(eap) The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) announced its new board of directors for 2025 during the IAAPA Expo Europe in Amsterdam last week. Six new members will take up their tasks on December 1 this year to (...) read more
(eap) This year’s edition of the European leisure industry trade show IAAPA Expo Europe, which took place from Sept 24-26 this week at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam (Netherlands), saw its largest show floor to date (over 18,000 sqm) with (...) read more
(eap) The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has announced a new trade fair format for the Middle East. In addition to IAAPA Expo Europe, IAAPA Expo Asia and the IAAPA flagship trade fair in Orlando, there will be a (...) read more
(eap) The lighting and multimedia design company Painting With Light, based in Genk, Belgium, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Since its foundation in 1999, the company has implemented various projects in the live entertainment, (...) read more
(eap) The former black light mini golf attraction GlowZone in Düsseldorf (Germany), which is part of the Funzone adventure worlds, was recently reopened under its new name of GolfZone after a renovation phase lasting several weeks. In addition to a (...) read more
(eap) Official kick-off: IAAPA Expo Europe starts today (and for the first time since 2018) at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam, where the trade fair marketplace for the European leisure and attractions industry is taking place through (...) read more
(eap) To mark its 40th anniversary, the advertising association of the city of Paderborn (North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany) is taking citizens and visitors on a journey far back into the past. Various prehistoric giants can be discovered at five (...) read more
(eap) SeaWorld Orlando has announced that it will open a Flying Theater in spring 2025 – guests can look forward to a flying adventure over the Arctic. Snow-capped mountains and towering glaciers, crystal clear waters, the majestic Aurora Borealis (...) read more
(eap) Theme park development company Momentum Leisure and creative agency Leisure Expert Group – both headquartered in Amsterdam (NL) – have announced their long-term partnership for the design of multiple theme parks in Romania and Poland. “This (...) read more
(eap) Preparations for Europe’s largest leisure & attractions industry trade show, which takes place again next week from September 24 to 26 in Amsterdam, are now entering the final spurt... For all those industry colleagues and professionals who (...) read more
(eap) The US amusement park Cedar Point has announced the opening of a “Tilt” coaster from Vekoma for 2025. The roller coaster, which receives the name of “Siren’s Curse”, will include the signature “Tilt” element, 13 air-time moments, two (...) read more
(eap) The long-established company Meyer Werft in Papenburg has been an integral part of the German shipbuilding industry for over 225 years. Due to extraordinarily challenging market conditions (Covid-19, Ukraine War, raw material price (...) read more
(eap) The two giant pandas from Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, have recently been relocated to their home country China, where they will spend the rest of their lives in a station specialized in geriatric pandas in accordance with Chinese (...) read more
(eap) Florida’s animal and theme park Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has unveiled a new family-friendly themed area called “Wild Oasis”, which is due to open in spring next year. In the jungle area of the park operated by United Parks & Resorts, young (...) read more
(eap) Zero Latency VR, an Australian developer and provider of free-roam VR arenas, has reached a milestone in the company’s history: there are now 100 Zero Latency VR arenas worldwide (in 26 countries), in which a total of more than four million (...) read more
(eap) The Danish creative studio AdventureLAB and the Norwegian animation studio Qvisten have entered into a strategic partnership to combine their expertise in creative strategy, concept development and storytelling to jointly create new themed (...) read more
(eap) Otium Leisure, a French operator group of location-based entertainment attractions such as Speedpark, Kids Empire, Games Factory and Kojump, has presented its “Strike” strategy, with which it aims to – according to the company – become the (...) read more
(eap) Germany’s Fackelmann Therme in Hersbruck in the Nuremberg region is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a series of events, which kicked off on August 31 with the “Pool Party Mallorcastyle”. In mid-November (Nov 16th) (...) read more
(eap) Schwaben Park in southern Germany, which is aimed at families with young children, is now using a modern visitor counting technology to monitor and analyse visitor flows in real time in order to optimize park operations. The (...) read more
(eap) After four successful days, GaLaBau 2024 ended last Saturday. Over 66,000 trade visitors (in 2022 there were around 62,000 visitors) from Germany and abroad came to the Exhibition Center Nuremberg from 11 to 14 September for the 25th edition (...) read more
