To be prepared for future challenges, five leisure and family parks located in Saxony now joined forces and on April 4th, 2017, founded the Saxon Leisure and Family Parks (G.: Die sächsischen Freizeit- und Familienparks) interest group. Its members (...) read more
Recently, the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) announced that attractions industry veteran Hal McEvoy assumes the responsibility as the organization’s Chief Financial Officer, being the lead strategic advisor on (...) read more
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and Samsung Electronics America recently announced their renewed collaboration on developing new virtual reality (VR) coaster experiences after having already equipped nine rollercoasters with Samsung’s “Gear VR” (...) read more
The new LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Philadelphia opened last week at Plymouth Meeting Mall, which is operated by the PREIT Group, as Merlin’s 17th LEGOLAND Discovery Center worldwide and the 9th facility in the US (c.f. EAP news from December 15th, (...) read more
Germany’s Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen, which is located in the federal state of Lower Saxony, recently announced changes in its senior management: Dr. Fabrizio Sepe is now the unique proprietor of the family-owned business after purchasing the (...) read more
After Germany’s outdoor swimming pool facility Moskaubad, which is operated by Stadtwerke Osnabrück, opened its “Jungle Path” (G.: “Dschungelpfad”) ropes course last year (c.f. EAP news from March 15th, 2016), children can now already look forward (...) read more
Today, Germany’s Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost science center will open its new interactive “World Future Lab“ exhibition area, which is focused on the challenges in environment, economics and society in relation to the worldwide climatic change. The (...) read more
Today, Universal Orlando Resort opens its new flying theater attraction, which offers visitors a 3D virtual experience alongside well-known US moderator Jimmy Fallon racing through the virtual streets of New York City (c.f. EAP news from November (...) read more
Germany’s ZOOM Erlebniswelt adventure zoo, which welcomed around one million visitors in the 2016 season, focuses on comprehensive digitalization this year. After free WLAN had been installed all over the park’s area in 2015 – in cooperation with (...) read more
Since its opening on March 31st, 2007, the sauna world at Germany’s Therme Erding has become a paradise for relaxation. Starting with 24 sauna facilities in its opening year, today the offer includes twelve infusion saunas, nine action saunas (with (...) read more
LEGOLAND Japan, which is located in the city of Nagoya, officially opened its doors for visitors on April 1st, 2017, three years after the new destination had been announced by Merlin Entertainments. In total, visitors to the park can discover seven (...) read more
Especially for large-scale events and for high-definition projections in leisure and theme parks the lighting equipment plays a major role to visually immerse guests into “other worlds”. To meet the demands of event organizers and AV integrators, (...) read more
John Fitzgerald is the new CEO of Apex Parks Group, one of the largest operators of family entertainment centers in the US. Since starting his career as a ride operator at Six Flags Great Adventure park, Fitzgerald has gained more than 30 years of (...) read more
As of today, with the beginning of the season, visitors to LEGOLAND Deutschland Resort are invited to discover the new “LEGO® NINJAGO® World” that opens as the park’s ninth theme area (c.f. EAP news from July 18th, 2016). Designed as a Ninja (...) read more
On March 25th, 2017, Toverland opened its doors to start into the new season. In 2016 – the year in which Toverland celebrated its 15th anniversary – the Dutch amusement park welcomed just under 683,000 guests. Although this means a slight decrease (...) read more
Yesterday, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi saw the opening of its new “Turbo Track” reverse free fall coaster from Intamin, the upcoming opening of which had been announced by the park in mid-February this year (c.f. EAP news from February 15th, 2017). The (...) read more
Busch Gardens Williamsburg, a Virginia-based leisure park operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, is also looking to enthuse its guests with virtual reality (VR) experiences in the future. Scheduled for spring 2018, the park recently announced (...) read more
Effective from April 1st this year, Bart Dohmen will join Dutch company Mansveld IMP as their new Managing Director, leading a team of high level AV and lighting system integrators. After his graduation as an electronic engineer and management (...) read more
The highly acclaimed “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey” thrill ride which opened last year in the new Harry Potter theme area at Universal Studios Hollywood (c.f. EAP news from April 7th, 2016), recently saw a make-over in terms of a new 4K-HD (...) read more
This past Friday, SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. officially announced that Zhonghong Holding, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zhonghong Zhuoye Group Co., Ltd. (Zhonghong Group) – a diversified holding company focused on strategic growth opportunities in (...) read more
