(eap) This past Friday, the immersive exhibition experience “Tutanchamun” celebrated its German premiere in Hamburg. Through January 31, 2024, visitors can immerse themselves into Ancient Egypt – a time full of god-like rulers, architectural wonders (...) read more
(eap) Launching today, the new VR escape game “The Break-in” can be played at the The Park Playground VR experience world in Antwerp and also at further The Park Playground locations in Europe, the UK and Australia, all developed and equipped by the (...) read more
(eap) Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announces “Norwegian Aqua”, a new ship in its “Prima” class of ocean liners, which will be the first cruise ship in the extended Prima Plus class and is scheduled to depart on its maiden voyage in April 2025. As a (...) read more
(eap) Headquartered in Berlin, the PAPERDICE Group is one of Germany’s largest operators of Escape Rooms. Its existing portfolio has recently grown with the addition of two more locations (in Dortmund and Duisburg), bringing the group’s total to (...) read more
(eap) Ernest Yale, founder and CEO of Canada-based Triotech company, has announced the return of Gabi Salabi (photo) to the company. Salabi served at the company as Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development as well as Chief Commercial (...) read more
(eap) The two listed US amusement park operators Cedar Fair (NYSE: FUN) and Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) have entered into a definitive merger agreement, as was officially announced today. With the reference date of 31 October 2023, the companies, which (...) read more
(eap) Dutch software company Convious recently launched a new GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) application for customer service and support. It is designed to help leisure companies make their customer support more efficient. To do this, the (...) read more
(eap) This year’s winners of the “EWA Awards” were honored at a festive dinner held by the European Waterpark Association (EWA) in the New Flora Cologne during the aquanale trade fair last week. As the quality association of European leisure pools (...) read more
(eap) After more than 25 years in operation, the SEA LIFE center in Bray, Ireland (near Dublin), will have to close its doors permanently towards the end of this year, as was decided by operator Merlin Entertainments. “This has been a very difficult (...) read more
(eap) After the Allwetterzoo Münster was able to celebrate the opening of the new tropical “Meranti Hall” in June after about three years of construction – which, with costs of about 21.5 million euros, represents the largest construction project of (...) read more
(eap) Ardent Leisure Group-operated sister parks Dreamworld and WhiteWater World (located on the Gold Coast, Australia) are participating in the International Ride Operator Certification Program (“iROC” certification) of Nashville, (...) read more
(eap) Bruce A. Brown (photo), a law graduate with more than 20 years of professional experience, has been appointed Executive Vice President of Legal, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary by Orlando, Florida-based Falcon’s Beyond. In this position, (...) read more
(eap) Since this week, guests to the Center Parcs Hochsauerland holiday park can immerse themselves into virtual worlds: The vacation destination located in Medebach, Germany has opened a Virtual Reality (VR) attraction that allows both children and (...) read more
(eap) Last week, the construction of a new urban ropeway with a length of 8.4 kilometers and a transport capacity of 1,500 passengers per hour and direction started in Uruapan, Mexico. The Austrian company Doppelmayr has been commissioned with the (...) read more
(eap) Merlin Entertainments has announced first details of the new PEPPA PIG Park, which is scheduled to open 2024 in Günzburg, Bavaria, in the immediate vicinity of LEGOLAND® Deutschland Resort. A total of five rides and seven different themed (...) read more
(eap) From November 13, 2023 to January 28, 2024, the Dutch theme park Efteling will be transformed into an atmospheric winter world for the 25th time. New this year are glowing butterflies that Sander de Bruijn, head of the design team at Efteling, (...) read more
(eap) Last weekend, the Deutsches Museum in Munich celebrated the 100th anniversary of the world’s first public demonstration of a projection planetarium in the Deutsches Museum. The star projector, a completely new technical innovation at the time, (...) read more
(eap) The European Waterpark Association e.V. (EWA) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für das Badewesen e.V. (German Association of Public Pools) draw a positive conclusion to this year’s summer. Many leisure pools and spas in Germany and Europe were (...) read more
(eap) The trade fair duo FSB (International Trade Fair for Amenity Areas, Sports and Exercise Facilities) and aquanale (Trade Fair for Sauna.Pool.Ambience) kicks off today in the halls of the Cologne Trade Fair Center. The industry’s leading trade (...) read more
(eap) Yesterday, a new experience museum called Schwebodrom, dedicated to the history of the “Wuppertaler Schwebebahn” – the historic elevated railroad of Wuppertal (Germany) – opened in the city district of Barmen. The experience was created in a (...) read more
