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
Located in the Catskill Mountains in the US state of New York, a new Katrite Hotel & Indoor Waterpark is set to be opened in 2019, as was recently announced by Ken Ellis (CEO Aquatic Development Group) and Arthur Berry III, Co-Owners of (...) read more
Founded in 2009, Britain’s Yorkshire Wildlife Park has recently been given green light by Doncaster Council for its planned expansion of around 60 hectares (150 acres) directly adjacent to the existing park site. Besides the addition of animal (...) read more
At last year’s IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Digital Centre, provider of redemption photo booths with offices in Barcelona and Miami, had already unveiled its newly developed "The Grand Palace" redemption photo booth featuring a 120 inch LED video wall on (...) read more
Located on a 60-hectare site close to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, HollandWorld® is set to become a new large-scale tourism and leisure destination of the city to open in 2023, welcoming around four million visitors per year as “second gate” to (...) read more
The French operating group Compagnie des Alpes (CdA), whose portfolio includes leisure parks as well as winter sports and ski resorts, has acquired a majority stake of 73 percent in France-based Travelfactory, a specialist in vacation rentals and in (...) read more
In due time for the new year, Spain’s Rocas & Design theming and design company has launched a new sister company named Rocas & Design Art Studio, which is based in Madrid. The new division focuses on the services of themed design & storytelling for (...) read more
As announced by the IMAX Corporation and South Korea-based CJ CGV cinema operator, the two companies have signed an agreement earlier this week to open four new IMAX® theaters in Turkey, some of which will be added to existing multiplexes and some (...) read more
LAI Games, part of Texas-based Helix Leisure Group, will present its new VR simulator “Virtual Rabbids: The Big Ride” at EAG International, taking place at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre next week (16th-18th January 2018), introducing its latest (...) read more
