(eap) A 2,300 square meter virtual reality (VR) experience center is to be built in a hotel at Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada. A corresponding agreement for this project, costing around USD 10 million (approx. EUR 9.2 million), was recently (...) read more
(eap) Sweden’s Visit Group, which specializes in eCommerce and ticketing solutions for the tourism and leisure industry, welcomes industry professional Werner Dullmaier (photo) to its team as Business Development Director. In this role, Dullmaier, (...) read more
(eap) Like its existing sister facilities (at various locations on the German Baltic coast and in Elstal near Berlin), the new Karls Erlebnis-Dorf in Döbeln, Saxony, which opened last spring, is now also using digital visitor counting technology to (...) read more
(eap) The LEGO Group and the LEGOLAND Resorts managed by Merlin Entertainments have collaborated to develop a new event concept especially for children, which will be held for the first time this year under the name of “LEGO Festival”. In seven (...) read more
(eap) Germany’s Floating Wave Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, which has developed an artificial surf spot concept and is going to realize this for the first time in Hambug (c.f. EAP news of 05 March 2025), has commissioned MEYER Floating Solutions (...) read more
(eap) Belgian company BoldMove Nation has unveiled a new trackless dark ride system, which is now available under the Rogue Rides brand. These are vehicles that have autonomous control and operate entirely without tracks. High-performance sensors (...) read more
(eap) Which companies are best prepared – in an environment of ever-increasing digitalization? The “Digital Champions 2025” study conducted by the IMWF Institute for Management and Economic Research on behalf of Deutschland Test and Focus Money (...) read more
(eap) From today, visitors to the Oskarshausen leisure park near Dresden (Germany) can once again experience the “BlütenWunder” (Engl.: BlossomWonder) spring exhibition. Under this year’s motto “Castles, Palaces and Magic”, visitors can look forward (...) read more
(eap) Oakwood Theme Park will not reopen its gates for the upcoming 2025 season, as the park has stated now. Aspro Parks – owner and operator of the leisure destination in Wales – has made this decision following a strategic review of the business (...) read more
(eap) The KristallTurm® company, based in Lenggries in Upper Bavaria, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Back in 2007, Heinz Tretter opened his self-developed high ropes course in Lenggries... On this basis, he founded the company (...) read more
(eap) The family-oriented amusement park Parc de Pierre-Brune in the French Vendée region is presenting a new horse show entitled “Pierre de Lune” from the park’s reopening on April 6. A mixture of vaulting, dance and poetry will entertain visitors (...) read more
(eap) The Polish Ptak Group, which operates the Mandoria indoor park among other facilities, has announced the takeover of the French theme park Le Parc du Petit Prince. The park inspired by the story of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “Little Prince” (...) read more
(eap) The transformation of Disney Village – the entertainment, shopping and dining mile at Disneyland Paris – continues. The two new boutiques Disney Style and Disney Glamour are set to open on March 8. The lifestyle boutiques will offer a wide (...) read more
(eap) The world’s third PEPPA PIG Theme Park opened last weekend in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Following the premiere of the first Peppa Pig theme park in Florida (USA, 2022) and a second in Günzburg (Germany, 2024), fans of “Peppa Pig” and her (...) read more
(eap) The Kolmården animal and leisure park in the Swedish municipality of Norrköping will get a new manager. On May 1, Jeanette Sandberg will take over as CEO from Christine Karmfalk, who has held the position for seven years. Sandberg has (...) read more
(eap) The British trade association Experience UK, which networks and represents players in the experience economy, is organizing “InnovateX”, a new one-day forum at the Wellcome Collection exhibition venue in London on 27 March 2025. The event is (...) read more
(eap) Taman Safari, the operator of nine animal and amusement parks and four safari resorts in Indonesia, has commissioned the Los Angeles-based experience design company Legacy Entertainment to plan and design new experiences and attractions for (...) read more
(eap) Today sees the premiere of a new dining experience concept in downtown Los Angeles: The Gallery. The site consists of two areas – the bar “Horizon Lounge”, which is embedded in a projected, constantly changing city backdrop, and the restaurant (...) read more
(eap) Six Flags Entertainment Corporation has announced its results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2024. The figures represent the first annual results following the completed merger of Six Flags and Cedar Fair on July 1, 2024. (...) read more
(eap) A new haunted attraction, “The Villa”, was recently opened in the Vietnamese amusement park Bao Son Paradise. Its story surrounds a villa, namely a haunted Victorian mansion that is up for sale. In the haunted house, visitors are confronted (...) read more
