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During their recent meeting in London, the IAAPA Board of Directors elected Gerardo Arteaga Third Vice Chairman. Arteaga, General Manager of Fantasilandia in Santiago, Chile, will be at the head of the association as its Chairman in 2015. As (...) read more

The Berlin-based specialists for attractions design flying saucer received this year’s red dot award in the category of communication design for their interactive periodic table of the elements. The award-winning exhibit is part of the chemical (...) read more

This summer saw the soft opening of the first part of China’s newest shopping and entertainment destination OCT Bay in Shenzhen, China. US-based architects Laguarda.Low developed the new 300,000 square meter large complex including retail, (...) read more

Since September a new electric train travels between the about five kilometers long Al Hoota Cave – one of the largest stalactite caves in the Arabian region – and the Al Hoota Visitor Centre at the foot of the Hajar Mountains. The custom designed (...) read more

“Parlamentarium” is the name of the new European Parliament visitor centre that was opened in October. According to its own account it is “the largest parliamentary visitor centre in Europe and the first to be fully operational in 23 languages”. (...) read more

The new indoor adventure world Fun Arena which opened near Hamburg this spring (please see our detailed report in EAP issue 3/2011) has completed its offer with the opening of a hotel at the beginning of October. Guests of the modern 57-room “Arena (...) read more

In Badung, on the Isand of Java, the amusement park called Kampung Gajah recently installed four of the well-known “Tubby” slides from Neveplast. Three straight slopes are 85 meter long each and were built, for the first time, with a width of three (...) read more

  The Red Sea Astrarium (TRSA), a 184-acre large themed entertainment resort with an attraction inspired by the 2009 Star Trek movie, is scheduled for opening in 2014 in Aqaba. Rubicon Group Holding (RGH), a global entertainment organization (...) read more

The newest queuing system for waterparks developed by Lo-Q was already introduced to the market about one year ago (cf. EAP 2/2011). The Q-Band (previously Q-Credits) is a waterproof wristband with a special technology that enables waterpark guests (...) read more

After having installed two extreme slides supplied by manufacturer Polin two years ago (cf. EAP issue 6/2009), the French waterpark on the Côte d’Azur again decided for a slide from this company. The new attraction is a hybrid version of Polin’s (...) read more

   Thierry Coup is the new Senior Vice President of Universal Creative’s Creative Studio, the planning and development division of Universal Parks and Resorts. With immediate effect, Coup is responsible for the creative developments of all new (...) read more

   Dan Ohlmann, carpenter and interior designer always devoted to miniatures and special effects, founded the “Palais de la miniature” in Lyon in 1990, today known as “Musée Miniature et Cinéma” located in the old town of Lyon. The museum focuses on (...) read more

   For the start of the season, Arthur, his lovely Minimoys and numerous fans of these enchanting mythical creatures scurried all over the Europa-Park and not without good reason. The famous French film director Luc Besson (“Arthur and the (...) read more

  According to the media, the cable car company Doppelmayr and musical producer Stage Entertainment plan to connect Hamburg’s St. Pauli entertainment district with the site of the International Garden Show (IGS) in its Wilhelmsburg district. The (...) read more

  In “Titanic – The Exhibition” guests of the Tivoli in Copenhagen can visit a spectacular exhibition until December 30, 2011 featuring the largest ship disaster of the world. 99 years ago, in the night from April 14 to 15, 1912 the luxury cruise (...) read more

  Austria’s first science center located in Wels (we reported earlier in EAP issue 3/2010) opened on April 16, 2011. The new 3,000 square meter large facility implemented by Bremen, Germany’s planning company Petri & Tiemann offers a highly (...) read more

  The theme park operated by the Compagnie des Alpes Group and located in Germany’s Sauerland region started into the new season with a new General Manager: Gordon Kosa joined the team and took over for André Michalik. Before, Kosa has worked for (...) read more

  Since the beginning of the year, company outings can be booked as an incentive event at the iPilot shop at Munich Airport. Europe’s first chain of professional flight simulators provides this special event to companies: After a short introduction (...) read more