(eap) The marine animal park Marineland Côte d’Azur, operated by Parques Reunidos, sees itself forced to close permanently on 5 January 2025. The park, where visitors have been able to admire orcas, dolphins and Californian sea lions, among others, (...) read more
(eap) RWS Global, company specialising in shows and live entertainment, is expanding further, opening a new headquarters in Shanghai (China) as well as a new office in Orlando (USA). These will be led by Veronica Hart as the new Chief Growth (...) read more
(eap) Henrico, Virginia-based Infinite Acquisition Partners LLC – a majority shareholder in Orlando, Florida-based creative design group Falcon’s Beyond Global – recently announced that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire (...) read more
(eap) People can now virtually step into the shoes of ski jumping legends in Hinterzarten in the Black Forest. With “Skisprung Hinterzarten VR”, they can enjoy a new VR experience developed by Europa-Park and its subsidiary VR Coaster in (...) read more
(eap) Visitors to Swarovski Crystal Worlds (Swarovski Kristallwelten) have been able to experience two new Chambers of Wonder for a few days now. The brand experience, located in the Austrian Alps near Wattens, has collaborated with electronic (...) read more
(eap) The Norwegian Kongeparken amusement park in Ålgård (near Stavanger) has a new CEO: Vibeke Fjordbakk took over the management of the park just this month. Fjordbakk has a background in tourism management and attraction development as well as (...) read more
(eap) The Efteling Hotel, which opened in 1992 and for many guests is the first sight of a visit to the Dutch Efteling theme park, is being renovated and will be given a new name from April 2025: Efteling Wonder Hotel. The iconic (...) read more
(eap) During the IAAPA Expo, which took place in Orlando, Florida last week, the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) announced the winners of the 31st “Thea Awards”. The “Experience Oscars” honor creatives responsible for extraordinary new (...) read more
(eap) Splish Splash Water Park in Calverton, New York (USA) has announced a new water playground for 2025. The park is looking to expand its offerings with another play and cool-down option for the youngest guests. The new kids’ zone will feature (...) read more
(eap) The Swiss Therme Zurzach thermal spa, located on the border to Germany, has recently opened a new children’s area with a water slide. In the “Papa Moll Water World”, as the new area is called, a 25 square meter pool with water-spraying figures (...) read more
(eap) Three new attractions will be arriving at the “Tivoli” area of the Swedish leisure and water park Skara Sommarland in the summer of 2025: a 20-metre high “Drop ‘n Twist” tower, a “Top Dancer” wiper ride type that will be named “Houdini” (both (...) read more
(eap) The British operator group Merlin Entertainments recently announced “Adventures Made Real”. This represents a new global strategic partnership with Microsoft-owned Mojang Studios – a development studio for computer games and creator of the (...) read more
(eap) The German Tourism Association has announced the winners of the “German Tourism Award 2024”. The interactive history experience Deutschlandmuseum in Berlin, which opened last summer not far from Potsdamer Platz (see EAP 6/2023), ranks second (...) read more
(eap) British operator group Merlin Entertainments announced today that Scott O’Neil, currently CEO of the company, will step down from his position at the end of this year to pursue a new career challenge. Chief Operating Officer Fiona Eastwood (...) read more
(eap) On the occasion of its 50th anniversary in the upcoming 2025 season, the Italian theme park Gardaland will present a new intellectual property (IP) developed by Merlin Magic Making: “Animal Treasure Island”. Guests can look forward to an (...) read more
(eap) The Swedish amusement park Liseberg recently announced plans to open a Break Dance 5 at the start of the 2025 summer season, which will receive the name of “Kraftverket” (English: Power House). The prototype of the ride model by Huss Park (...) read more
(eap) The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) announced the winners of this year’s Brass Ring Awards at the IAAPA Expo in Orlando last week. The awards recognize some of the best new developments and products in the (...) read more
(eap) Europa-Park is planning to build the “Kinderhaus Kleine Helden” (“Little Heroes Children’s House) next year. As a central charity project for the “50 years of Europa-Park” anniversary season, this is to be realized in cooperation with the RTL (...) read more
(eap) Movie Park Germany is proud to just have closed the most successful Halloween season in the park’s history. This Halloween fall, the park located near Bottrop was even able to surpass the previous record year of 2022 with a significant (...) read more
(eap) After four well-attended trade show days, IAAPA Expo 2024 has just ended at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando (Florida, USA). The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has already announced the (...) read more
