(eap) Around USD 125 million (approx. EUR 118 million) has been invested by Great Wolf Lodge Resorts shareholders Blackstone and Centerbridge Partners in the transformation of the Great Wolf Lodge facility in the Pocono Mountains (Pennsylvania). The (...) read more
(eap) The Austrian ropeway and cable car specialist Doppelmayr recently celebrated its 130th anniversary. Since its establishment in 1893 by Konrad Doppelmayr, the Wolfurt-based company has grown to become one of world market leaders in ropeway (...) read more
(eap) Today, UK-based leisure attractions operator group Merlin Entertainments and Immersive Gamebox, also a British company, announced to enter a partnership. Immersive Gamebox currently operates 27 of the so-called “Gamebox” facilities in the UK, (...) read more
(eap) The Oskarshausen amusement park near Dresden, Germany is going to receive a new attraction next year. The park recently got the approval for the construction of an all-weather toboggan run. The new Alpine Coaster is to be built in the middle (...) read more
(eap) The Brigerbad thermal spa, located in the town of the same name in the canton of Valais in Switzerland, recently opened some new attractions. Among them, the new children’s area “Kids Splash” with a water slide and a spray park from the German (...) read more
(eap) The Danish amusement park Djurs Sommerland near Nimtofte in Djursland has announced a new attraction for 2024: a new 60-meter high drop tower in the park’s “Mexicoland” theme area is to open in time for the start of the season on the 27th of (...) read more
(eap) Germany’s largest Center Parcs holiday park celebrates its 5th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the “Allgäuer Feschtle” special celebration was held on the fairground on October 1st, with guests enjoying a beer garden and an entertainment (...) read more
(eap) The Canadian technology company Connect&GO, known for its RFID access control and ticketing systems, recently became a partner of the French Looping Group, which operates a total of 18 leisure facilities (including amusement parks & zoos) in (...) read more
(eap) The Stuttgart-based interSPA Group, which operates the Wonnemar spas in Germany, has taken over the Belasso leisure facility from the Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) municipal and now plans to extensively modernize and expand the (...) read more
(eap) Already in summer, a first show staging was presented in a festive atmosphere on the world’s largest LED “screen” with a surface of some 580,000-square-foot (approx. 54,000- square-meters) – the spherical outer shell of the MSG Sphere building (...) read more
(eap) Yesterday, on October 3, 2023, a spectacular helicopter operation could be observed at the Danube Tower in Vienna. The reason for this: the individual parts of the “Danube Tower Slide” were delivered at a height of 165 meters. The slide at the (...) read more
(eap) The Busch Gardens® Tampa Bay animal and theme park, part of the SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment group, has announced a new roller coaster for 2024. Next year, a Family Suspended Coaster dubbed “Phoenix Rising” from Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & (...) read more
Next weekend, from October 6 to 8, 2023, the first Sauna Festival of Therme Erding will take place. On these days, the VitalTherme and saunas will be transformed into a big show stage when sauna masters heat up the total of 24 saunas. The event (...) read more
(eap) The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has named the current International Board Vice President, Matt Barton, as its President-Elect. This decision came after a unanimous vote of the International Board at their September Special Board (...) read more
(eap) Zoo Osnabrück gGmbH gets a new Managing Director. On December 1, Philipp Bruelheide, a graduate in business administration, takes over the management of the German Osnabrück Zoo from Andreas Busemann. “After an extensive application process, (...) read more
(eap) Next year, a new Family Launch Coaster will make its way to SeaWorld Orlando. Called “Penguin Trek”, the 920 meter long ride will feature both indoor and outdoor sections and take passengers on an expedition to the Arctic at a maximum speed of (...) read more
Yesterday (September 28), this year’s edition of IAAPA Expo Europe, which was held in the Austrian capital Vienna for the first time since 2006, ended with very good results in terms of attendance. As the International Association of Amusement Parks (...) read more
(eap) So-called “Sportainment” concepts are becoming ever more popular in Europe: a new park with a mix of sports and entertainment recently opened in Hasselt, Belgium. Sparkx is the name of the destination where visitors can try out a total of 50 (...) read more
(eap) The private equity firm of Bluestone Equity Partners, which is focused on the sports, media and entertainment sectors, has announced a minority investment in RWS Global. Through this strategical step, Bluestone will hold two seats on RWS (...) read more
(eap) Germany’s Aqua Marien leisure and adventure pool complex, which opened in 1997 in Marienberg in the Ore Mountains in Saxony and recently recorded an annual attendance of some 280,000 guests, has recently started into a comprehensive (...) read more
