(eap) BoldMove Nation is strengthening its presence on the German-speaking market through a new cooperation with Fabian Richter (FABS leisure attractions consulting and service company). As an experienced expert in the amusement park industry, (...) read more
(eap) The “Ghost Castle” attraction at Europa-Park in Rust, which opened in 1982, has been closed for the past few weeks and has been extensively modernized. As of today, the ghost castle is back under its new name of “Castello dei (...) read more
(eap) A new attraction is currently being built at the Eis-Greissler adventure park in Lower Austria. The ride will be called “Wolkenfänger” (Engl.: Cloud Catcher) and will be the first of its kind from Germany’s aufwind Group. A total of twelve (...) read more
(eap) The Belgian theme park Walibi Belgium, which is operated by the French Compagnie des Alpes, has officially announced a new themed area called “Dock World”. The area will take up two styles in its theming: on the one hand that of an (...) read more
(eap) The US media and telecom group Comcast, to which belongs the theme park unit Universal Destinations & Experiences, yesterday presented its second quarter results (Q2) for the current financial year 2024, which ended on 30 June. With Adjusted (...) read more
(eap) A new public swimming pool is currently being built in Norway’s capital Oslo. The swimming facility is set to become the largest in the city and thus a new local hub for swimming. The Tøyenbadet is being built in the Grünerløkka district, on (...) read more
(eap) The Radisson Hotel Group, which has over 1,380 hotels in operation and under development, recently announced the addition of seven new hotels to its portfolio. These include one hotel that has already opened and six signings for future hotels (...) read more
(eap) At Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, the animal and theme park in Florida operated by United Parks & Resorts, the new “Phoenix Rising” roller coaster opened this past weekend. The attraction is an Inverted Family Coaster from Swiss manufacturer (...) read more
(eap) At the beginning of November last year, the new 65-metre-high Harzturm tower in Torfhaus in the Upper Harz Mountains (Germany) was officially opened by Stephan Weil, Minister President of Lower Saxony (we reported in EAP 1/2024). Due to (...) read more
(eap) Visitors to Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany can now take part in an escape game with family, work colleagues or friends. The modern “scavenger hunt” immerses participants in the history of the sports car manufacturer, but also in the (...) read more
(eap) This season, a new water slide was installed in a spectacular way at the Freibad Saanen outdoor pool in the canton of Bern in Switzerland: A helicopter was used to transport the new slide and a steel staircase to the (...) read more
(eap) The Dutch company Lagotronics Projects, which is particularly well known in the leisure industry for its audio-visual and interactive attractions, celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. Founded in 1979 as Lagotronics by Carlo Görtjes, the (...) read more
(eap) The community of Parrish in Manatee County, Florida, is getting a community park later this year that will be located along Ft. Harmer Road near Parrish Community High School. The Parrish Civic Association and Manatee County have been working (...) read more
(eap) Today, the new giga-liner of the American shipping company Royal Caribbean International sets sail from Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) for the first time. The sixth ship in the “Oasis” class is 362 meters long and 64 meters wide and was (...) read more
(eap) Since this season, the Strandbad Rorschach public outdoor pool on Lake Constance in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen is offering a new tube slide from Klarer Freizeitanlagen. With a length of around 78 meters (256 feet), the slide features open (...) read more
(eap) By joining forces with the Media Solutions Center (MSC) and its members – the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) and the Hochschule der Medien (HdM; Media University) – MACK One aims to drive forward pioneering (...) read more
(eap) From today, Cologne residents and tourists can visit the city’s first axe throwing bar at the Steinberger Hotel. The increasingly popular axe throwing sport can be tried out here under expert guidance in a safe environment covering almost 300 (...) read more
(eap) Wibit Sports (Wibit), one of the leisure and attractions market‘s leading providers of inflatable water parks, is announcing a further change on its management level. On August 1 this year, Tarak Charfi will take over sales responsibility for (...) read more
(eap) Aquarena, based in Germany, and one of the world’s leading manufacturers of waterslides and water attractions, announces the acquisition of ArtStudio Stritzel with its division for the design, creation and production of large-scale decorations (...) read more
(eap) Liseberg’s Board of Directors has now formally decided to rebuild the indoor water park Oceana. After the water world was destroyed by a fire in February (see EAP news of 12 Feb 2024), it has been cleared in recent months so that (...) read more
