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
With the exhibition “Winners Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2020“, the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen, Germany, is presenting a decentralized exhibition from today on until January 3rd, 2021. The show exhibits are products which have (...) read more
Early 2021 will see the debut of two new rollercoasters at Dubai’s MotiongateTM film theme park, which is part of Dubai Parks & Resorts. Thrill enthusiasts can look forward to a new 4D Free Spin Coaster from S&S and a Spinning Coaster from German (...) read more
Just in time for the 2020 Halloween season, the British company Katapult (specialized in concept design & theming) and media-based rides manufacturer Simworx presented their newly developed concept for a new horror dark ride attraction. “Torchlight: (...) read more
Bergen, located on the southwest coast of Norway, is the country’s second-largest city. Dubbed “gateway to the Fjords“, the historic Hanseatic city with its sights and mountains in the near vicinity offers the vibe of a modern small town against an (...) read more
In 2016, the private investment company Ardian took a majority stake in Austrian Ganter Electronic Austria Holding GmbH (Gantner), which is specialised in electronic access, ticketing and billing systems as well as smart locks for lockers. Ardian (...) read more
Today Plopsa Group starts an auction for the 22.5-meter high stainless steel slide which was installed at Comics Station Antwerp (cf. EAP 4/2017). The indoor park, which opened in spring 2017, was taken over by Plopsa at the end of last year. The (...) read more
The US-based manufacturing company S&S Sansei Technologies recently presented its latest product development. The “Spin Shot Tower“ is a tower attraction equipped with a new seat module based on the 4D Free Spinning Coaster seat, which can be (...) read more
On Turtle Island in the South Korean city of Siheung, located about an hour’s drive away from Seoul, “Wave Park”, the “largest Wavegarden Cove surf facility in the world” (according to the manufacturer), recently opened to visitors. In cooperation (...) read more
Within the framework programm of this year’s “WAZA Annual Conference“, which was held on a virtual basis due to the ongoing worldwide corona pandemic (cf. EAP news of 9 Oct 2020), Prof. Dr. Jörg Junhold (photo), Director of Leipzig Zoo, received the (...) read more
