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USA-based Palace Entertainment park operating company, which has been forming part of the Spanish Parques Reunidos Group since 2007, recently announced to open a new company-wide support facility in the Greater Pittsburgh area (Pennsylvania) this (...) read more

Franceen Gonzales (photo), Executive Vice President Business Development Americas at WhiteWater West, was recently appointed as Chairperson of ASTM’s F24 Committee – Amusement Rides and Devices. She is the first woman to hold this post, and it’s a (...) read more

The National Comedy Center in Jamestown (NY, USA), which opened its doors for the first time in 2018 and is dedicated to the American comedy scene (cf. EAP News of 14 Aug 2018), received a first place award in USA Today’s “10 Best Readers’ Choice (...) read more

During this year’s “Leading Culture Destination Awards“ (LCD Awards) ceremony, which – after London in the previous years – took place in Berlin for the first time, Germany’s Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost was honored with the “Climate Smart Award“. (...) read more

The worldwide spread of the Coronavirus (“Covid-19”) is unfortunately also showing its first effects on the leisure industry. The first theme and water parks in Europe and the USA are announcing their temporary closure, while elsewhere measures such (...) read more

“Dear Sir or Madam, dear members and friends of the European Waterpark Association: The municipality of Strassen has informed us today that all public events (regardless of the number of participants) in public rooms will be cancelled for prevention (...) read more

On its blog, Disney recently announced the opening date of the new “Avengers Campus” theme area at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim (CA), which will launch on 18th July this year. Dedicated to the well-known Marvel comic and movie (...) read more

Canada’s ProSlide Technology company recently expanded its sales team for the European, Southeast Asian and South American markets, responding to strong market growth from these regions. Nicolas Creis, a native of France, joins ProSlide with a (...) read more

Shareholders of The Walt Disney Company re-elected all nine members of the Board of Directors at the 2020 Annual Meeting held yesterday at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh (North Carolina). Based on preliminary results, all (...) read more

Derby (England)-based Katapult company, which is specialized in themed attraction & experience design, recently announced the appointment of Adam Booth as new Project Producer and Melisa Martinez who will support the team in the field of “People & (...) read more

Due to the globally increasing spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) and rising numbers of disease cases, major events are being cancelled or postponed. This also affects the following trade shows and tours, among others: Internorga Hamburg (original (...) read more

Belgium’s Plopsa group, which opened the Majaland Kownaty (Poland) as its first amusement park in Eastern Europe in 2018 (cf. EAP 6/2018), today announced the construction of a new Plopsa-branded indoor theme park in the Czech capital of Prague, as (...) read more

Six Flags Entertainment just announced the appointment of Laura W. Doerre (photo) as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the company. She succeeds Lance Balk, who retired on March 2nd after more than nine years in the role. Doerre is a (...) read more

The Dutch Slagharen Themepark & Resort will start into its new season on March 27th. This year, the Wild West-themed amusement park, which is operated by Parques Reunidos, will enthuse visitors with a new western circus show, the new 4D film (...) read more

Austria’s Zoo & Aquazoo Schmiding recently expanded its visitor offer with the opening of a new 5D simulator, enabling guests to experience an action-packed underwater journey. Visitors step onto a motion platform, surrounded by three projection (...) read more

Roland Mack received a special gift from the team of Europa-Park’s “construction department” of Mack Solutions for his 70th birthday last October: In close cooperation with the Centre for Children and Youth Medicine at University Hospital Freiburg, (...) read more

Lars Liebst, who has been serving as CEO of Denmark’s Tivoli park for over 20 years now, will hand over his duties to newly appointed CEO Susanne Mørch Koch – together with the Tivoli Advisory Board, Liebst had initiated a succession plan to find (...) read more

Movie Park Germany, which will start into its new season on March 27th, will launch a range of novelties this year: The former “Team Umizoomi – Number Tumbler” attraction will be integrated in the “PAW Patrol” kids area and operate in a fresh design (...) read more

In order ro reduce long waiting times at attractions Sweden’s Liseberg park will integrate a new virtual queue line system for visitors, which will premier with the opening of the new “Underland“ (cf. EAP 2/2020) dark ride experience, located in the (...) read more