An additional sum of approximately five billion Renminbi Yuan (800 million US-Dollars) is flowing into more attractions and entertainment facilities at the Shanghai Disney Resort. Still currently under construction, the groundbreaking ceremony for (...) read more
Late last summer Dolly Parton announced her plans for the construction of Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort featuring 306 guest rooms for short vacation breaks along with an indoor and outdoor pool complex, a spa, a rustic country house restaurant and (...) read more
Some 250 shareholders met in mid-May for the 104th General Meeting of Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in Switzerland to take stock of the 2013 fiscal year, and they were pleased to hear about positive figures in all three of the resort’s business units. For (...) read more
The plans and negotiations for a new recreational bathing complex in England’s North Yorkshire resort town of Scarborough have been underway for years. Construction permission was already granted for the Benchmark Leisure undertaking back in 2012. (...) read more
Early this past May Great Britain’s Alton Towers Resort received official permission to go ahead with the construction of new accommodation facilities on the resort site. The new “Enchanted Village” will host 120 fairytale huts which can each (...) read more
Following a 26-month construction phase, July 7th is the date set for the official opening of the new OvaVerva recreational bathing complex in St. Moritz. We reported on this endeavor back in EAP Issue 3/2013. The long awaited new complex is aiming (...) read more
Aquapark Oberhausen opened in 2009 at the marina in Oberhausen. The park is now looking to improve and expand its facilities designed specifically for kids aged three to ten. The plans involve building a new water area that is home to the Aquapark’s (...) read more
In Fitchburg, Massachusetts the 12th indoor water park resort from Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (cp. EAP News from May 21st, 2014) will open today. The 6,000 square meter park will feature familiar Great Wolf Lodge attractions such as the “Howlin’ (...) read more
After more than half a year of application and tendering procedure the IAAPA Europe has appointed a new senior manager (cp. EAP news from 06 Nov 2013). Pablo Moragrega (pictured) will join the trade association’s European office located in Brussels (...) read more
Roland Mack (right), owner of Europa-Park in Rust, Germany, was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz) last Friday. The award was presented to him by Winfried Kretschmann (left), Prime Minister of (...) read more
Henk Bemboom, founder of Dutch theme park Slagharen, recently passed away on 27 May 2014 at the age of 93. Bemboom opened the Dutch Ponypark Slagharen in 1963 which was renamed Attractiepark Slagharen in 1998. “Give people value for their money, and (...) read more
As announced by officials of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), Visit Orlando, and the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) this week, the three parties extended their agreement to host IAAPA Attractions Expo (...) read more
Last Thursday, 22nd of May 2014, Movie Park Germany in Bottrop-Kirchhellen has welcomed its 25 millionth visitor since the park’s opening back in 1996 under the name of Warner Bros. Movie World. The Frenk family, the parents and their two daughters, (...) read more
Together with representatives of the City of Garden Grove and the real estate company McWhinney, Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. will break ground today to celebrate the start of construction on the new Great Wolf Lodge Southern California. The brand’s (...) read more
Recently, the US-based developer of 3-D and 4-D attractions, SimEx-Iwerks, announced the launch of a brand new fully themed Batman laser attraction that was developed together with Warner Bros. Consumer Products on behalf of DC Entertainment. The (...) read more
Since the 1st of May, the program portfolio of Germany’s Filmpark Babelsberg has been expanded by the addition of “The Military Camp”, a film quote taken from the Hollywood movie “The Monuments Men”. A few months ago, an extraordinary film set had (...) read more
In our park report of EAP issue 2/2014, we already reported about the new attraction for Germany’s Ravensburger Spieleland for the current season. Now the new family attraction “Hier kommt die Maus!”, the theming of which is based on the German (...) read more
The new Oasis Mall project in Doha, currently under construction and slated for a 2017 opening, will feature upscale retail shops, fine dining experiences as well as an entertainment component. The development of the about 28,000 square meter large (...) read more
The summer of 2015 will see the opening of the first of initial six interactive Shrek’s Far Far Away Adventure attractions to be planned and created by Merlin Entertainments (Merlin) and DreamWorks Animation within a nine-year period. According to (...) read more
The technology solutions for ticketing and virtual queue management systems from accesso Technology Group are obviously being met with great interest from theme park operators in Europe. By the end of March, the company enhanced its “accesso (...) read more
