Pierre & Vacances, owner of Center Parcs Europe, is to take over the four three- and four-star holiday parks from the Belgian Sunpark Group. These are two holiday parks on the North Sea, one resort in the Ardennes and one in Campine with a total (...) read more
Bavarian therapeutic spas are facing the challenges of the future with investments totalling over 400 million euros. With these investments, the facilities aim to position themselves as modern centres of competence for healthcare and preventative (...) read more
Busch Gardens is one of the USA's most important theme parks and has already received a number of awards. Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower are two highlights at this park which shows its visitors all sorts of typical European sights. It brings visitors (...) read more
This Easter, the first indoor half pipe to meet international FIS standards was opened at the Snow Funpark in Wittenburg, one of Europe's largest such facilities. The half pipe is 130 metres long, 18 metres wide and has an 18-degree slope. This (...) read more
On the 12th of April things had finally reached the point where the Mayor of Gelsenkirchen, Frank Baranowski, with considerable support from the managing director of the “Gesellschaft für Energie und Wirtschaft GmbH” (company for energy and (...) read more
Brandenburg's Minister for Economic Affairs, Ulrich Junghanns, recently awarded the 2007 state award for tourism. The prize is awarded for creativity in tourism services in Brandenburg. The EWA member company TURM Erlebniscity from Brandenburg was (...) read more
On the 5th of April, two insiders from the leisure industry came to Europa Park for an informative visit: Mark Shapiro, President and CEO of Six Flag Inc., and the Vice President of the American corporate group Mark Quenzel. Both professionals were (...) read more
In March it became known that the insolvent H. Sichler Tschu-Tschu Bahnen (choo-choo trains) had been saved from bankruptcy. Operations are to continue without interruption under new ownership. Tschu-Tschu initiated insolvency proceedings at the end (...) read more
National Geographic, www.nationalgeographic.com, recently reported on the theft of animals from zoos. Thieves are mainly interested in the most valuable animals, i.e. those closest to extinction. Once seized, they are usually transported abroad to (...) read more
Siemens Industrial Solutions & Services (I&S) is offering a new method of swimming pool water treatment that, unlike conventional systems, completely prevents the formation of legionellae. A combination of flocculation, ozonization, multi-layer (...) read more
A development that has been so striking in the U.S. for many years now is now rampant in Great Britain… and definitely on its way to the continent: overweight kids! The case of the nearly 90-kilogramme, nine-year old “heavyweight” Samantha Hames has (...) read more
Professor Dr Horst W. Opaschowski, scientific director of British American Tobacco’s Leisure Research Institute (B.A.T.), is this year’s winner of the German Government Leisure Commission’s award of distinction. In detailing their reasons for making (...) read more
Macau, the special administrative area on the south coast of the People’s Republic of China, has overtaken Las Vegas: according to the most recent figures from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, the gambling income of the once (...) read more
“Gerstlauer Elektro GmbH” is now “Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH”. According to company sources, considerable expansion in the product palette rendered the change necessary. In addition, the long-time manager of operations, Siegfried Gerstlauer, (...) read more
For the second time already, the Tyrolean tourism region Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis is able to look forward to the Best-of-Austria Award: Within the scope of the ITB trade fair presentation of Österreich Werbung (ÖW – Austria advertising) in Berlin, major (...) read more
The relatively mild climate in Central Europe this past winter has been welcomed by the construction industry: It enabled building plans to be carried out through the winter almost without interruption. Any delays in construction work could be (...) read more
London, New York, Dubai: Three cities – one deal. Merlin Entertainments Group (“Merlin”), controlled by the Blackstone Group (“Blackstone”), and The Tussauds Group (“TTG”), controlled by Dubai International Capital LLC (“DIC”), are today (...) read more
According to an estimation by the Russian Ministry for Economic Development and Trade, the Russian tourism industry currently accounts for merely 1.5 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), or roughly five per cent including the respective (...) read more
In the north of Budapest, Europe’s second largest recreational pool facility is to be built on 86,000-square metre large premises. The project planned by the Hungarian real estate developer InterEstate comprises a total investment of around 67 (...) read more
At the island resort of Sentosa just off the coast of Singapore, the 343,000 square metre large “Resorts World at Sentosa” is underway thanks to an overall investment volume of 2.6 billion euros. The mega project with numerous “resorts inside the (...) read more
