In 1979 Rapids Water Park at Palm Beach / USA opened on an area of five acres and with only one ride – Old Yellar. Today the park has been increased in size up to 25 acres and by now offers 29 water slides to its guests. The most popular attractions (...) read more
According to a study commissioned by Salón Piscina Barcelona and information supplied by the trade organizations ASOFAP (Spanish Association for the Manufacture of Equipment, Chemical Products and Swimming Pool Designers) and ATEP (Spanish (...) read more
According to Chinese media, a Hello Kitty theme park is to be built in Huzhou, two hours away from Shanghai, in June 2013. During Zhejiang Investment & Trade Symposium, a foreign economic and trade event, an investment agreement with Sanrio, the (...) read more
At the end of April a derby between Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund took place as usual, but this time not in a football stadium. The DFB (German Football Confederacy) called a special congress in Duesseldorf to decide on a site for the new museum. (...) read more
According to Austrian media reports, the widow of Rolf Kauka, the originator of the “Fix & Foxi” comic book series, is now planning an authentic replica of the Fix & Foxi village in the Hermagor-Presseger Lake resort area. According to the reports (...) read more
Hollywood is planning to shoot a Lego film. There is talk of a film being shot completely in a Lego world. Producer Dan Lin will use both animation and real film as part of this creation. Filming preparations are already underway. (eap) read more
The “desert Louvre” is a museum complex on Saadiyat (“Happiness”) island, 500 metres off Abu Dhabi, scheduled to be completed in 2013. 400 million euros have to be paid by the capital of the UAE within a 30-year agreement between Abu Dhabi and (...) read more
More than 2,200 guests came to the Europa-Park Arena yesterday in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Roland Mack, founder and owner of the popular theme park. Well known guests from the sectors of politics, business and showbiz celebrated (...) read more
During the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood in summer 2010, King Kong can be experienced as a 4-D multi-sensory attraction. The new attraction is based on the Oscar-winning Universal Pictures film production from 2005. Guests will be (...) read more
The Walt Disney Company and the Hong Kong government agreed some weeks ago on a major expansion of Disneyland Hong Kong. Being the world’s smallest Disneyland, the park has been criticized of not offering enough attractions. Moreover, since its (...) read more
With the opening of the Desperados at Heliopolis, near Cairo, the Belgian company Alterface will install for the first time one of its interactive adventures in Africa. This installation will be the 25th of its kind worldwide. The new facility will (...) read more
Since this summer there have been installed several new attractions at the Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort in Wisconsin Dells: Those who want to show their climbing talent can check out the tree top zip lining adventure. Guests can plunge from five (...) read more
The Asia Therme celebrated its first birthday in the middle of August: 292,000 visitors have passed through the doors of the wellness temple since it opened in August 2008. The thermal springs’ hotel has had 47,000 guests stay over, which means it (...) read more
At the end of August, Al Weiss, worldwide head of business operations at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts with responsibility for over 100,000 employees, Philippe Gas (CEO Euro Disney), Georges Kalogridis (Chief Operative Officer) and Andrew de Csilléry (...) read more
According to an online poll conducted by the Sohu Hong Kong web portal, the Ocean Park is the most loved attraction in Hong Kong. 170,000 Chinese residents participated in the survey in June. Resort CEO Tom Mehrmann said: “Coming to Ocean Park is (...) read more
The Scottish developer VW Leisure plans to construct Scotland’s first-ever eco-friendly amusement park on an old quarry site at West Lothian. The 72-acre site could open in summer 2011. VW Leisure plans to build a lodge-style hotel including event (...) read more
Recently there has been installed a new water attraction supplied by WhiteWater West at Spa World in Osaka: the AquaLoop. The new loop slide has a length of 62 metres and is 10 metres high. Riders can reach speeds up to 60 kph. (eap) read more
Poor quality, high levels of harmful substances and removable small parts: the TÜV Rheinland LGA experts tested 25 water inflatables from five of the most popular holiday countries around the Mediterranean. The results: 17 of the products should (...) read more
According to the US American investor protection organisation, Corporate Library, Blackstone boss Stephen Schwarzman pocketed a whopping USD 702.4 million in 2008. This figure makes him by far the top paid US manager. Oracle boss Ellison follows (...) read more
The largest thermal spring resort in Europe does not just stand out in the industry due to its size and the large number of facilities that it offers, but also now because of the new web TV portal: therme-erding.tv. This adventure paradise is the (...) read more
