The island resort Phu Quoc, which is developed by real estate company Vingroup‘s leisure division Vinpearl, announced the scheduled opening for a new leisure facility highlight on the island. A new island aquarium named “The Sea Shell“ will open (...) read more
As announced last Friday, the Belgian investment company Ergon Capital Partners and French national investment bank Bpifrance intend to sell Looping Group, the operator of 15 leisure parks in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, the (...) read more
The Holiday World entertainment center in Maspalomas, located on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria, just added two more rides to its attraction portfolio both delivered by the Italian manufacturer Technical Park. The rollercoaster (...) read more
Roland Mack is regarded as one of the most unusual and successful entrepreneurs in Germany. More than 120 million people have visited Germany’s largest amusement park since its foundation in 1975. Since then, the Mack family has invested more than (...) read more
The time is finally here, the Copenhill ski slope is now open to the public, the first artificial ski slope on the roof of a waste-to-energy plant (we reported on this in EAP 1/2019). The 400 meter long dry slope starts in a height of 90 metres on (...) read more
Miral Asset Management has announced that the construction of the new mixed-use complex Yas Bay on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island is making progress. The completion of the public realm and the infrastructure is expected for December 2019. The main focal (...) read more
The 158 meter high Blackpool Tower is one of Blackpool’s most famous sights and with its current seven integrated entertainment offers (including the Blackpool Tower Dungeon and the Blackpool Tower Circus) it is drawing the crowds (cf. EAP (...) read more
The new weather experience world “Säntis – Der Wetterberg“ (Eng: Säntis – the weather mountain) was recently opened in the mountain station on Säntis peak, at 2,502 meters above sea level. The interactive weather exhibition aims to give kids and (...) read more
From November 5th to 7th, 2019 the Montpellier Exhibition Center will host the tourism trade show “Sett” (Salon des équipements et techniques du tourisme), which is organized by the French hotel business association Fédération de L’Hôtellerie de (...) read more
After a short renovation phase with an investment volume of 500,000 euros, the Gumbala Bade- und Saunaland in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia region has opened a new sauna area at the end of September. The design of the “half-timbered sauna“ is (...) read more
Annually, one of the world’s largest consulting firms, Ernst&Young, awards the best entrepreneurs. The awards are given to entrepreneurs in more than 60 countries worldwide and in multiple categories so that there is more than one winner. On 3 (...) read more
Mandoria, City of Adventures is the name of a completely new theme park, which is already under development on an approx. 50-hectare large site in the Polish city of Lodz and is set to open its first phase of development – a 15,000 square-meter (...) read more
According to Reuters, Cedar Fair has rejected the takeover bid recently made by larger Six Flags Entertainment company (cf. EAP News of 4 Oct 2019) – according to the news agency, the offered company purchase price was around four billion US (...) read more
As has become known recently, the French design and decoration company of AAB (Atelier Artistique du Béton) has taken over L’Usine à 5 Pattes, likewise specialized in design and build services. Founded 15 years ago, L’Usine à 5 Pattes has (...) read more
The general meeting of KölnBäder GmbH recently appointed Dirk Kolkmann (photo) second managing director of the company. Since 2005, Kolkmann has been managing the legal department of Stadtwerke Köln holding (municipal utilities Cologne) and he was (...) read more
Blackstone Real Estate Partners IX, an affiliate of the New York City-based real estate investment group Blackstone, announced this week to acquire a majority ownership of 65 percent in Great Wolf Resorts, which belongs to Centerbridge Partners. (...) read more
Germany’s Wild- & Freizeitpark Klotten – a family leisure and animal park – will expand its existing visitor offer by the addition of an all-new interactive dark ride attraction, set to launch in April 2020 under the name of “Kunibert’s (...) read more
According to the Reuters news agency, the Six Flags group has recently submitted a takeover bid to Cedar Fair, another regional operating group also based in the US. The information source is confidential, but Cedar Fair would be in the process of (...) read more
The ESCAPE theme park, which is located in Penang/Malaysia and operated by Sim Leisure Group Ltd., plans to open an over one kilometer (1,111 meter) long open tube slide, which has already been installed on the park grounds and is scheduled to (...) read more
The WIDIVERSUM adventure land, which is located over 2,000 metres above sea level in the skiing area Hochoetz, Austia recently opened a new 180-degree 5D cinema, in which visitors can experience the world of “Widi“, the Oetztal mascot (an (...) read more
