(eap) The Alpentherme Gastein thermal bath in the Austrian municipality of Bad Hofgastein in Salzburger Land is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. After the former “Thermentempel” had been closed in 2002, a completely new building was (...) read more
(eap) Transforming a vacant shopping centre into an interactive gaming backdrop with real actors... this transformation is currently taking place in the Dutch city of Meppel in the province of Drenthe. The company Warrior Games, which has been (...) read more
(eap) Construction work on the new seal enclosure at Rostock Zoo is progressing rapidly. The ground-breaking ceremony was held in June last year (see our news from 16.06.2023) and the facility is due to open next year. In addition to a grandstand (...) read more
(eap) “Illumination’s Minion Land” themed area is set to open next year at Universal Studios Singapore in Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), located on Singapore’s Sentosa Island. The land based around the “Despicable Me” and “Minions” films will include (...) read more
(eap) On Saturday, Barcelona’s Tibidabo amusement park (located on the city’s mountain of the same name) celebrated the opening of its new “Merlí” drop tower: a freefall tower from Austrian manufacturer Funtime. The attraction itself is (...) read more
(eap) The German potts park Minden amusement park has announced a new family roller coaster, which will be installed in 2025 in the “Wild Stone Age” themed area directly opposite the Wild Swing attraction “Klippenschleuder”, which was opened in (...) read more
(eap) The Belgian Plopsa Group is repositioning Plopsaland De Panne’s accommodation offer with a strategic name change and is now marketing its offer as a resort. In combination with the Plopsaqua De Panne water park, the Studio 100 Theater De Panne (...) read more
(eap) From 12 to 21 July, the German Rhine river city Düsseldorf once again attracted visitors with its annual “Schützenfest” folk festival and the associated Rheinkirmes funfair, which – with some four million visitors every year – is (...) read more
(eap) The Belgian company BattleKart, founded in 2015, continues to expand: England’s first BattleKart facility recently opened in Sittingbourne in the north of the county of Kent. There, players can duel in six different mini-games in e-karts from (...) read more
(eap) The GlowZone, a new indoor black light mini golf course, opened yesterday in Essen-Borbeck in Germany’s Ruhr region. With an area of over 800 square meters, the course is set to be the largest of its kind in the region. A total of 18 lanes (...) read more
(eap) The Oslo (Norway)-based, listed company Orkla Food Ingredients (OFI) has acquired a hundred per cent of the German slush ice production company Freunde der Erfrischung (FdE) through its associated and group-owned Nic Group. Founded (...) read more
(eap) BoldMove Nation is strengthening its presence on the German-speaking market through a new cooperation with Fabian Richter (FABS leisure attractions consulting and service company). As an experienced expert in the amusement park industry, (...) read more
(eap) The “Ghost Castle” attraction at Europa-Park in Rust, which opened in 1982, has been closed for the past few weeks and has been extensively modernized. As of today, the ghost castle is back under its new name of “Castello dei (...) read more
(eap) A new attraction is currently being built at the Eis-Greissler adventure park in Lower Austria. The ride will be called “Wolkenfänger” (Engl.: Cloud Catcher) and will be the first of its kind from Germany’s aufwind Group. A total of twelve (...) read more
(eap) The Belgian theme park Walibi Belgium, which is operated by the French Compagnie des Alpes, has officially announced a new themed area called “Dock World”. The area will take up two styles in its theming: on the one hand that of an (...) read more
(eap) The US media and telecom group Comcast, to which belongs the theme park unit Universal Destinations & Experiences, yesterday presented its second quarter results (Q2) for the current financial year 2024, which ended on 30 June. With Adjusted (...) read more
(eap) A new public swimming pool is currently being built in Norway’s capital Oslo. The swimming facility is set to become the largest in the city and thus a new local hub for swimming. The Tøyenbadet is being built in the Grünerløkka district, on (...) read more
(eap) The Radisson Hotel Group, which has over 1,380 hotels in operation and under development, recently announced the addition of seven new hotels to its portfolio. These include one hotel that has already opened and six signings for future hotels (...) read more
(eap) At Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, the animal and theme park in Florida operated by United Parks & Resorts, the new “Phoenix Rising” roller coaster opened this past weekend. The attraction is an Inverted Family Coaster from Swiss manufacturer (...) read more
(eap) At the beginning of November last year, the new 65-metre-high Harzturm tower in Torfhaus in the Upper Harz Mountains (Germany) was officially opened by Stephan Weil, Minister President of Lower Saxony (we reported in EAP 1/2024). Due to (...) read more
