On March 18, Ireland’s Tayto Park ended its winter break and started into its sixth season. Following the opening of the “Cú Chulainn” wooden coaster last year (cf. EAP, issue 5/2015), the theme park’s visitors can look forward to several new (...) read more
Recently, it was announced that La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a long-term institutional investor, and the The Fonds de solidarité FTQ development capital fund, also headquartered in Québec, made a minority investment of 80 (...) read more
This past February, the water sports center Tees Barrage International White Water, located in the city of Stockton-on-Tees in northern England, opened a high ropes course delivered by Innovative Leisure. Built on a peninsular in the middle of the (...) read more
As Timbalaya Ltd recently announced, the newly launched family entertainment IP (cf. EAP News from November 16, 2015) has expanded its team: Steven Rhys, co-founder and Executive Vice President of the Canada-based design and planning company Forrec, (...) read more
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
