News | 18 Jul 2023

New Waterslide Tower at JW Marriott Orlando

(eap) The JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes luxury resort is located in close proximity to SeaWorld Orlando (Florida, USA). An extensive renovation of the resort was completed at the end of 2022, which also included the expansion of the in-house (...) read more

News | 18 Jul 2023

Now Open: Hyper Ride Dark Ride at Niagara Falls

(eap) The new “Carnival Chaos Hyper Ride” dark ride from Triotech has opened at the Clifton Hill: Fun by the Falls entertainment district in Niagara Falls in the Canadian province of Ontario. This attraction type is one of the latest developments by (...) read more

News | 18 Jul 2023

Belgium’s Pairi Daiza Zoo to Build a Waterpark

Already in 2022, the Belgian theme zoo Pairi Daiza had announced a more than 100-million-euro project under the name “Sanctuary”, within the scope of which “the largest tropical house in the world” is to be built along with special overnight (...) read more

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News | 17 Jul 2023

Meow Wolf Exhibition “The Real Unreal” Opens in Texas

 (eap) “The Real Unreal”, the fourth permanent exhibition by art and entertainment group Meow Wolf, recently opened at Grapevine Mills Mall in Texas. The Real Unreal combines non-linear storytelling through the use of modern technologies with (...) read more

News | 17 Jul 2023

New Adventure Trail Open at Flumserberg

(eap) The popular Swiss winter sports area of Flumserberg stretches between Zurich and Chur in the canton of St. Gallen. Now a new attraction has been opened here for the snow-free months. Together with the Bergbahnen Flumserberg and the company (...) read more

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News | 13 Jul 2023

Bob Iger to Remain Disney CEO through 2026

(eap) Yesterday, The Walt Disney Company announced that Robert “Bob” A. Iger, who resumed his longtime role as CEO of the group late last year, has agreed to the unanimous request of the Board of Directors to extend his contract through Dec. 31, (...) read more

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News | 13 Jul 2023

Mark Haak Wegmann Is New CEO of EMAAR Entertainment

(eap) Former Center Parcs Europe CEO and M2 Leisure co-owner Mark Haak Wegmann (photo), who most recently served as managing director of the leisure and entertainment division of the Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) Group in Dubai, has now assumed the (...) read more

News | 13 Jul 2023

Augsburg Spickelbad Planned to be Rebuilt

(eap) According to plans drawn up by the city council’s sports committee Augsburg’s Spickelbad will be rebuilt at a cost of almost 40 million euros. An investigation by the structural engineering office has shown that the Spickelbad is not worth (...) read more

News | 13 Jul 2023

Isla Mágica: Floating Over Seville in a Large Balloon

(eap) At the Isla Mágica amusement park in Seville, Spain, guests can now take to the skies. This is possible thanks to a new large tethered balloon from the French company Aerophile. Guests can float in the new “Nao Vigía” balloon above the park at (...) read more

News | 13 Jul 2023

Castle Taggenbrunn in Austria Offers New Thrills

(eap) Castle Taggenbrunn in Carinthia, Austria – owned by the entrepreneurial Riedl family since 2011 and opened to the public in 2019 after extensive renovations as part of the Taggenbrunn Festival – now offers its guests spectacular views and (...) read more

News | 12 Jul 2023

Molly Murphy Named President of Universal Creative

(eap) Universal Destinations & Experiences, a unit of Comcast NBCUniversal, announced the appointment of Molly Murphy (photo) as President of Universal Creative, effective August 14, 2023. She joins Universal from Gensler, a global architecture, (...) read more

News | 12 Jul 2023

Tour Excalibur: A Drop Tower Ride for Cobac Parc

(eap) Last Saturday (8 July), France’s Cobac Parc, located between Rennes and Saint-Malo, was able to inaugurate its great novelty of the season: the “Tour Excalibur”. The 20-meter high attraction is a free fall tower equipped with twelve seats, (...) read more

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