A few thousand people visited the Heide Park in Soltau on the first Advent weekend when it opened for Advent the first time. The park had turned itself into a sparkling sea of lights for the occasion. Angels and Father Christmases greeted the (...) read more
Bob Rogers, CEO and founder of BRC Imagination Arts, is the recipient of this year’s THEA Lifetime Achievement Award. For professionals from the trade, the significance of this coveted award is comparable to that of the Oscar for the film industry. (...) read more
An “enchanting winter season” and a park decorated in Santa Claus red – that’s what the park had to offer last year. But with 10,128 Father, Mother and Child Christmases, a world record was reached on the 2nd of December! Compared to last year, more (...) read more
The exhibition on the famous film trilogy “The Lord of the Rings” is coming to Germany. It will be held at the Filmpark Babelsberg from 1 February – 29 March 2007. After stopovers in Singapore, the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom, (...) read more
At a press conference held on the 30th of November in Paris, the Swiss Zug-based firm Center-Tainment AG confirmed its previously announced interest in the takeover of Euro Disney. According to this, Center-Tainment wants to propose a trade-off in (...) read more
In special view of the main target groups in Schleswig-Holstein, families with children and “best agers”, the Hansa Park has started construction on a holiday residence facility. Luxuriously furnished holiday homes are being planned, which will (...) read more
A striking tourist attraction was opened on 11 August next to the time-honoured central railway station of Dresden: a 60-metre high Ferris wheel, an “R 60” from Ronald Bussink Professional Rides with 42 gondolas including a luxurious VIP gondola (...) read more
Bobbejaanland, the large Belgian amusement park, has been chosen as the “most innovative park of 2006” by users of the Dutch website www.rides.nl. This vote was surely influenced by the two new attractions at Bobbejaanland this year: “Desperado (...) read more
Five new sections are included in Landal’s 2007 holiday catalogue. All together, the company now offers 60 holiday parks in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Austria and, for the first time ever, even in Switzerland. Starting (...) read more
Not far from Manama, the capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and just a few kilometres from the country’s Formula 1 racetrack, “The Lost Paradise of Dilnum” is being built on 80,000-square metre large premises. After its completion in autumn 2006, (...) read more
The Canadian manufacturer Whitewater West Industries Ltd. was established in 1981. As a manufacturer of fibreglass waterslides the facilities and team have grown straight. They have over 300 employees in offices worldwide today. Whitewater has (...) read more
The Icelandic government has decided on a significant reduction of VAT on groceries starting next year. From March 2007 on, VAT on groceries will drop from 14 to 7% according to the new resolution. At restaurants and taverns, it will plummet from (...) read more
At Minimundus Bodensee (Lake Constance), the number of visitors continues to lag far behind the estimated figures of 300,000 visitors p.a. that were originally expected after the opening phase. The Minimundus management board was therefore (...) read more
What might seem to some as a jump on the organic bandwagon is a profitable business idea for a brewery in Greenland (http://www.brewhouse.gl). Its “hand-brewed” beer is made with water from Greenland’s inland ice. The brewery believes that this (...) read more
South Germany’s largest convention centre recently opened in the Lower Bavarian town of Bad Gögging with a number of large conventions. The Kuwaiti hotel operator concern REFAD Hotels & Resort invested more than seven million euros in the (...) read more
An “infernal ride through the desert” will soon be possible at Heide Park Soltau. Together with park director Hannes W. Mairinger, Lower Saxony’s Minister President Christian Wulf laid the foundation for the new attraction in August. Germany’s (...) read more
The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) recently held its 61st annual meeting in Leipzig. In a series of lectures, 250 zoo directors and scientists from 50 countries presented their zoological work and efforts in species protection. The (...) read more
The World Tourism Organization UNWTO (http://www.world-tourism.org) recently calculated that travellers spend more than two billion dollars daily. In 2005, tourists spent an estimated 682 billion dollars – a substantial three per cent more than (...) read more
Led by the Aquapark Management GmbH, which was contracted with the conceptual consultation and operation, Darmstadt’s art nouveau-influenced “Volksbad” (people’s bath) from 1909 is being reconstructed and expanded for around 18 million euros. (...) read more
From 27-30 September 2006, the interbad 2006 in Düsseldorf will be presenting the latest trends in the pool, sauna and spa sectors. At the European trade fair for public and private pools, the European Waterpark Association (EWA) will organise a (...) read more
