The international leisure industry loses another icon – Raymond Coyle, founder of Ireland’s Tayto Park, died last Wednesday (June 8, 2022) surrounded by his family. He was 70 years old. Coyle – who began his career as a small farmer growing potatoes (...) read more
In partnership with Ghost Corps, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) and Hologate have unveiled the new location-based “Ghostbusters VR Academy”, which is a new fully immersive training simulator broken up into two distinct games that can be (...) read more
This past Saturday, the new experience of “La Restitution de la Grotte Cosquer” opened in Marseille’s Villa Méditerranée. It is a faithful reproduction of the original cave discovered in 1985 by the diver Henri Cosquer and named after him, located (...) read more
With the retirement of long-time Service Manager Scott Holliday, S&S Worldwide names James Tibbitts (photo) as the new Service Manager of the company. Tibbitts has been a member of the organization for nearly two decades starting in 2003 in the weld (...) read more
UK-based show control and media technology specialist 7thSense has announced the appointment of Bryan Hinckley (photo) as its new Managing Director. Hinckley joins 7thSense from systems integrator Electrosonic, where he spent over 22 years in (...) read more
Gaming as a “real” social group event instead of lonely gaming in front of the console: The UK leisure attraction Electric Gamebox combines modern immersive gaming technology with active physical movement and shared experiences in a group in several (...) read more
Since this past Whitsun weekend, multi-day guests to LEGOLAND Deutschland Resort can now also stay overnight in Ninja style: In addition to the “Ninjago World” theme area that opened at the park in 2017, which is very popular with both young and (...) read more
As it was recently announced, US-based operating company Premier Parks takes over Canada’s Valcartier-Calypso Group. The acquisition also includes the takeover of the leisure and vacation destinations operated by Valcartier: the Calypso Theme (...) read more
Already since the beginning of this year, the signs at the British amusement park resort Drayton Manor have been pointing to change. In March 2022, Victoria Lynn took over the management of the resort, which is part of Looping Group, and some days (...) read more
The fascination for dinosaurs still continues in modern times – the sixth film of the “Jurassic“ sci-fi movie series will be released this year – and so Bavaria’s Dinosaur Museum Altmühltal also stays popular with visitors from the region and (...) read more
Attracting visitors with colorful and interactive art presentations, Color Factory exhibitions have already established themselves with two permanent exhibitions in New York and Houston since the opening of the first Color Factory pop-up in San (...) read more
From 22 July to 21 August, Circus Theater Roncalli will give a guest perfomance at Swarovski Kristallwelten once again and will offer visitors 16 acrobatic shows per day, which are supposed to leave the guests stunned. “We are very happy to return (...) read more
La Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly, an interactive museum named after French ocean sailor Éric Tabarly († 1998) and located in Lorient (Brittany, France), is all dedicated to the history of sailing. Since this spring, visitors have now the opportunity (...) read more
Last year, Germany’s Jaderpark celebrated its 25th anniversary and announced a major new project, a new South America area, which has now been completed after about half a year of construction. For the new area, which covers 1,200 square meters and (...) read more
Terra Mítica, the theme park located on Spain‘s East coast and that is part of the operating group Grupo Santa-María, will kick off this year‘s season on June 4 with an updated show format for its visitors, “Espartaco, honor y coraje“ (Eng.: (...) read more
Houston, Texas-based Pyek Group, whose principals also include business owners Keith Dalton, Terry Hlavinka, and Ray DeLaugther, announced in fall 2021 to expand its existing water park portfolio by forming a new business entity to own and operate (...) read more
In order to create more sport offerings in Waldstadt, the Sport- und Schwimmclub Karlsruhe (SSC), the Bürgerverein Waldstadt, the KSV Rintheim-Waldstadt and the Polizeisportverein Karlsruhe (PSV) joined forces in the early 1980s and pursued the idea (...) read more
The “Canada‘s Best Managed Companies“ program, established by the international management consulting group Deloitte, has been recognizing companies for their outstanding performance every year since 1993. To be considered, participating businesses (...) read more
The planning and design company JRA, which was taken over by the RWS Entertainment group last Novermber, recently announced Sam Xu, former Group Director for the Beijing studio of Thinkwell Group, as its new Business Development Manager Asia. In (...) read more
Another sad news reaches the international leisure industry from the USA: Kevin C. Hehn, who had only taken over the position of President of the American roller coaster manufacturer Martin & Vleminckx in October 2021, passed away on 18 May 2022 (...) read more
