News | 22 Mar 2016

Danilo Tosetto Dies †

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

News | 22 Mar 2016

Adventure City Tour

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

News | 21 Mar 2016

USA: SeaWorld Stops Orca Breeding

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

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News | 21 Mar 2016

Denmark: Tivoli Registers Best-Ever Results for 2015

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

News | 18 Mar 2016

Germany: Jaderpark Starts into New Season

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

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News | 16 Mar 2016

Germany: New Home for Spreewelten Waterpark’s Penguins

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

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News | 15 Mar 2016

Germany: Moskaubad to Open Ropes Course

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

News | 11 Mar 2016

Germany: Internorga 2016 Starts Today

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

News | 11 Mar 2016

USA: Raging Waves to Open ProSlide TornadoWAVE

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

News | 11 Mar 2016

Germany: Zoo Osnabrück Modernizes Ape House

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

News | 10 Mar 2016

USA: Disney Springs Continues to Grow

Following the renaming as Disney Springs and the opening of several restaurants last fall (cf. EAP News from September 29, 2015), some of the best-known shopping brands and further restaurants will soon be added to Walt Disney World Resort's (...) read more

News | 09 Mar 2016

USA: Disney Cruise Line Announces Two New Ships

Disney Cruise Line’s fleet continues to grow: As the shipping company, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, announced a few days ago, two new family cruise liners will set sail in 2021 and 2023. Like their predecessors “Disney Dream” (cf. EAP, (...) read more

News | 09 Mar 2016

Chinese Wanda Group to Invest in French EuropaCity Project

It’s the first push of the Dalian Wanda Group in France: As recently announced, Wanda has signed an investment contract with the real estate company Immochan, a subsidiary of the French retail group Auchan, in Paris at the end of February. The (...) read more

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