In order to expand its cruise travel business, Wanda Tourism, a tourism service provider belonging to Dalian Wanda Group, entered into a strategic partnership with the Royal Caribbean International cruise company in mid-November. The agreement (...) read more
This past Tuesday Orange County commissioners unanimously approved the construction of the Skyplex entertainment complex at the intersection of International Drive and Sand Lake Road in Orlando, Florida. Throughout the last months critical voices, (...) read more
Since Friday last week visitors to Europa-Park have the possibility to see the US-American pop-art artist James Rizzi’s winter exhibition at the amusement park. Until January 10, 2016 more than 400 artworks will be presented in Europa-Park’s (...) read more
Having served as General Manager of Dubai-based IMG Worlds of Adventure for around seven months, Lennard Otto has recently been promoted to the new indoor theme park's Chief Executive Officer. As CEO, Otto will oversee the strategic vision, (...) read more
Following the years 2010 and 2011, Fårup Sommerland this year once again received an “IAAPA Human Resources Excellence Award”. The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) honored the Danish amusement park for providing (...) read more
As the French amusement park Futuroscope recently announced, it will introduce the new evening show “La Forge aux étoiles” in February next year. For the design and the production of the show Futuroscope cooperates with 45 DEGREES, a subsidiary of (...) read more
As the British amusement park Alton Towers announced this week, it will reopen its rollercoaster “The Smiler” next year, which has been closed since June 2 this year in consequence of an accident. Several passengers were seriously injured when a (...) read more
Following a construction period of three years, this past October saw the opening of the German Football Museum in the city of Dortmund (cf. EAP News from November 5, 2015). In the presence of the museum’s director Manuel Neukirchner and the former (...) read more
As Cedar Point announced, “Valravn”, the Ohio-based amusement park’s new rollercoaster, will be the world’s tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster. Once opened in summer next year, the attraction will feature a track length of more than 3,400 (...) read more
Last week, a SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment 121-seat 4-D theatre was opened on the famous historic cruise liner “Queen Mary”. The new attraction replaces the former theatre located in the aft section of the ship. Designed by SimEx-Iwerks in close (...) read more
The British image solutions partner for the leisure and entertainment industry Picsolve remains on its growth path. Following the announcement of the acquisition of Maxifoto (cf. EAP News from September 2, 2015), Picsolve has now published its plans (...) read more
As of this season the Dutch amusement park Toverland, located in the North of Limburg, wants to expand its winter attractions offer and therefore for the first time opens its second roofed themed area during the winter months. Apart from the “Land (...) read more
As the Swiss-based engineering company BMF recently announced, Bartholet Seilbahnen will realize a new project in Moscow. The Stadtbahn (Engl.: city railway), a 703-meter-long cableway including one mid-station, will transport its passengers from (...) read more
On the occasion of phaeno's tenth anniversary, the Wolfsburg-based science center, which was opened in 2005, has organized a number of special events and activities throughout the current year (cf. EAP News from January 27, 2015). This weekend the (...) read more
Recently, Austria-based Input Projektentwicklungs GmbH, a company known for the development of individual and sustainable theme worlds and experience concepts in natural environments, has been entrusted with a new project in Mexico. Around the (...) read more
Mission Hills Group, a company in China’s fledgling hospitality, sports and leisure industry, is teaming up with Guangxi Investment Group to build China’s first Wet’n’Wild waterpark. Wet’n’Wild Haikou will be operated by the Australian Village (...) read more
Rethink Leisure & Entertainment, a California-based design agency specializing in themed entertainment, announced that Michael Pharr (photo) has joined Rethink as the company’s first-ever Chief Operating Officer. As of now, Pharr is in charge of (...) read more
This past September construction works for a new major Doppelmayr Seilbahnen project started: As of the second quarter in 2017 an eight-kilometer 3S Doppelmayr cableway will connect the islands of Phú Quốc and Hòn Thom located in South Vietnam, (...) read more
Today, this year’s IAAPA Attractions Expo, the world’s largest trade show for the amusement park and attractions industry, starts in Orlando, Florida. Until Friday, November 20, more than 1,000 exhibiting companies, including 140 first-time (...) read more
Enchanted Kingdom’s Chief Operating Officer, Cynthia Mamon, revealed the Philippine-based theme park’s plans to double its land area in order to expand its attractions portfolio. Thus, the park intents to increase the visitors’ length of stay and to (...) read more
