Following the participant records of this year’s trade fairs in Shanghai and Barcelona (c.f. EAP news from June 16th & September 26th, 2016), the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) closed its yearly IAAPA (...) read more
More and more amusement parks follow the current trend to add VR technology to their existing rollercoasters to create an entirely new ride experience on an “old” ride. Now the Italian Gardaland also announced to equip its popular “Magic Mountain” (...) read more
Starting tomorrow, 19th of November, the German Filmpark Babelsberg located close to Berlin stages the new “Merlin’s Magic Mirror” (G.: “Merlins Zauberspiegel”) dinner show at its “Prince Valiant” entertainment restaurant. A master of ceremony (...) read more
From season to season, amusement parks all over the world invest time and money in the creation of the appropriate ambience and decoration, which in autumn often includes food such as pumpkins and apples. But when it’s time to replace the old “look” (...) read more
As recently announced by Canada-based IMAX Corporation and IMAX China Holding, Inc., the first investment phase in the 50 million US Dollar fund to further develop Virtual Reality (VR) content is completed. Beside IMAX, several partner companies (...) read more
This year, the Dollywood Company will surprise its visitors with a new Christmas parade, which is celebrated under the motto of “Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love”. Vibrant floats, interactive characters and few other surprises will spread (...) read more
Géoparc de Percé, located close to Montréal on Canada’s east coast, offers a large edutainment offer for families, focused on geology and nature. Recently, the park added a new indoor playground for children to its line-up: a huge, three-dimensional (...) read more
Today sees the start of the conference program of this year’s IAAPA Expo at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, for which numerous industry experts from all over the world have travelled to Florida. From tomorrow until Friday, 18th November (...) read more
Visitors to Dutch Efteling amusement park can already see the new “Palace of Fantasy” with its 20.8 meter high tower spire. The scaffoldings on the outer side of the building have already dismantled, meanwhile there is still intensive work going on (...) read more
Since the end of 2015, Universal Studios Florida is developing a new 3D attraction related to the popular “Tonight Show” presented by host Jimmy Fallon (c.f. EAP news from November 3rd, 2015): “Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon” is the (...) read more
The leisure industry mourns the death of its colleague and friend Al Weber, IAAPA Board member and CEO/President of Apex Park Group, who suddenly passed away this week. “We have lost a visionary, an advocate and a friend. Al was the embodiement of (...) read more
Sanad Capital, an Australian investment and development company related to Dubai-based Najibi Group, recently presented first plans for a larger project on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, which is said to become an “active lifestyle” destination. (...) read more
In the course of further expansion plans, Center Parcs Germany recently designated new responsibilities to two members of its Management and Director board: Frank Daemen, CEO of Center Parcs Germany since 2014, will also assume the position of (...) read more
Serengeti Park, located in the German town of Hodenhagen, offers a high service level to its visitors as shown by the results of this year’s “Service Champion” ranking, a Germany-wide survey on the experienced customer service conducted by the (...) read more
Informal education – in the leisure industry also referred to as “Edutainment” – has experienced a significant upswing in recent decades. In Germany, yearly more than a hundred million guests visit animal parks, natural reserves, botanic gardens and (...) read more
LEGOLAND® California Resort, located in Carlsbad, recently announced comprehensive expansion plans for the upcoming 2017 season, including the expansion of the LEGOLAND® Water Park and an addition to LEGO® Star WarsTM Miniland. Since the latest Star (...) read more
A further step in the direction of species-appropriate keeping in near-natural habitats was recently made by Zoo Zurich with the renovation and modernization of its aquarium facility. Under the leading theme of “The Grande Bouffe” and after nearly (...) read more
The British accesso® Technology Group, which develops technology solutions for the leisure and entertainment industry, recently announced a new three-year agreement with Village Roadshow Theme Parks to install its “accesso LoQueueSM” virtual queuing (...) read more
The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen is the name of the new sweet tooth encounter place that recently opened at Florida’s Universal Orlando Resort. Professor Doctor “Penelope Tibeaux-Tinker Toothsome” and her robot-friend “Jaques” (...) read more
Kraftwerk Living Technologies, an Austrian specialist for audiovisual system integration, recently received the AV Award from AV Magazine in the “Best Entertainment Venue of the Year” category for its 5D Castle Theater which was opened in summer (...) read more
