In the course of its U.S. sales team expansion, Canada-based Waterplay Solutions – manufacturer of aquatic play structures – has recently appointed Sean Hare to new Manager of National Direct Sales & Territory Development for the U.S. market. In his (...) read more
A new integrated lifestyle resort – named Actventure – is currently under development on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, combining an extensive range of sports activities, a water park and theme park as well as a hotel with conference rooms, and various (...) read more
After satisfactory first half 2017 results (c.f. EAP news from Aug 14th, 2017), DXB Entertainments, has recently presented the financial year results for Dubai Parks and Resorts, dated December 31st, 2017. According to the official numbers, the (...) read more
In the context of its strategic partnership (cf. EAP news from Nov 24th, 2016), Parques Reunidos and Lionsgate announced the opening of the first “Lionsgate Entertainment City” at New York’s Time Square last autumn, with its opening scheduled for (...) read more
From February 5th this year, the Odysseum in Cologne will temporarily be closed for visitors due to renovation works in its two theme worlds, with its re-opening scheduled for February 17th. In its “Life” theme area, which is focused on the (...) read more
Today, the new “Jebel Jais Flight: The World’s Longest Zipline” facility opened in the Ras Al Khaimah emirate east of Dubai, which with a track length of 2.83 kilometers is currently the world’s longest zipline attraction, according to the Guinness (...) read more
Following a soft opening phase of several months, today will see the grand opening of This is Holland – The Flight Experience in the capital city of Amsterdam. The centerpiece of the new attraction, which has already been in operation since October (...) read more
Covering a site of approx. 700 square meters on Hamburg’s famous Reeperbahn entertainment street, the new Panik City – The Udo Lindenberg Experience venue is ready to welcome its first visitors on its opening date on March 19th. Fans of Germany’s (...) read more
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions has recently opened a new office in Shanghai, its first regional office in mainland China, expanding and enhancing the association’s programs and services in the Asia-Pacific region. (...) read more
Making a claim for the environment, Jackson-based Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park has recently announced its ambition to become “the world’s first solar-powered theme park” by the end of 2019. The project of Six Flags and its partner KDC (...) read more
New York’s Aquatic Development Group (ADG), a company specialized on the development of water parks and attractions with headquarters in Cohoes, has named Jim Dunn new President of the company, effective January 2018. Dunn, former Executive Vice (...) read more
Today, the prosecutor general of Celle/Germany has rejected the complaint of the animal rights organization PETA against the termination of investigation proceedings on account of suspected ill-treatment of elephants at Zoo Hannover. In August 2017, (...) read more
The Danish Association of Amusement Parks (Foreningen af Forlystelsesparker I Danmark, FFD) prepares its members for the upcoming EN13814 standard changes through a range of safety seminars and workshops, organized in cooperation with Mobaro Park, a (...) read more
For its Harry Potter theme area at Islands of Adventure, Universal Orlando has announced to debut a new projection mapping show following “The Magic of Christmas at Hogwarts Castle”, again putting the iconic Hogwarts castle into the right (...) read more
Based in Guangrao, in the northern Chinese province of Shandong, Sun Tzu Cultural Park has recently announced the opening of two new attractions for the summer of this year: The park, which is thematically linked to Sun Tzu (a historical military (...) read more
Dutch rollercoaster manufacturer Vekoma Rides has recently welcomed Ricardo Tonding Etges (photo) as a new member of its team: In January this year, Etges took over the position as Global Business Development Manager for the company. Fluently (...) read more
Germany’s Tropical Islands vacation resort has recently appointed Michiel Illy new Managing Director of the facility, succeeding Jan Janssen, who had been Managing Director since 2013. Illy, who worked as Development Manager for Center Parcs Europe (...) read more
Once again, the desert metropolis of Dubai celebrates the opening of a new leisure destination: Recently, the new Dubai Safari Park has welcomed its first visitors, who came to discover more than 2,500 animals from 250 species spread over the park’s (...) read more
Back in 2012, Legoland Malaysia was opened as Asia’s first Legoland park; one year later, the park was transformed into a resort destination with the opening of a Legoland waterpark (cf. EAP news from November 8th, 2013) and a Legoland hotel (cf. (...) read more
Six Flags’ La Ronde theme park based in the Canadian metropolis of Montréal has named Janine Durette (photo) as new Park President. As the first woman to occupy this position at La Ronde, she succeeds Phil Liggett, who has recently joined Six Flags (...) read more
