Hong Kong’s Ocean Park recently announced its plans for a 2017 opening of a new year-round water park. The waterfront water park, which will feature indoor and outdoor areas, will be integrated into the hilly landscape of the Tai Shue Wan Bay. 30 (...) read more
As the US-based Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced earlier this year, the company will open a theme park in Dubai in 2017 (we reported on this in the EAP news from 14 April 2014). Now plans for the opening of several Six Flags-branded (...) read more
Filderstadt, Germany’s Sport- und Badezentrum Fildorado swimming pool complex started contruction for the expansion of their sauna and wellness areas. A new, appealing entrance area for the sauna area, new changing rooms as well as an additional (...) read more
Germany’s Heide Park Resort will open a new high ropes course covering an area of 4,000 square meters this month. Located between the Holiday Camp and the park’s event area, the new climbing attraction featuring two flying foxes and four different (...) read more
Vanessa Diriart (39) has been appointed deputy CEO of Center Parcs Europe this past spring. In her function as direct contact person of the marketing and sales department, Vanessa Diriart directly reports to Mark Haak Wegmann, CEO Center Parcs (...) read more
On the occasion of its 40th anniversary next year, Italy’s Gardaland will open up a new exciting attraction in 2015. The construction works for the new rollercoaster at the park operated by the Merlin Entertainments Group officially started in the (...) read more
After a development phase of more than ten years, Eurodisney and Pierre et Vacances-Center Parcs, along with their 50/50 joint venture Les Villages Nature de Val d’Europe S.A.S., have signed a financing agreement with a group of institutional (...) read more
Located in the North-West of Italy, Leolandia, a theme park featuring 38 rides and attractions, now features the beloved character Peppa Pig. The characters from the British animated television series and their silhouettes can be found on “Mr. (...) read more
Following the opening of the dark ride „Volcans sacrés” in the last year (we reported on this in EAP issue 3/2013), France’s science and amusement park Vulcania delighted its guests this year with the opening of its brand-new “Ballon des Puys” (...) read more
Following a short delay, Wet’n Wild Orlando recently opened its new „Aqua Drag Racer“ slide (cp. EAP news from 17 March 2014). The head-first racing ride is equipped with braided, twisting tunnels that accelerate up to four riders from a starting (...) read more
Disneyland Resort Paris has welcomed 14.9 million visitors in 2013 and became one of the most favoured Tourist destinations in Europe. Disneyland Paris is set to open its 60th attraction, “Ratatouille : L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy”, the (...) read more
Center Parcs Hochsauerland in Western Germany which is operated by the French company Pierre & Vacances as one of 20 European Center Parcs celebrated its 20th anniversary on June 29th. The park was opened in July 1994 after ten years of turbulent (...) read more
Merlin Entertainments plc today announces it will open its first LEGOLAND Park in Japan. The new park, to be located in the city of Nagoya, will cost JPY 32 billion (231 million EUR) in total and adds to Merlin’s existing portfolio of six Legoland (...) read more
Loro Parque, located in the north of the Canary Island Tenerife, has been continuously developed and modernized since its opening back in 1972. Founded by the German Wolfgang Kiessling, the zoo park, which had originally been designed as a parrot (...) read more
As Universal Orlando Resort announced The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley will officially open on July 8 – allowing guests to experience even more of Harry Potter’s adventures in an all-new, magnificently-themed environment which is (...) read more
With a total of 9,000 registered guests (2013:5,400) and 6,500 qualified buyers (2013: 3,600), this year's Asian Attractions Expo (AAE), held at Beijing's China National Convention Center from 18 to 20 June, set up new records. 325 exhibitors from (...) read more
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
