Yesterday, French Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) operating group announced the acquisition of a hundred percent of the shares in Austria’s Familypark in the tourist region of Neusiedl Lake at an enterprise value of 72.5 million Euro. The park, which (...) read more
England’s Chessington World of Adventures zoo and amusement park resort, which is operated by Merlin Entertainments, has recently launched a new walk through attraction for families, based on Julia Donaldson’s children’s book “Room on the Broom”. (...) read more
The Palma Aquarium, opened in Palma de Mallorca in 2007 and operated by the Coral World International Group, will launch a new immersive film experience for visitors this coming April, dubbed “Giants of the Ocean”. During a construction period of (...) read more
This spring, a number of Sea Life visitor aquariums in Germany and worldwide will launch a new Augmented Reality (AR) experience in form of a dome projection, showing media content around beluga whales. The new “Beluga Dome” attraction at Sea Life (...) read more
With a delay of almost two years, the Novo Cinemas multiplex cinema at the IMG Worlds of Adventure theme park in Dubai (see EAP, issue 1/2017), equipped with 12 screens and 2,100 seats, was recently opened to visitors. Described as the flagship (...) read more
In the Polish city of Mszczonów, which is located around one hour’s drive southwest of Warsaw, construction works for a new Deepspot pool facility are underway, which with a diving pool of 45 meters depth will be especially aimed at divers. As of (...) read more
Germany’s Platsch bathing facility, which is located in Ennepetal/North Rhine-Westphalia and features an indoor pool, an outdoor pool and a sauna area, is part of the regional sports and leisure landscape. Due to high operating costs and outdated (...) read more
Orlando/FL-based ITEC Entertainment, which is specialized in themed entertainment design, has recently announced the appointment of Charlie Wissig as new Creative Director to spearhead creative projects for the company’s clientele. Wissig has over (...) read more
Norway’s Kongeparken amusement park will invest a total of 3.1 million EUR (30 million NOK) in the construction of a new drop tower attraction, slated to open at the park as this year’s big novelty on June 13th. The 80-metre high tower, which will (...) read more
According to a recent decision of the administrative court of Cergy-Pontoise, the submitted PLU (= le plan local d’urbanisme) or land development plan, which includes, among other things, the creation of the multi-billion EuropaCity mega leisure (...) read more
Dutch Avonturenpark Hellendorn amusement park, which achieved an increase in visitor numbers between five to ten percent in 2018 (cf. our Park Report in EAP 2/19), has announced the addition of two new attractions to its visitor offer in the (...) read more
As announced during a press conference hold in Paris today, globally operating Puy du Fou theme park company will invest a total amount of 407 million Euros alone into its further expansion in France and Spain over the next five years. By 2030, (...) read more
More than 10,000 exhibiting companies from 181 countries and regions presented their services during this year’s ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse) in Berlin/Germany, which took place from March 6th to 10th. Around 113,500 professionals visited (...) read more
Kelowna/Canada-based Waterplay Solutions company has recently appointed Kerrin Smith (photo) new Vice President, Strategic Growth & Customer Experience. Smith, who has worked for outdoor play equipment manufacturer Kompan (amongst other (...) read more
The Equilaland horse adventure world, which was officially opened last September in the German city of Munich (cf. EAP News f. Sept 17th, 2018) and has welcomed around 70,000 visitors since then, has started into the 2019 season under the new name (...) read more
AV technology specialist Electrosonic Group has recently named Donald Stuart (photo) new Managing Director EMEA of the company. Most recently, the native South African held the position as CEO of TMARA Group, an innovation management consultancy (...) read more
West-Florida’s Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Africa-themed park, which is part of the SeaWorld Entertainment group, had already announced its plans to add a new attraction to its coaster portfolio in 2020, replacing the former “Gwazi” wooden coaster and (...) read more
Belgium’s MADGIX company, a specialized provider of gamification and entertainment concepts, has launched its new “MADGIX ScreenPLAY” product, a new interactive gaming kit for leisure and entertainment venues adding interactive gaming to customary (...) read more
Since 23 February guests to the Paris-based Jardin d’Acclimatation leisure park have been able to virtually immerse into exotic jungle landscapes and African safari destinations for a close-up with wild animals. This is possible thanks to “Wild (...) read more
Located in Gothenburg/Sweden, Liseberg amusement park yesterday announced the construction of a new dark ride attraction, slated to open at the beginning of the 2020 season as part of the 200 million SEK (approx. 19 million EUR) expansion of its (...) read more
