(eap) Construction work on the new Efteling Grand Hotel at the Dutch theme park started in fall 2022. The park’s director, Nicole Scheffers, has now announced that the planned opening of the hotel will be postponed from 2024 to 2025. She comments: (...) read more
(eap) Morgan’s Wonderland, a theme park based in San Antonio, Texas/USA, recently announced new additions for the upcoming 2024 season. The park, which places great emphasis on inclusion and designs its attractions accordingly so that all visitors – (...) read more
(eap) Modernization work amounting 8 million euros has recently begun on Efteling’s 40-year-old “Piraña” wild water ride. The first step is to demolish old artificial rocks and waterfalls, which will be replaced next year with new rock formations by (...) read more
(eap) During an online seminar organized by the European Waterpark Association (EWA e.V.), Prof. Dr. Ulrich Reinhardt, Scientific Director of the Stiftung für Zukunftsfragen, presented the results of the recently published “Freizeitmonitor 2023”. (...) read more
(eap) Two robots from Augsburg (Germany)-based automation company KUKA have recently moved into Augsburg City Hall as puppeteers. Until the end of January 2024, visitors can watch the robots controlling the from the Augsburger Puppenkiste’s (puppet (...) read more
(eap) Vekoma Rides, the roller coaster manufacturer based in Vlodrop, Netherlands, has announced changes on top management level. Har Kupers (photo), who has been serving Vekoma for over thirty years now and holds the position of the company’s CEO, (...) read more
(eap) The German company Active Leisure, which specialises in the installation of amusement rides, and Eckart Schulz (owner of Dynamic Ride Systems) are launching their collaboration to exploit synergies and expand Active Leisure’s field of services (...) read more
(eap) This past Friday, the immersive exhibition experience “Tutanchamun” celebrated its German premiere in Hamburg. Through January 31, 2024, visitors can immerse themselves into Ancient Egypt – a time full of god-like rulers, architectural wonders (...) read more
(eap) Launching today, the new VR escape game “The Break-in” can be played at the The Park Playground VR experience world in Antwerp and also at further The Park Playground locations in Europe, the UK and Australia, all developed and equipped by the (...) read more
(eap) Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announces “Norwegian Aqua”, a new ship in its “Prima” class of ocean liners, which will be the first cruise ship in the extended Prima Plus class and is scheduled to depart on its maiden voyage in April 2025. As a (...) read more
(eap) Headquartered in Berlin, the PAPERDICE Group is one of Germany’s largest operators of Escape Rooms. Its existing portfolio has recently grown with the addition of two more locations (in Dortmund and Duisburg), bringing the group’s total to (...) read more
(eap) Ernest Yale, founder and CEO of Canada-based Triotech company, has announced the return of Gabi Salabi (photo) to the company. Salabi served at the company as Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development as well as Chief Commercial (...) read more
(eap) The two listed US amusement park operators Cedar Fair (NYSE: FUN) and Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) have entered into a definitive merger agreement, as was officially announced today. With the reference date of 31 October 2023, the companies, which (...) read more
(eap) Dutch software company Convious recently launched a new GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) application for customer service and support. It is designed to help leisure companies make their customer support more efficient. To do this, the (...) read more
(eap) This year’s winners of the “EWA Awards” were honored at a festive dinner held by the European Waterpark Association (EWA) in the New Flora Cologne during the aquanale trade fair last week. As the quality association of European leisure pools (...) read more
(eap) After more than 25 years in operation, the SEA LIFE center in Bray, Ireland (near Dublin), will have to close its doors permanently towards the end of this year, as was decided by operator Merlin Entertainments. “This has been a very difficult (...) read more
(eap) After the Allwetterzoo Münster was able to celebrate the opening of the new tropical “Meranti Hall” in June after about three years of construction – which, with costs of about 21.5 million euros, represents the largest construction project of (...) read more
(eap) Ardent Leisure Group-operated sister parks Dreamworld and WhiteWater World (located on the Gold Coast, Australia) are participating in the International Ride Operator Certification Program (“iROC” certification) of Nashville, (...) read more
(eap) Bruce A. Brown (photo), a law graduate with more than 20 years of professional experience, has been appointed Executive Vice President of Legal, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary by Orlando, Florida-based Falcon’s Beyond. In this position, (...) read more
(eap) Since this week, guests to the Center Parcs Hochsauerland holiday park can immerse themselves into virtual worlds: The vacation destination located in Medebach, Germany has opened a Virtual Reality (VR) attraction that allows both children and (...) read more
