At the end of June, the industry was taken by surprise by the announcement of Efteling’s Supervisory Board of Directors that Bart de Boer – CEO and Chairman of Efteling since 2008 – will leave the Dutch theme park (which is ranked among the top 5 (...) read more
Rebuilt and opened in 2009, St. Gallen, Switzerland’s Tamina Therme will open a new sauna offer as of September 2013. ‘Sauna Nera”, a sauna house with a capacity of 60 guests, will add to the existing sauna area. A traditional, simple wooden (...) read more
On 3 July the around 29 hectare large area of Berlin’s Spreepark should have been sold by auction by the district court of Berlin-Köpenick (cp. EAP news from 7 May 2013). The market value of the neglected area, which is based on building lease, (...) read more
Marine Life Park at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) now offers new immersive experiences with the majestic animals of the ocean. “Open Ocean Dive” enables certified divers to explore the 18.2 million litre Open Ocean habitat during a 150 minute long (...) read more
The representatives of the members of the German Association of Amusement Machinery & Accessory Manufacturers (VDV) came together for this year’s annual General Assembly on 28 and 29 June in Leipzig, Germany. The programme also included a visit at (...) read more
According to IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions), organizer of Europe’s largest trade show for the attractions industry, Euro Attractions Show (EAS), a second hall had to be opened in this year’s venue, Centre (...) read more
The National Aquarium Denmark, also called “Den Blå Planet“, „The Blue Planet“, was opened in Copenhagen in March of this year. With the futuristic architecture of the building, located just 15 minutes south of Copenhagen centre, the new aquarium (...) read more
The largest Lego model was displayed in New York’s Times Square by the end of May – a life-size Star Wars X-Wing fighter replica. The Star Wars spaceship is reportedly 13 meters long, weighs 20 tons and was created from five million Lego bricks. (...) read more
Albert Ritter, son of a well-established showmen family from Berlin, was born “on the traditional Hanover fun fair” on 2 July 1953. The Essen-based showman is carrying on the travelling business of his family in the fifth-generation. He was elected (...) read more
Hamburg, Germany’s Miniatur Wunderland expands its current offer with the construction of the new theme world “Italy”. Together with Hamburg’s First Mayor, Olaf Scholz, the Chairman of the Board of the German Federal Railway (DB AG), Dr. Rüdiger (...) read more
Sabrina de Carvalho took up the position as Heide-Park Soltau GmbH’s CEO with effect from 1 June 2013. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merlin Entertainments Group. In her new position Carvalho will manage the overall business of the (...) read more
While the unrests between the Turkish government and protesters in Istanbul still continue, the first theme park of Turkey has been opened by Prime Minister Erdogan in Eyüp by the end of May. The new, highly anticipated theme park is a joint venture (...) read more
Jaderberg, Germany’s Tier- und Freizeitpark Jaderberg will open a new outdoor attraction in a couple of weeks. According to the park’s own information, a “huge inflatable boat ride” (total investment: one million Euros) will be ready by the (...) read more
As Merlin Entertainments has announced at the beginning of this week, Emma Wood will take up the newly created group-wide marketing role as the company’s first ever Group Marketing Director. Wood, who will join the company at the end of August, is (...) read more
Some days ago, Helsinki, Finland’s Linnanmäki amusement park has opened the new haunted ride “Hotelli Kyöpenlinvuori”. According to the storyline, the ride is a hotel operated and inhabited by witches. The new attraction replaces an old ghost train (...) read more
Florida, Jacksonville-based dark ride and animatronics design/manufacturing company Sally Corporation recently announced that they promoted Lauren Wood to their newly created position as Digital Marketing Manager. Lauren Wood, daughter of Sally’s (...) read more
This year’s summer meeting of the European Waterpark Association (EWA), held from 6 to 8 June 2013 in the cross-border region of Germany, Luxembourg and France, led the association’s members from classic Roman bath culture to state-of-the-art (...) read more
Being one of South West England’s largest tourist attractions and an UNESCO world heritage site, the Roman Baths in the historic city of Bath (Somerset) attract numerous visitors each year. Now the visitor attraction adds a new visitor management (...) read more
At the end of last week, the company Blueprint Entertainment and global operator group Merlin Entertainments signed a sale and purchase agreement for the management company of Ostend, Belgium’s visitor attraction “Earth Explorer”. The attraction, (...) read more
Right at the entrance in the waiting line for the “Lost Valley”, the new theme area at South Korea’s Samsung Everland in Yongin City, visitors are already introduced to the story behind this recently opened area. Specially designed vehicles then (...) read more
