(eap) Last Friday, Leipzig Zoo (Germany) celebrated not only an elephant offspring, but also its very own birthday. 145 years ago, innkeeper Ernst Pinkert first opened the gates of the Pfaffendorfer Hof as an animal garden. Until today, the former (...) read more
In Groenlo (Netherlands), near the German border, a new indoor theme park is currently under development next to the N18 highway. The theme park with an area of 9,000 square meters is being developed by Marveld Recreatie – a vacation park with (...) read more
(eap) For its members from the Asian region, the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) – back as an in-person event for the first time since 2019 – is hosting IAAPA Expo Asia in Singapore this week. The educational (...) read more
(eap) With a total of 71 km of slopes, Trysil is the largest ski resort in Norway. With dedicated areas and slopes for children, beginners, advanced and professionals on skis & snowboards, the winter sports destination, located an about 2.5 hours’ (...) read more
(eap) The US theme park Kings Island in Cincinatti/Ohio (belonging to the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company) celebrates today the official opening of its newest themed area “Adventure Port”. While with “Sol Spin” (Endeavour) and “Cargo Loco” (Tea Cup (...) read more
(eap) With a Grand Opening party, the new sports & event location RheinRiff in Meerbusch (not far from NRW’s capital city of Düsseldorf) opens its doors for the first time today. Among the highlights of the indoor center, which is housed in a former (...) read more
(eap) This year's summer meeting of the European Waterpark Association e.V. (EWA), the association representing the interests of European leisure pools and spas, brought 90 experts from the water park industry to Lake Constance from June 4 to 6 – (...) read more
(eap) Toskana Therme Bad Orb, which belongs to the Toskanaworld group, has been certified with the “GreenSign SPA”. After Toskana Therme Bad Sulza was the first spa of the group to receive the certificate last year, the spa in Orb (Hesse, Germany) (...) read more
(eap) Last month, the foundation stone was laid for a new tourist infrastructure project in the Thuringian part of the Harz Mountains: With the “Harzer Hexenreich Rothesütte” (Harz Witch Kingdom Rothesütte), the administrative district of Nordhausen (...) read more
(eap) In only a few days, the time has come: On 10 June, Germany’s Freizeitpark Plohn (Saxony) will open a new ride attraction for visitors called “Max & Moritz”. The new family ride has been created in the existing area of the Plohni village around (...) read more
(eap) At this week’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (“WWDC 2023”), the US technology company announced the launch of the “Apple Vision Pro” scheduled for spring 2024. The VR/AR headset is said to be a revolutionary spatial computer that lets (...) read more
(eap) Located in the Dutch province of Drenthe in the northeast of the country, Attractiepark Drouwenerzand is an attractive destination especially for families with children. A special feature of the park: included in the entrance fee (from 16.50 (...) read more
(eap) Since its closure in 1994, Nuremberg’s citizens have been waiting for the Volksbad to reopen. This could happen at the end of 2024 if the renovation work progresses as planned. Opened in 1914, the Volksbad at that time included three indoor (...) read more
(eap) The Dutch EuroParcs Group, which operates over 65 vacation parks in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Bonaire (Caribbean Sea) and Austria, has added two more resorts in the Netherlands to its portfolio. Effective immediately, (...) read more
(eap) This past Saturday, the Furuvik amusement park in the Swedish municipality of Gävle (northeast of Stockholm) opened “Lightning”, a new rollercoaster that sends visitors on an “electrifying” ride. Announced last summer, the launch coaster was (...) read more
(eap) Located in southern Portugal, Zoomarine Algarve offers marine animal encounters as well as a range of theme park and water park attractions. Just in time for the start of the season on 1 June, “Quetzal” (named after a bird species from Central (...) read more
(eap) Following the green light for Stockholm’s Tivoli park Gröna Lund to expand its area given last summer, a new shareholder is now joining the operating group company to help finance this development and enable continued growth for all parks (...) read more
(eap) Center Parcs UK, which have been owned by Canadian asset management company Brookfield since 2015, are up for sale. Specifically, the sale involves the total of the six existing holiday park facilities, five of which are located in the United (...) read more
(eap) In the spring of 2022, the Belgian Plopsa Group had presented its plans for the construction of a Plopsaqua water park in the Belgian city of Mechelen (Antwerp province) for the first time. The application for a required environmental permit (...) read more
(eap) In cooperation with the financing company Nürnberger Leasing, the developer and manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles Cenntro introduced the so-called “able2rent” rental program for its various electric vehicles. Thanks to this, (...) read more
