Today, Merlin Entertainments (Merlin) announced the development of a new Madame Tussauds wax figure attraction destination in Hungary’s capital Budapest, which is scheduled to open in early 2022. The new attraction will be the first full-scale (...) read more
Last fall, the city of Glendale in the US state of Arizona announced the development of a new sports and entertainment complex called “Crystal Lagoons Island Resort”, which will include a nearly 4.5-hectare large artificial lagoon developed by (...) read more
From 2 July, the “ARTiality” art experience will be available as additional content for the Europa-Park Resort’s stationary Virtual Reality experience world YULLBE (cf. cover story in EAP 6/2020). The ten-minute immersion in virtual space by using a (...) read more
Fáilte Ireland, the Irish national tourism authority, and Tourism Minister Catherine Martin recently announced that 73 million Euros will be invested in a total of four new visitor experiences in the counties of Cavan, Donegal, Dublin and Mayo in (...) read more
At the end of March, the European Showmen‘s Union (ESU) submitted an application for recognition of the European funfair culture to UNESCO after several years of work, as the international association now announced. The European showmen‘s (...) read more
Some 25 years after the success of “Space Jam”, a sports comedy starring basketball legend Michael Jordan, which combined the animated “Looney Tunes” world with live action, “Space Jam: A New Legacy” starring LA Lakers player LeBron “King” James (...) read more
Malmö/Sweden-based Global Leisure Group acquired two-third of former ELI Play. A total of four European organizations – Playlife Germany, Playlife Slovakia, HPS Play Company (Austria) and Theme Works (Slovakia) – have joined the global supplier of (...) read more
As of today, visitors to Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey can experience the new “Jersey Devil Coaster”, which is the “tallest, fastest and longest single-rail coaster in the world,” as the park states. The coaster was delivered by Rocky (...) read more
Roma World celebrated its grand opening on 10 July 2020 as the second gate of Cinecittá World near Rome, but had to close again a few weeks later due to rising Covid-19 infections in Italy. Today, the history park reopens its gates to visitors and (...) read more
Thanks to declining infection numbers and relaxations for various areas of social life, some adventure pools and spas in Germany are now finally allowed to welcome guests back at their facilities, depending on their location and the regulations in (...) read more
With the “Houba Urban Experience Centre“ pop-up solution, the Belgian company BoldMove Nation has introduced a new concept for retail centres that want to increase the length of stay of customers and generate repeat visits through entertainment (...) read more
The double trade fair format aquanale (International Trade Fair for Sauna.Pool.Ambience) and FSB (International Trade Fair for Public Space, Sports and Leisure Facilities) is scheduled to take place in the halls of Koelnmesse from 26 to 29 October (...) read more
To fit the needs of especially the Orlando-based “amusement park Mecca“, TÜV SÜD America, a subsidiary of Munich-based TÜV SÜD AG, opened a new hub located in Tampa, Florida to serve the testing, inspection, certification, and training needs of the (...) read more
The Atlantis Dubai tourism destination on the Arabian Gulf has officially launched its new sustainability initiative, “Atlantis Atlas Project”, on the United Nations World Oceans Day this week (June 8th) in order to strengthen its commitment to (...) read more
At Universal Orlando Resort’s theme park Islands of Adventure the waiting has come to an end – today, the park celebrates the official opening of its new and highly awaited “Jurassic World VelociCoaster“ (cf. EAP news of 29 Sep 2020). A high thrill (...) read more
Around one year after the construction work on the new Plopsaqua Hannut-Landen has been completed, the new indoor bathing complex celebrates its official opening today. This all-new Plopsa water park developmet costs of which amounted to some 25 (...) read more
After almost 30 years at the helm of Germany’s Rostock Zoo, director Udo Nagel will retire from his position at the end of this month. The main committee of the citizenship of the city of Rostock appointed former zoo curator Antje Angeli as new zoo (...) read more
The Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, operated by the Cedar Fair Group, recently opened its new “Snake River Expedition” attraction – a slow, immersive boat ride with an elaborate scenic design and live action. Guests first pass through (...) read more
On May 28, Chinese theme park operator Fantawild Holdings opened its latest destination Fantawild Park Glorious Orient in the metropolis of Guangzhou. Visitors to the park, which is divided into six themed areas, are able to enjoy numerous (...) read more
Following a six-month global search process, the International Board of Directors of the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has a new Executive Director – Lindsey Nelson, CAE will assume the role as of today. Nelson brings to the TEA an (...) read more
