Roy Edward Disney, the nephew of Disney founder Walt Disney, died in December at the age of 79. He died from cancer at the Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, California. His father, Roy O. Disney, founded the Disney Company together with (...) read more
Since mid-November the Belgian company Alterface has been welcoming its visitors in its new offices just about one kilometer away from the former location, now within the Axis Parc in Mont-Saint-Guibert / Belgium. On 1,000 square meters and spread (...) read more
In mid-November the biggest science center of South Germany, the “Experimenta”, was opened in Heilbronn. 150 exhibits invite guests to wonder and to have a try themselves on an area of 7,500 square metres. The construction took 18 months until (...) read more
Despite a new record attendance of 15.4 million guests, Euro Disney’s sales volume decreased in the business year of 2008/2009, contrary to the European trend, with considerable seven per cent down to 1.23 billion euros. The net loss duplicated (...) read more
The Philand Ranch Ltd. has begun with the realization of a multi-billion dollar development program in the province of Quang Nam / Central Vietnam. The construction of a 48-large hectare bathing resort in the district of Nui-Thanh has just (...) read more
The 35,000 square metre-large Blub (“Berliner Luft- und Badeparadies”) in Berlin-Britz reappears: The wip Willmeroth Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH purchased the property as well as the recreational bath Blub from the Property Fund Berlin and (...) read more
The Meersburg-Therme at Lake Constance operated by GMF (Gesellschaft für Entwicklung und Management von Freizeitsystemen) records an operative profit of about 400,000 euros for the business year 2009 – a little bit more than in the previous year. (...) read more
At the end of November Tropical Islands in Brandenburg announced “the race is on” and finally started the construction of the first holiday houses. The investor is the German-Danish Planet-Group, one of the biggest vacation homes suppliers of (...) read more
According to “Rhein-Zeitung” the Staatsbad Bad Dürkheim GmbH intends to publish an Europe-wide call for tenders in order to win investors for the new construction of a thermal spa. As the media report it is both the operation of the new bathing (...) read more
The thermal spa Aqualux, which opened its doors two years ago and which is very much estimated for its architecture and equipment, is threatened to become a money pit. The Austrian “Kleine Zeitung” reported at the end of November: “Without new (...) read more
During a recent trip to Germany, the world-famous magicians Siegfried & Roy paid a visit to Phantasialand Bruehl. They were invited by park founder Gottlieb Löffelhardt and his son Robert Löffelhardt, CEO. The relationship between the amusement (...) read more
As a symbol for the completion of the building shell, a green crown was put onto the roof of the “Tropenhalle Gondwanaland” at Leipzig Zoo at the end of October. Gondwanaland is by now the sixth themed area at the Zoo Leipzig and will be opened by (...) read more
After long lasting negotiations, Disney was recently given green light for the construction of Disneyland Shanghai. With the blessing of authorities, Americans and Chinese will just continue to bargain for finances before the realization of the (...) read more
On the first in-house exhibition of Disney, the D23 Expo in Anaheim, Jay Rasulo, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, presented future plans of Disney for new attractions and themings. The Star Tours attraction in the Hollywood Studios will (...) read more
Kennywood Amusement Park in Pennsylvania / USA plans to open a new launch coaster in May 2010. The new attraction, the seventh roller coaster of the park, will be installed at the current location of the “Turnpike”, a ride that is planned to be (...) read more
A dinosaur theme park with the topic “evolution of dinosaurs” is to be opened at the latest in spring 2011 at Rasnov, a small city near Brasov in Transylvania, in the centre of Romania. On 40.000 square metres of land on lease from local (...) read more
Chocolate fanatics from China can be looking forward to January 2010: According to China Daily, a chocolate theme park is due to be opened near the Water Cube Aquatics Centre and the Bird’s Nest stadium. Chocolate replicas of the Great Wall, the (...) read more
In the Natural World Heritage region of the Blue Mountains in Australia, the first luxury resort from the Emirates Group opened outside of Dubai this autumn: the Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa. Nature conservation and the protection of species also play (...) read more
The Merlin Entertainment Group plans the construction of a 15-million dollar Sea Life Aquarium at Phoenix / Arizona, USA. The 26,000-square feet facility will be one of three new Sea Life Aquariums scheduled to be opened in 2010 in the US. Twelve (...) read more
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced in October that worldwide tourism is in danger of declining by up to six percent this year. At the same time, with an eight-percent drop in sales, Europe has suffered above-average repercussions (...) read more
