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The season has just ended at Puy du Fou with a new visitor record of 2.3 million guests in 2018, when the French theme park has already announced to invest 28.5 million Euro in the creation of a new attraction and further novelties for the 2019 (...) read more

This season, Martin Lubitzsch was appointed new head of the retail team at LEGOLAND Deutschland Resort. The 40-year-old took over the position from retiring Hans-Jürgen Loebb. Lubitzsch looks back on 20 years of professional experience, which he (...) read more

Germany’s Europa-Park attracts over five million visitors yearly (cf. our park report in EAP, 2/18), more than one million guests come from neighboring France. In order to sustainably relieve the existing infrastructure in the region, owner family (...) read more

Richmond/Canada-based WhiteWater West waterslide manufacturer and British Holovis company, specialized in media technology and content, today announced their strategic partnership to jointly release new product innovations during the next twelve (...) read more

From October 23rd to 26th this year, the international water park industry came together in Las Vegas/Nevada to attend the 38th edition of the annual WWA Show Symposium & Trade Show organized by the World Waterpark Association. Around 1,600 (...) read more

As Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group recently announced, their first resident show in China will open in mid-2019 at the Xintiandi Central Activity Zone in Hangzhou, China. In collaboration with Hangzhou Xintiandi Group (XTD), a Chinese operator (...) read more

The world’s first installation of a Q-Ride from Taiwanese manufacturer Brogent Technologies opens today at DiverCity shopping mall, located on the island of Odaiba in Tokyo’s metropolitan area. The system, which is designed to offer a motion-based (...) read more

For 25 years now, Cologne Chocolate Museum (G.: Schokoladenmuseum Köln) has treated chocolate lovers with a versatile exhibition about the cocoa bean and the products obtained from it. From its opening in 1993 to the present day, the museum, which (...) read more

Andretti Indoor Karting & Games has opened up a new venue in San Antonio (TX) this month, the fourth Andretti location in the US. Based on the concept of the existing Andretti facilities in Roswell (GA), Marietta (GA) and Orlando (FL), the over (...) read more

Over 14,000 visitors attended this year’s edition of interbad – the International Trade Fair for Swimming Pools, Sauna and Spas with Congress for Pool and Bath Technology –, which took place from October 23rd-26th last week in the exhibition halls (...) read more

Now it's Halloween time again and also some of the European amusement parks are again entertaining their guests with creepy decoration, live entertainment and scary attractions. A new, temporary “Halloween theme park” was recently realized in Spain: (...) read more

The EWA Awards yearly presented by the European Waterpark Association (EWA) have just been officially handed over to this year's winners during a reception at the association’s stand at interbad 2018. EWA President Markus Achleitner presented the (...) read more

As one of the first steps in its transformation into of a holiday resort, Tropical Islands (TI), which is located in Krausnick near the German capital of Berlin, opened a campsite in 2008 directly adjacent to the bathing complex, offering pitches (...) read more

The “Pirates Voyage Dinner and Show” dinner spectacle, which has been successfully performed in Myrtle Beach/South Carolina for almost ten years now, is set to get a second location in 2019, according to a recent announcement from US entertainer and (...) read more

Today, Landesmesse Stuttgart sees the start of interbad 2018, the International Trade Fair for Swimming Pools, Sauna and Spas with Congress for Pool and Bath Technology. During four trade show days, professionals out of the public and private (...) read more

As recently announced, Pål Winter (photo) has been named new General Manager of Norway’s Kongeparken amusement park, which is located close to the city of Stavanger in the southwest of the country and owned by the Lund Group, with effect from (...) read more

New York City-based RWS Entertainment Group (RWS), which is specialized in custom entertainment, live events and brand experiences, has announced a new partnership with Europa- Park this week for a casting tour and the production of innovative new (...) read more

Following an outlook on the novelties at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, SeaWorld Orlando, SeaWorld San Diego, Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Water Country USA in 2019, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment has recently also revealed new attractions and rides for (...) read more

US Ride Entertainment company, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year (cf. EAP news from Sept 3rd, 2018), has recently announced to establish two new business divisions in order to set the course for the company’s future growth. The new (...) read more