The International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA) recently elected eleven new board members for 2020, including Jim Pattison, Jr. (President of Orlando/FL-based Ripleys Entertainment company), who will take over the position (...) read more
A whopping 20 million Euro are being invested by French theme park Futuroscope in the construction of the park’s very first rollercoaster ride – the biggest investment of the park since its opening. Now first details about the rollercoaster (...) read more
According to latest media reports, Disney has implemented personnel changes in the board of several business divisions. After it became public that Catherine Powell – who was president of the “Disney Parks Western Region” division since March 2018 (...) read more
Today, Merlin Entertainments announced to build and operate a new LEGOLAND Resort in Sichuan Province in Western China. Merlin partnered with the development company Global Zhongjun Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd, which will fund the (...) read more
The administrative board of Zoo Zurich has recently named Dr. Severin Dressen new director of the zoo, effective on 1 July 2020. Dr. Dressen will succeed in the position of Dr. Alex Rübel, the current director of the zoo who will retire after (...) read more
After almost six years of planning, Sweden’s leisure park Liseberg has just received the green light for the construction start of the park-integrated Liseberg Grand Curiosa Hotel in Gothenburg. The new accommodation facility, which required an (...) read more
The Orlando-based Falcon’s Creative Group and Katmandu Group, which operates Parks in Mallorca and Tenerife and which is also headquartered in Orlando, are joining forces to create a new concept for branded visitor attractions, which will be first (...) read more
After the first attractions had been constructed at Dream Island Moscow back in April this year (cf. EAP News f. 22 Apr 2019), the new thrill ride “Baxter Stockman’s Hammer of Doom“ was recently installed in the indoor park‘s ”Teenage Mutant Ninja (...) read more
The new FEC in Bologna, which was announced in February this year (cf. EAP-News f. 15 Feb 2019) and will be named “Luna Farm“, will open to visitors within 2019 as a part of FICO Eataly World. “Luna Farm“, which was initiated by Italian (...) read more
Sweden‘s Liseberg leisure park just announced the return of Andreas Veilstrup Andersen in his former position as CEO and President. After Andersen had left the park back in April to return to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen (cf. EAP-News f. 29 April (...) read more
Miral Asset Management, Abu Dhabi’s creator of destinations, has announced a new development – “Yas Village“ – an affordable modern living community with one or two bedroom apartments on Yas Island, spreading across 108,600 square metres. Miral is (...) read more
After opening its three-level luxury indoor pool area for the SoundWaves waterpark in December 2018, the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Centre opened the corresponding outdoor waterpark facilities this past May, which are open until the (...) read more
This year’s edition of IAAPA Expo Europe (formerly: Euro Attractions Show) just ended at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles Convention Centre today with a total of 15,900 attendees, according to the preliminary figures communicated by the (...) read more
During this summer BadeLand Wolfsburg invested large amounts in renovating its sauna area, the pools‘ filter system and illumination. The renewal of the filter system started with sucking off the quartz gravel and filtering charcoal from all (...) read more
The new “BRICKLIVE BRICKOSAURS“ special exhibition at Germany‘s Odysseum Abenteuermuseum in Cologne opens on 3 October 2019. The new LEGO® exhibition takes visitors on a prehistorical expedition to the era of dinosaurs. Over 50 dinosaur sculptures (...) read more
The Los Angeles-based design and production agency Thinkwell Group just announced the appointment of Hugues Sweeney as new president of Thinkwell Studio Montréal. Sweeney’s responsibility will be to ensure the long-term growth for Thinkwell‘s (...) read more
Today, IAAPA Expo Europe 2019 (formerly: Euro Attractions Show) kicks off at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles convention centre, taking place until Thursday this week with over 600 exhibiting companies showcasing their latest product (...) read more
In the wake of the change of ownership back in 2015 (cf. EAP-News of 19 Sep 2015), the Snow Dome Bispingen announced to add new indoor and outdoor attractions in order to attract non-skiers as well. Since July 2019, the facility has been operating (...) read more
Visitors to the Rockin‘ Raceway entertainment complex in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee are now able to try out the new e-sports attraction “Omni Arena™“ developed by the Texas-based provider Virtuix. The arena is based on Virtuix‘ “Omni“ VR hardware – a (...) read more
Josh Hays (photo) recently joined Utah-based rollercoaster manufacturer S&S Worldwide as new Executive Director of Sales & Marketing. He entered the leisure industry five years ago as Director of Sales for Setpoint and JR Automation Setpoint. (...) read more
