Through Sunday (22 January), the international FITUR tourism trade show (Feria Internacional de Turismo) can be visited in Madrid – among the over 750 exhibitors are also theme parks and other leisure destinations that focus on the touristic (...) read more
On March 31, Legoland New York Resort will once again open its doors to guests. This season, visitors can look forward to cooling off on hot summer days. A new water playground is being added to the visitor offer, stated to open on Memorial Day (...) read more
Bristol-based VFX studio Moonraker VFX, which produces content for museums, attractions, TV, film and advertisers, has released its first original film for the fulldome market. “Moonbase: The Next Step” is the name of the 4K fulldome film, which is (...) read more
The Arnhem, Netherlands-based real estate development company Dormio Group, which also operates resorts and hotels, wants to take over thirty vacation parks from the likewise Dutch vacation park operator Roompot. The latter had already announced in (...) read more
Since November 4, 2022, the new Eatrenalin experience restaurant at Europa-Park in Rust has welcomed lovers of culinary arts to an extraordinary sensory journey: On a “Floating Chair” (by Mack Rides), guests travel through several themed worlds, (...) read more
The Swedish operator group Parks & Resorts Scandinavia announced today that Jan Eriksson has taken over the role as Gröna Lund’s new CEO. Since last fall, the company had been searching for a successor to Magnus Widell, who had stepped down from the (...) read more
Today, Klimahaus Bremerhaven opens the new “Power2Change - Mission Energy Turnaround” exhibition, which deals with the challenges and opportunities of a climate-neutral future and can be seen in Bremerhaven until June 18 this year. The traveling (...) read more
Today, Klimahaus Bremerhaven opens the new “Power2Change - Mission Energy Turnaround” exhibition, which deals with the challenges and opportunities of a climate-neutral future and can be seen in Bremerhaven until June 18 this year. The traveling (...) read more
As announced by Merlin Entertainments today, the world’s first “Jumanji”-themed coaster, which will open this spring at England’s theme park Chessington World of Adventures (about an hour’s drive southwest of London) as the main attraction of the (...) read more
From January 19 through March 5, 2023, the “28th Vienna Ice Dream” takes place in Austria’s capital. Both beginners and experienced ice skaters can sled their laps on an ice surface totaling 8,500 square meters in front of the City Hall this year. (...) read more
Center Parcs Europe, the vacation park provider from the Netherlands with vacation resorts in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, wants to drive its brand forward with a new strategic direction. The idea is to further focus on the (...) read more
SBI Sweden, a leading manufacturer of mini-vehicles for children, is expanding its team with Markus Jonsson (photo), who takes over the CEO position from Ishwar Hirani, who stays with the company as Chairman and senior advisor. Jonsson has (...) read more
The Zoo Supervisory Board has appointed Andreas M. Casdorff as Zoo Director of the Hanover Adventure Zoo for the third time in a row. Casdorff will continue to lead the zoo, which he has done since 2013, presumably until 2028. “It is my honor and (...) read more
The new “Neverland City” water park, in the same name resort of the Pickalbatros Group near the Senzo Shopping Mall in the center of Hurghada (Egypt), offers 100 slides and towers as well as 48 swimming pools. Pickalbatros Group is one of the (...) read more
Mark G. Parker (photo), former CEO and current executive chairman of the foot- and sportswear company NIKE and also a board member of The Walt Disney Company since 2016, is said to become the new chairman of the Disney board. He will officially take (...) read more
On June 1st, 2013, the Ravensburger Kinderwelt indoor world opened its doors in Kornwestheim in Germany’s Ludwigsburg district. After almost a decade, they were permanently closed on December 30th, 2022. Covering an area of over 2,000 square meters, (...) read more
The historic “Peak Tram” funicular, which was commissioned in 1888 and enables locals and tourists to comfortably reach Hong Kong’s 552-meter high Victoria Peak, now offers passengers a more modern ride experience including integrated media (...) read more
Universal Parks & Resorts has announced two major projects at once. First, the group has announced the construction of a new horror attraction at Las Vegas’ AREA 15 entertainment complex, and second, the opening of a new family theme park in Frisco, (...) read more
With “Nordiskturn”, the Rulantica water world at Europa-Park Resort in Rust (Baden-Württemberg) received its largest indoor expansion to date at the end of December. Before the 30-meter-high tower, which according to the storyline was built on a (...) read more
Sun Group, one of the leading leisure facility and park operators in Vietnam, has kicked off 2023 with a new multimedia show at Sunset Town on Phú Quốc Island, located right before Vietnam’s southwest coast. Sunset Town is a major project realized (...) read more
