walking Dead – Battle for Survival” – based on the well-known television series of AMC channel. In addition to the successful “Halloween Horror (...) read more
Beginning on July 2nd this year, Disneyland Paris will present its new stage show “Mickey and the Wizard” (Fr.: “Mickey et le Magicien”) to visitors, which narrows the story of Mickey as a wizard apprentice discovering fascinating subjects that (...) read more
SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium plans to open the world’s first penguin experience in November this year, which will allow visitors to dip in the habitat of King and Gentoo Penguins. This new project is named “Penguin Island Expedition” and is inspired by (...) read more
As announced today, the German amusement park Phantasialand located in the city of Brühl will open its new mystery theme area “Klugheim” on June 30th this year. Fans have been following the progress of the construction works of the two new super (...) read more
FORREC Ltd., one of the world’s leading design companies within the leisure industry and headquartered in Toronto, recently announced the merger with the Toronto-based Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. In this way, FORREC extends its (...) read more
AV Stumpfl, one of the leading companies in the field of screens, multi-image displays and control equipment for the entertainment industry with headquarters in Wallern, has been awarded as Upper Austria’s best family business on May 17th, 2016. The (...) read more
Six Flags Fiesta Texas, located in San Antonio, launches three new and thrilling visitor attractions on the park’s Fiesta Bay Boardwalk – the looping coaster “Fireball”, manufactured by Larson International Inc., which has been inaugurated on May (...) read more
VRstudios, one of the leading companies providing virtual reality (VR) experiences with headquarters in Seattle, and the Korean company Simuline, which develops location-based amusement and entertainment products, recently announced their strategic (...) read more
On May 28th, 2016, the Dalian Wanda Group opened its new outdoor amusement park as a part of the entertainment complex Nanchang Wanda City in the Chinese province of Jiangxi to get in ahead of the scheduled opening of Disneyland Shanghai on June (...) read more
GMF GmbH & Co. KG has taken over the swimming and spa facility NAUTICA in the German city of Magdeburg with effect from May 1st, 2016. After longer-lasting financing problems in the past and the insolvency of the operating company, NAUTICA has been (...) read more
The works of the Italian painter Michelangelo, which adorn a large part of the walls and the inner ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, will be presented during the special exhibition “Der andere Blick” (Eng. “The other perspective”) at the (...) read more
On May 25th, 2016, Friedhelm Freiherr von Landsberg-Velen – CEO and owner of the German holiday resort Schloss Dankern – has been awarded with the first “Persönlichkeitspreis” (Eng. “Personality Award”) by the association Niedersächsicher Tourismus (...) read more
The manufacturing company RiMO Supply – a company of the RiMO Germany Group – is building for the very first time a fully-equipped Go-Kart track for a cruise liner – the “Norwegian Joy” of the US shipping company Norwegian Cruise Line, which is (...) read more
Regiondo, the leisure-ticketing provider based in the German city of Munich, announced on May 18th, 2016 the successful conclusion of a round of investment, in which the company Jochen Schweizer GmbH has been gained as a new investor. Jochen (...) read more
Madame Tussauds New York is currently developing the exclusive virtual reality experience “Ghostbusters: Dimension” in its already existing area “Ghostbusters Experience” in cooperation with Sony Pictures, Ghost Corps and THE VOID, which is (...) read more
KCC Entertainment Design – one of the world’s leading companies in entertainment design with headquarters in Belgium – was commissioned with the design of a unique indoor theme park of 34,000 square metres for the Dalian Wanda Group in Nanjing. The (...) read more
On Ma y 3rd, 2016, Six Flags Entertainment – one of the world’s largest regional theme park companies – released initial plans for Six Flags Dubai, which is scheduled to open at the end of 2019 as the first dedicated thrill park of Dubai Parks & (...) read more
Herbert Doll, founder and General Manager of monte mare – one of Germany’s largest operator of bathing complexes, sauna and wellness facilities – has been appointed senator at the yearly spring convention of the German Senat der Wirtschaft. The (...) read more
The acquisition of the Looping Group by the investment company Ergon (cf. EAP-news from March 30th, 2016) – a subsidiary of the Belgian concern Albert Frère – opened some new perspectives for the Aquaparc in Switzerland’s town of Bouveret. The park (...) read more
