Bob Rogers, founder, Chairman and CEO of the global experiential planning and design firm BRC Imagination Arts (BRC), a global experiential planning and design firm, has announced that Carmel Lewis (photo), a 23-year company veteran, has assumed the (...) read more
(eap) To mark the 250th birthday of the German painter Caspar David Friedrich (Romantic era), the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Engl. “Hamburg Art Gallery“) is presenting the exhibition “Caspar David Friedrich – Art for a New Era“ until April 1, 2024. A (...) read more
(eap) The Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced today that it has entered into an alliance with leading players in the technology industry. The U.S.-based leisure park operator group, which has 27 amusement facilities in the U.S., Mexico and (...) read more
(eap) On February 6, 2024, the European Waterpark Association (EWA) is hosting a free online seminar in English on the topic of “EN and ASTM Standards for Waterpark Attractions“ at 4 pm (CET). The European industry association for leisure pools and (...) read more
(eap) The Catalan theme park resort PortAventura World will be hosting a music festival for the first time: from July 4 to 6 this year, the park will give a stage to Boombastic, a well-known genre-mix festival in Spain. Over 40 artists from the pop, (...) read more
(eap) The Italian CGI studio Red Raion, which specializes in films for media-based attractions, welcomes a new face to the team. Roberto Buzzo joins the company as new Sales Director. Buzzo has over 18 years of experience in the fields of marketing (...) read more
(eap) A new edutainment attraction called “The Deep Explorer” debuted at the Malta National Aquarium, located in Qawra in the north of the Southern European island of Malta. The attraction is a media-based simulation cabin of the “Dynamic Explorer” (...) read more
(eap) Waterslide and attractions manufacturer ProSlide Technology, based in Ottawa, Canada, has just opened a subsidiary in Dubai (UAE). The local sales office is the company’s reaction to the rapidly growing demand for waterslides and attractions (...) read more
(eap) The opening of the new Oceana water world at Sweden’s amusement park Liseberg is drawing closer. Yesterday, the first water was ceremoniously poured into the pools of the new facility. The entire water park covers around 13,600 square meters (...) read more
(eap) SeaWorld Entertainment recently welcomed Nathaniel J. Lipman to its Board of Directors. Lipman served as Chairman and CEO of Affinion Group (a global provider of customer loyalty platforms and solutions) from 2005 to 2015. Since 2015, he has (...) read more
(eap) The “Game Theatre” dark ride concept presented at IAAPA Expo Europe 2023 by Lagotronics Projects, the Dutch specialist for media-based, interactive attractions, and the German attraction manufacturer Mack Rides will now be offered with the (...) read more
(eap) Germany’s AquaMagis Plettenberg is now presenting itself with a redesigned slide tower to guests. The main slide tower at AquaMagis was given a new outerspace look during the annual refurbishment phase in winter 2023. The previously rather (...) read more
(eap) The Swiss ropeway and mechanical engineering company Bartholet, which also operates its own amusement park division through its subsidiary Swiss Rides, is currently working on three new projects in China. In the Shao Huashan National Forest (...) read more
(eap) Yesterday, Tivoli amusement park located in the Danish capital Copenhagen staged the largest fireworks display in the park’s history to mark the coronation of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary. Queen Margrethe II abdicated after (...) read more
(eap) Puy du Fou International – the enterprise of the French show theme park Puy du Fou – has decided to not move forward with its plans to develop a further European theme park location in the Dutch municipality of Meppel (province of Drenthe) – (...) read more
(eap) The media and live entertainment company Sphere Entertainment, to which belongs the impressive Sphere building in Las Vegas that opened last fall as a new venue for concerts, film presentations and other large-scale events for (...) read more
(eap) The Austrian Falkensteiner Michaeler Tourism Group (FMTG) was recently awarded the contract for its first family resort on the German market. It is set to open in Grömitz on the Baltic sea coast (Bay of Lübeck). The four-star (...) read more
(eap) Palace Entertainment, the US-based leisure park operating group with more than 20 major entertainment venues across the US and Australia in its portfolio, announced the appointment of three new General Managers across key properties within its (...) read more
(eap) The Swarovski Kristallwelten brand experience world in Wattens, Tyrol, can look back on a pleasing year. In 2023, the destination welcomed around 560,000 visitors. This attendance figure includes a rapidly growing proportion of guests from (...) read more
(eap) Ebelsberg Castle in Linz (Upper Austria) was once a setting of the Napoleonic Wars. Recently, it became home to a new escape room adventure dedicated to the French emperor who ruled at the beginning of the 19th century. Guests slip into the (...) read more
