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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

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

Today Hamburg’s exhibition center opened its doors for the 90th edition of Internorga, Europe’s leading trade show for the hotel, restaurant, catering, baking and confectionery industry. Until Wednesday, March 16, about 1,300 exhibitors from 25 (...) read more

In 2008, the 18-hectare Raging Waves water park, located some 86 kilometers southwest of Chicago, Illinois, opened its doors. Visited by more than 300,000 guests annually, the family-owned park today offers, amongst other features, 20 water slides, (...) read more

Having welcomed 1,015,000 guests last year, Zoo Osnabrück is one of the most visited zoos in Germany. In recent years, the zoo opened its Asia-themed “Angkor Wat” area, which includes a temple occupied by apes as well as a tiger temple garden (cf. (...) read more