The four-day industry trade show event organized annually by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) and hosted in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando (FL) concluded yesterday, for the first time in three (...) read more
The Sonnentherme spa in Lutzmannsburg, Austria, is replacing its old ice rink with a new synthetic ice rink from the Swiss company Glice. The company’s innovative technology is said to enable realistic ice skating at any temperature and in any (...) read more
As usual, the IAAPA presented the “Brass Ring Awards“ to outstanding players in the theme park industry at this year‘s show in Orlando. “There’s something special about coming together as an industry and cheering each other on when this year’s (...) read more
Dubai Parks™ and Resorts and the Real Madrid C.F. sports club have signed a multi-year partnership. The world‘s first theme park dedicated to the world-famous club, named the best one of the 20th century by FIFA, is scheduled to open in late 2023. (...) read more
Alberto Zamperla, President of the Zamperla Group based in Altavilla Vicentina, who was already considered a legend in the leisure industry during his lifetime, passed away yesterday at the age of 71. Alberto joined the family business as early as (...) read more
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has announced the winners of this year‘s 29th Thea Awards as usual at the IAAPA Expo in Orlando. The awards, which have been presented since 1994, will be formally presented on April 15, 2023 at the (...) read more
The indoor kart track Andretti Indoor Karting and Games in Orlando has installed no fewer than seven gaming machines from the LAI Games product range. These include for instance “Asphalt 9 Legends Arcarde drivers“ and “Angry Birds Coin Crash (...) read more
For more than 60 years, the Severn Lamb company has been manufacturing trams for urban transport as well as for the leisure industry. Now the company has announced that it is acquiring the U.S.-based company Trams International, which operates (...) read more
A new entertainment experience awaits visitors to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in spring 2023. Since 1967, the Kennedy Space Center (Web-News vom 15.06.2022 verlinken) on Merrit Island, Florida, has been teaching visitors from around (...) read more
The Canadian manufacturer of wooden roller coasters Martin & Vleminckx has announced to take over the patent portfolio of the US-American engineer Bill Kitchen. Kitchen’s developments include the “iFly” wind tunnel attraction (formerly (...) read more
In a letter to Federal Minister Dr Robert Habeck, leading associations of the German waterparks, spa and health resort industry have demanded a correction of the planned gas price cap. “If the draft of the Experts’ Commission were to be implemented (...) read more
While numerous professionals from the international leisure and attractions industry had already arrived over the weekend and were able to take part in various EDUTours and special events (which are offered as part of the accompanying supporting (...) read more
Leadership change at British operator group Merlin Entertainments: Scott M. O’Neil was named the company’s new Chief Executive Officer – the appointment will be effective as of tomorrow, Nov 15, 2022, the group has just announced. Merlin’s current (...) read more
Canadian company SimEx-Iwerks is celebrating its 30th anniversary and announces the presentation of new developments at the IAAPA Expo in Orlando as part of the celebration. “We are excited to celebrate our 30th year doing what we do best, (...) read more
Miral and Warner Bros. Discovery have announced the construction of a Harry Potter-themed world at Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, located on Yas Island. The new Harry Potter-themed world will then complement the six already existing areas of the (...) read more
The last ride of the “Nemesis“ Inverted Coaster took place at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire, England, on November 6th. The ride by B&M, which opened in 1994, was the first inverted coaster in Europe and has been attracted visitors to the (...) read more
The Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX), one of the world’s largest regional theme park companies and operators of waterparks in North America, today announced that the company and H Partners agreed to amend their existing Cooperation (...) read more
With “LEGO® MYTHICA”, a new themed world for LEGOLAND® Deutschland has been announced for 2023, with an investment volume of 15 million euros. The main attraction of the new area, which will cover a total of 1.2 hectares, will be a wing coaster from (...) read more
The Japanese Studio Ghibli film studio, which produced world-famous anime classics such as „My Neighbor Totoro“ and the Oscar-winning film „Spirited Away“, has now opened its first theme park in Japan. Since 1st November, Ghibli fans have been able (...) read more
A few days ago, Thorpe Park, located west of London in Chertsey (county of Surrey), received news about the approval of the building application for its “Project Exodus” roller coaster novelty by the responsible Runnymede Borough Council, so that (...) read more
