At the beginning of this week, Merlin Entertainments announced that it has acquired Istanbul’s Turkuazoo attraction, an aquarium opened in 2009, from Dutch based Global Aquariums BV for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition marks Merlin’s first (...) read more
Gary Story, one of the industry leaders, passed away. The tall and charismatic man who was familiar with our industry for more than 40 years, died on September 21st in Oklahoma City. Like some other industry veterans Gary started his career as a (...) read more
For several years now, the initial public offering (IPO) of Merlin Entertainments, the world’s second biggest attractions owner, has been discussed. According to reports of the Telegraph Online at the beginning of September, the owner of the Madame (...) read more
On 14 September 2013 the wedding bells were ringing again in Rust, Germany. This time they rang for Katja and Thomas Mack. The whole team of EAP magazine congratulates the young couple and wishes fortune and blessings for their future! (eap) read more
From Tuesday through to Friday, October 22nd to 25th, 2013 the two FSB and aquanale trade fairs will once again be supplemented by a comprehensive congress programme. The “5th Cologne Swimming Pool and Wellness Forum”, created by Koelnmesse together (...) read more
Legoland Malaysia, opened about one year ago, will open its Legoland Water Park on October 21st, 2013 to further enhance its development into a resort. The new themed water park will feature more than 20 slides and over 70 Lego models. Some of the (...) read more
The “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, popular among young people, are four mutated, speaking giant turtles from an American comic series of the same name. These four turtles can be found at Movie Park Germany since July (read more about this in our (...) read more
For the fourth time in a row Ocean Park Hong Kong has been recognized with three “Yahoo! Emotive Brand Awards” this year. With these awards, the internet corporation Yahoo! recognizes companies with excellent brand values and strong emotional bonds (...) read more
Developed by Germany’s KON-TIKI, Büro für Bildungs- und Erlebnisplanung, the new edutainment program “Planet Ozean – Meer.Wissen.Erleben” for swimming pool and water park complexes has recently been recognized as official project of the UN Decade of (...) read more
This summer saw the opening of a new leisure attraction in the center of the duty-free mountain town of Livigno (Lombardy) in the Italian Alps. Since July tourists can enjoy a slippery adventure on the newly opened go kart track. The “Skiddy” track (...) read more
Construction works of the biggest and most elaborate indoor attraction of the park are well underway at Europa-Park. The beginning of August saw the completion of the structural works of the new attraction, which is to be opened for the start of the (...) read more
Brussels’ Mini-Europe miniature park and Océade waterpark were actually supposed to close on August 31st, 2013 following a decision by the city of Brussels (we reported on this among others in our EAP news from February 13th, 2012). All of (...) read more
On August 8th, 2013 Germany’s Therme Erding thermal spa and waterpark complex welcomed its 15 millionth visitor, Julia Peklak from Wiener-Neustadt (Austria). In recognition of this, the guest and her family have now free admission to Therme Erding (...) read more
Lower-Saxony, Germany’s Snow Dome Bispingen had to stop operations and close due to urgently required renovation works at the end of March (we reported on this in EAP issue 3/2013). First discussions about the creation of a cost evaluation for the (...) read more
The construction of the new “Grimm-Welt” (Grimm World) in Kassel, Germany has been launched with a groundbreaking ceremony at the end of August. The new facility will be devoted to the versatility and creativity of the German Brothers Grimm, Jacob (...) read more
The Dutch rollercoaster manufacturer Vekoma Rides Manufacturing recently announced that Nathan Jones has joined the company as their new Vice President Sales USA and Canada. Effective September 1, 2013, Nathan Jones now handles the U.S. and Canadian (...) read more
Germany’s Wild- und Wanderpark Weiskirchen (wildlife and hiking park) in the nature park of Saar-Hunsrück complemented its offer this summer with the opening of a newly constructed adventure park. The new attraction is a high ropes course with five (...) read more
The weather forecast of the German TV broadcaster ARD has been broadcasted from the studios at Bavaria Filmstadt near Munich since 2012. Now visitors can even test their own weather moderation skills during the guided tour around the Bavaria (...) read more
From the 5th of October and on every weekend of the month until the 3rd of November, 2013, Italy’s Gardaland brings back its “Gardaland Magic Halloween” event to the park. Visitors will be greeted in the park by horrifying and odd characters like (...) read more
As the park recently announced, Germany’s Heide Park Resort will open a wing coaster for its 2014 season. Besides “Raptor”, opened in 2011 at Gardaland, and “The Swarm”, opened one year later at Thorpe Park, the new rollercoaster will be the third (...) read more
