As Efteling just announced, Coen Bertens (photo), Director of the Park business unit, will leave the Dutch fairytale theme park after 23 years. “Efteling is a dynamic organisation that moves with the times. This also applies to me, it is time for a (...) read more
Universal Music Group and Dakia U-Venture, an entertainment investment group, recently announced their joint venture in order to develop the new UMUSIC Hotel chain, of which the first three locations are set to be constructed in the USA (in Atlanta, (...) read more
The feared “second wave“ of the coronavirus spread is keeping European countries firmly in its grip and is prompting states once again to take stricter measures in order to control the current sharp rise in the number of infected persons and reduce (...) read more
Despite the conditionally limited visitor numbers due to the Corona pandemic, Robert Dahl, owner and operator of five Karl Erlebnis-Dörfer across the country, looks optimistically into the future. Shortly after the company’s expansion plans for the (...) read more
The German leisure industry firmly rejects the recent imminent closures of amusement parks and attractions. The hygiene concepts have proven to be effective under the strict control of operators and authorities in recent months, explains the (...) read more
With the new “Toverland App“, visitors to the Dutch Toverland amusement park can receive detailed and useful information for their stay. Whether guests are looking for opening and waiting times of attractions, show times, F&B options or shops, all (...) read more
The Six Flags operating group recently announced the appointment of Janine Durette as new President of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Northern California. Durette will also oversee operations for the Hurricane Harbor Concord waterpark. Since 2012, (...) read more
On October, 31st Germany’s Jaderpark will start into its winter season with extensive attraction and leisure offerings also during the cold months. The animal and leisure park in Jaderberg, located between Wilhelmshaven and Oldenburg in Northern (...) read more
The US-American ride manufacturer and distribution partner Ride Entertainment and the also USA-based supplier company NewcoUSA, which is specialised in precision engineering and application of polyurethane wheels for roller coasters, recently (...) read more
OCT Group’s Happy Valley theme park in Chongqing (South West China) is getting a new theme area dedicated to the popular 3D children animation series “Super Wings”. At a scheduled total investment of 75.8 million Euros (600 million Yuan) several new (...) read more
The sauna landscape at Cologne‘s Zündorfbad, which comprises a Finnish infusion sauna, a KELO log cabin sauna, a herbal sauna and a steam bath, was recently modernized and redesigned as “Groov Sauna”, in relation to the region’s Groov island and the (...) read more
Actually, several new water slides were scheduled to open to the public last Friday at the Andersonstown Leisure Centre in Belfast as part of an extensive 25 million British Pounds (around 27.5 million Euros) redevelopment. Already last autumn, a (...) read more
Yesterday saw the grand opening of the new The Palm Fountain Dubai water show attraction, which spans an area of over 1,300 square meters (14,000 square feet) of sea water at the waterfront of Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai and is thus the currently (...) read more
Now that four parks of the Plopsa Group in Belgium, namely Plopsaland De Panne, Mayaland Indoor, Plopsa Indoor Hasselt and Plopsa Coo, are affected by the sudden closure order (cf. EAP News of 23 Oct 2020), the company goes public with a clear (...) read more
The Belgian federal government held a press conference this morning, following last night's meeting of the “consultation committee” which is in charge of taking decisions to slow down the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Among the different (...) read more
As one of the largest European water park projects completed in the past months, the Rulantica water world, which is part of the Europa-Park Resort, was honored with a “Leading Edge Award” by the World Waterpark Association during this year’s “WWA40 (...) read more
The British Merlin Entertainments operating group recently announced its strategic partnership with QikServe, a company specialized in touchless ordering and payment solutions with locations in Great Britain and the USA, in order to expand these (...) read more
The “Bathing Complex Concept Frankfurt 2025” presented by BäderBetriebe Frankfurt GmbH includes the new construction of Rebstockbad as one of the large-scale measures (cf. EAP 5/2020). By 2025, a modern indoor sports pool, an adventure pool and a (...) read more
As of January 2021, guests to the Le Méridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort and the adjacent The Westin Mina Seyahi Resort in Dubai will be able to enjoy an all-new waterpark dubbed “Jungle Bay”, which is currently under construction at the site. The (...) read more
Under the name of “Quest”, the Canadian company CAVU Designwerks has presented the leisure industry with a new, immersive attractions concept yesterday, which the provider itself calls a “walkthrough ride” and thus assigns it to a new genre of (...) read more
