(eap) Austrian ropeway manufacturer Doppelmayr has announced a change in the management of its subsidiary Doppelmayr USA. Current CEO Katharina Schmitz will leave the company on March 31, 2025 to pursue personal goals. Schmitz, who joined Doppelmayr (...) read more
(eap) Dutch rollercoaster manufacturer Vekoma Rides has successfully completed the first construction phase of its new “Vekoma Campus”. The first employees were welcomed to the new premises at the end of January. Thanks to a warehouse with modern (...) read more
(eap) The winners of the FKF Award 2025 were announced at this year’s FKF Convention at Wunderland Kalkar, which took place this weekend. Since 2003, Germany’s Freundeskreis Kirmes und Freizeitparks e. V. (FKF) has been awarding this prize to (...) read more
(eap) The revitalization of the Siebentäler Therme public pool in Bad Herrenalb in the northern Black Forest (Germany) will continue. This was decided by the municipal council with a large majority (14 votes to 7) at the end of January. The work is (...) read more
(eap) This week, the newly conceived “Brand Experience Centre Conference” took place for the first time in the former La Bourse stock exchange building in Brussels. The new event, which is intended to serve as a networking and experience exchange (...) read more
(eap) The French regional amusement park operator Looping Group (Groupe Looping) has a new Executive Committee, whose members were introduced today by Executive Chairman Laurent Bruloy and Vice President Stéphane Da Cunha (both co-founders of the (...) read more
(eap) With a total of 545,000 guests (2023: 433,000), Jenaer Bäder, who manage the public pools in the German city of Jena, can look back on a successful 2024. Despite a slight decline in visitor numbers at the GalaxSea leisure pool (244,000, 2023: (...) read more
(eap) The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel building at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, which was closed permanently in fall 2023 after just 1.5 years of operation, is to be converted into an office building for Imagineers, (...) read more
(eap) On July 25 of this year, the new Junglia Okinawa theme park is set to open in the north of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa. Surrounded by nature, it will comprise a total of 22 attractions, 15 gastronomic facilities and ten stores on a (...) read more
(eap) From March 7 to June 22, 2025, “Marvel: The Exhibition – Universe of Super Heroes” will be making a guest appearance in Germany for the first time. At the ODYSSEUM in Cologne, visitors can look forward to a journey through more than 85 years (...) read more
(eap) The first Puy du Fou theme park outside Europe is to be developed in the Brazilian city of Maricá in the state of Rio de Jainero. This was made official at the International Tourism Trade Fair Fitur in Madrid, Spain. At Fitur, the mayor of (...) read more
(eap) The French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Europa-Park founder Roland Mack and his son Michael Mack, Managing Partner of Europa-Park and CEO of Mack ONE, to the Élysée Palace in Paris yesterday to honor them both for their exceptional (...) read more
(eap) The next “summit meeting” of manufacturers, developers and specialists in the field of audiovisual technologies and system integration is just around the corner: This year’s edition of the international trade fair Integrated Systems Europe (...) read more
(eap) At the latest since the 2022 Winter Olympics were awarded to and held in Beijing, the enthusiasm of the Chinese public for winter sports has grown. One of the most popular activities is skiing, which can be practiced in several large ski (...) read more
(eap) The Caribbean beer brand Balashi is to get its own brand experience center on the island of Aruba. The Dutch concept developer and interior architecture firm of Sandenburg-DST has been commissioned to develop the Balashi Beer Experience, which (...) read more
(eap) Following the grand opening of the new Zwemcentrum de Welle public pool in Drachten (Netherlands) last Thursday, many guests came to explore the versatile swimming and slide fun offer over the weekend. “We have worked incredibly hard to (...) read more
(eap) From 22 to 24 January 2025, the Europa-Park Erlebnis-Resort was once again the scene for pioneering technological developments: At the invitation of Michael Mack and MACK One, entrepreneurs, experts and visionaries from all over the world came (...) read more
(eap) Sabrina de Carvalho is moving from her position as Managing Director of the Italian theme park resort Gardaland (operated by Merlin Entertainments) to the role of VP Managing Director UK Attractions within the group. Stefano Cigarini, most (...) read more
(eap) For the first time in over 40 years, a new swimming pool to be operated by Frankfurter BäderBetriebe is opening its doors this year. The new family pool is currently being built in the immediate neighbourhood of the ice rink in Frankfurt’s (...) read more
(eap) Amusement park Plopsaland De Panne, part of the Belgian Plopsa Group, is investing 1.5 million euros in a new family attraction to mark its 25th anniversary: “Wickie’s Whirlwind”, a “Wild Swing” from ART Engineering, is moving into the park’s (...) read more
