Attended by more than 100 participants, the first “Theme Parks & Entertainment Development Forum”, which was held last year, proofed to be a success. This spring, the second forum organized by IQPC will take place at Dubai's “Atlantis The Palm” (...) read more
In January this year, it was announced that the Belgian mid-market investment company Ergon Capital Partners signed an agreement with the US-based private equity firm H.I.G. Capital for the acquisition of the French theme park operator Looping Group (...) read more
On March 19, Legoland Deutschland Resort, located in the city of Günzburg, started into its 2016 season, offering several novelties this year. The new MINILAND “High Five” area features five of the world’s highest skyscrapers built from more than (...) read more
Within the last few days, meteorologists caused mixed feelings here predicting an Easter weather that might be either sunny with 20 degrees or cold with lots of rain. However, despite these uncertain predictions, most of the amusement and theme (...) read more
Following the acquisition of Infront Sports & Media and World Triathlon Corporation last year (cf. EAP News from September 22, 2015), Dalian Wanda Group has made another major step within the global sports industry. Last week, the China-based (...) read more
Today, Germany's Freizeitpark Plohn, located in the federal state of Saxony, starts into its 20th season. Following the opening of its new major attraction “Miniwah” last year (cf. EAP, issue 4/2015), the amusement park focuses on special events in (...) read more
The Tenerife, Canary Islands-based Loro Parque, which has an agreement with SeaWorld and hosts six orcas, seemed to be very surprised about SeaWorld’s press release stating that the theme park operator will end its orca breeding program (cf. EAP (...) read more
Since last week, visitors to Zoo Rostock have the possibility to see the touring exhibition „Mensch·Müll·Meer“ (Engl.: “Human·Waste·Sea”) developed by Küsten Union Deutschland (EUCC-D). As German branch of the internationally active Coastal & Marine (...) read more
For more than 31 years, he was the “face” of Italy’s “Games & Parks Industry” magazine. On March 21, the publisher Danilo Tosetto died at the age of only 69 years in Padova. He is survived by his wife Conchita as well as his children Massimo, Davide (...) read more
15 years ago, the US American Dean Kamen launched the first Segway. About five years later, the electrically driven two-wheeler became internationally known and has been used in a variety of ways since then (cf. EAP, issue 1/2006). Segway tours are (...) read more
As SeaWorld Entertainment announced last week, the US-based theme park operator will end all orca breeding as of now. Thus, the killer whales currently in the company’s care will be the last generation of orcas at SeaWorld. In November last year, (...) read more
Denmark’s Tivoli amusement park can look back on a successful year 2015: As the Copenhagen-based park announced a few days ago, it registered the best annual results in its history. The profit before tax amounted to 64.1 million DKK (about 8.6 (...) read more
As the Canada-based water play equipment manufacturer Vortex Aquatic Structures International announced this week, Virginie Guilbeault has been promoted to the company’s new Vice President, Business Development, Europe/Middle East. Over the past (...) read more
After the winter break, the theme and amusement parks now start to open its doors again. One of theses parks is Germany’s Tier- und Freizeitpark Jaderberg, located in the federal state of Lower Saxony, which kicks off its 20th summer season today. (...) read more
Following the construction of a new outdoor area for its European pond turtles last year (cf. EAP News from January 15, 2015), the Speyer-based SEA LIFE center operated by Merlin Entertainments today opens a new themed area named “World of (...) read more
Last week, ten young Humboldt penguins left the Lübbenau-based Spreewelten waterpark’s penguin enclosure. An animal transporter brought the six male and four female penguins to the Nature Resource Network located in the Czech Republic. The network (...) read more
As Walt Disney Parks and Resorts recently announced, Samuel Lau (pictured) has taken over the position of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort’s (HKDL) new Managing Director, effective immediately. Lau succeeds Andrew Kam, who resigned for personal reasons (...) read more
Following a construction time of four weeks, the outdoor pool facility Moskaubad, located in the city of Osnabrück, will officially open its new “Dschungelpfad” (Engl.: “Jungle Path”) ropes course this coming weekend. The 75-meter long course, which (...) read more
After five days, this year’s tourism trade show ITB Berlin, which took place in the German capital, ended yesterday. The trade fair’s organizer Messe Berlin is satisfied with the results: Attended by some 120,000 professional visitors, the world’s (...) read more
Tomorrow, Legoland Discovery Centre Oberhausen will open its new “LEGO® Star Wars™ MINILAND” exhibition area. Visitors can look forward to a galactic experience as the area, which is based on the popular “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the (...) read more
