(eap) The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has announced that the first IAAPA Expo Middle East will not take place as planned. The association’s trade show for the Middle East was originally scheduled to be held (...) read more
(eap) Roland Mack, owner of Europa-Park Resort in Rust, Germany, has been awarded the prestigious “Pro Merito” Medal of the Council of Europe. The honour was presented to him in a ceremonial setting by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, (...) read more
(eap) The U.S.-based attractions operator Enchanted Parks (formerly Innovative Attraction Management), which will operate six of the Six Flags parks taken over by EPR Properties and thus extend its portfolio of leisure destinations to a total of (...) read more
(eap) Following last week’s christening ceremony of the “Disney Adventure” in Singapore, the newest and largest ship in the fleet of The Walt Disney Company’s Disney Cruise Line sets sail today on its official maiden voyage. The vessel is the former (...) read more
(eap) The U.S. theme park SeaWorld San Antonio opened its newest attraction last weekend, just in time for the regional Spring Break holidays. After the Texas amusement park expanded its offering for younger visitors with the “SeaWorld Rescue Jr.” (...) read more
(eap) For decades in the 17th century, ramparts protected the Hanseatic city of Hamburg from invasions and thus contributed to its economic development. The construction of the elaborate fortification required enormous financial resources and hard (...) read more
(eap) With the “Norwegian Luna™”, Norwegian Cruise Line® has taken delivery of the 21st vessel in its fleet from the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy. Following its transatlantic voyage from Rome to North America, the modern cruise ship is scheduled to (...) read more
(eap) The holiday centre Schloss Dankern in Germany’s Emsland region will start the new season on 20 March and expand its offer with several attractions. The centrepiece of the new developments is the “Forsthof” (Forester’s Lodge) area, where (...) read more
(eap) The nature-, recreation- and tourism-oriented public park complex Gardens by the Bay in the Marina Bay district of Singapore is set to be further developed: plans call for the creation of an area covering around five hectares that will be (...) read more
(eap) Movie Park Germany is celebrating 30 years of park and film history this year. To mark the anniversary season, the film and theme park in Bottrop-Kirchhellen – which belongs to the Spanish Parques Reunidos group – has announced several (...) read more
(eap) On 28 March, FORT FUN Abenteuerland near Bestwig in Germany’s Sauerland region will start its season. Visitors can again look forward to new experiences this year: The park is expanding its offering with “FORT VentuRe”, a YULLBE Go VR (...) read more
(eap) The French theme park Walibi Rhône-Alpes will launch its new season on April 4. For the upcoming season, the leisure park located near Lyon has several new features in store for its guests. Planned is an expansion of the themed area “Exotic (...) read more
(eap) The North American amusement park operator group Six Flags Entertainment Corporation has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell seven of its parks to EPR Properties. The transaction value amounts to a total of 331 (...) read more
(eap) Barcelona’s historic amusement park Parc d’atraccions Tibidabo, located on the city’s mountain of the same name and operated by the municipal operating company Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (BSM), started into its 125th season last weekend. (...) read more
(eap) From 20 March 2026, visitors to the digital art center Phoenix des Lumières in Dortmund, Germany will be able to experience the new show “Prehistoric Planet – Discovering Dinosaurs”. The production was created in collaboration with Apple TV, (...) read more
(eap) The leisure pool rheinwelle in Gau-Algesheim (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) celebrated the topping-out ceremony for its extension building this past Monday. If construction proceeds according to plan, the indoor pool extension complementing (...) read more
(eap) Following continuous investments totaling 90 million euro in recent years in attractions and infrastructure, the Belgian theme and animal park Bellewaerde continues to advance its strategic development this year. The key addition for the (...) read more
(eap) The Texas-based theme park Morgan’s Wonderland, which specializes in inclusive attractions and rides, celebrated the opening of its new tower ride “WingZ of Wonder” last weekend. In specially configured gondolas themed as butterflies, both (...) read more
(eap) The Norwegian cruise and ferry operator Color Line has entered a partnership with the internationally active entertainment company RWS Global to develop new entertainment concepts for its cruises. The collaboration is set to begin with two new (...) read more
Shortly before the start of the 2026 season at Germany’s Erlebnispark Tripsdrill on 28 March (see EAP-News 27.11.25), there is news from the major construction site in Cleebronn: Almost one year after the groundbreaking ceremony in (...) read more
