Thierry Coup is the new Senior Vice President of Universal Creative’s Creative Studio, the planning and development division of Universal Parks and Resorts. With immediate effect, Coup is responsible for the creative developments of all new (...) read more
Dan Ohlmann, carpenter and interior designer always devoted to miniatures and special effects, founded the “Palais de la miniature” in Lyon in 1990, today known as “Musée Miniature et Cinéma” located in the old town of Lyon. The museum focuses on (...) read more
For the start of the season, Arthur, his lovely Minimoys and numerous fans of these enchanting mythical creatures scurried all over the Europa-Park and not without good reason. The famous French film director Luc Besson (“Arthur and the (...) read more
According to the media, the cable car company Doppelmayr and musical producer Stage Entertainment plan to connect Hamburg’s St. Pauli entertainment district with the site of the International Garden Show (IGS) in its Wilhelmsburg district. The (...) read more
The Canadian water ride manufacturer recently announced its new partnership with Rick Briggs and his newly founded company Interactive Entertainment Concepts LLC. As co-founder of Creative Kingdoms and former co-developer of the AquaQuest and (...) read more
In “Titanic – The Exhibition” guests of the Tivoli in Copenhagen can visit a spectacular exhibition until December 30, 2011 featuring the largest ship disaster of the world. 99 years ago, in the night from April 14 to 15, 1912 the luxury cruise (...) read more
Austria’s first science center located in Wels (we reported earlier in EAP issue 3/2010) opened on April 16, 2011. The new 3,000 square meter large facility implemented by Bremen, Germany’s planning company Petri & Tiemann offers a highly (...) read more
The theme park operated by the Compagnie des Alpes Group and located in Germany’s Sauerland region started into the new season with a new General Manager: Gordon Kosa joined the team and took over for André Michalik. Before, Kosa has worked for (...) read more
Since the beginning of the year, company outings can be booked as an incentive event at the iPilot shop at Munich Airport. Europe’s first chain of professional flight simulators provides this special event to companies: After a short introduction (...) read more
After having gained approval from the Chinese central government in Beijing, the Walt Disney Company and its Chinese joint venture, the Shanghai Shendi Group, have broken ground on the Shanghai Disney Resort at the beginning of April. The sixth (...) read more
The Canadian supplier of water rides WhiteWater recently announced the opening of a new office in Shanghai / China. Their 15th office worldwide allows the company to meet the growing demand in China and to improve their service to existing clients. (...) read more
SATE Europe, the knowledge-exchange and networking event for attractions industry professionals organized by the Themed Entertainment Asscociation (TEA), takes place from June 16 to 17, 2011 at the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam, the (...) read more
As a first step of the park project “MuséoParc Alésia”, an interpretation centre focusing on the battle between Vercingetorix the Gaul and Caesar 2063 years ago will be opened in Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy / France at the end of this June. Later (...) read more
The Mind Museum, opening in the fourth quarter of 2011 at the Philippines’ business district of Bonifacio Global City, focuses on math and science. The 20 million US dollar project is located on a 12,000 square meter site with five galleries and an (...) read more
The IAAPA Europe, the European Office of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, invites industry professionals to come to the first “IAAPA Europe Spring Forum” at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany on May 17 to 18, 2011. This (...) read more
Chessington World of Adventures Resort has been crowned Theme Park of the Year in the Theme Park and Visitor Attractions Awards 2010. This award recognizes the growth in visitor numbers, the good guest feedback as well as the park’s development with (...) read more
The deal for Merlin’s acquisition of six attractions belonging to the Village Roadshow was completed at the beginning of March. Sydney Aquarium, Sydney Wildlife World, the Sydney Tower Observatory and Skywalk as well as Manly Oceanworld, Sydney, (...) read more
At the beginning of March the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) named James “Chip” Cleary President and CEO effective from April 4, 2011. Cleary started his career in 1978 at Adventureland Amusement Park in (...) read more
In mid-February Merlin Entertainments announced plans for the construction of a 12 million dollar Legoland Discovery Center (LDC) in Atlanta, Georgia / USA scheduled to open in 2012. The indoor attraction will open at the shopping destination Phipps (...) read more
Guests of London’s Earl Court Olympia Two can be part of the Doctor Who Experience based on the British science fiction TV series since February. The first series of “Dr. Who” was produced by the BBC in 1963 and is about “the doctor” who travels (...) read more
