As it was recently announced, US-based operating company Premier Parks takes over Canada’s Valcartier-Calypso Group. The acquisition also includes the takeover of the leisure and vacation destinations operated by Valcartier: the Calypso Theme (...) read more
Already since the beginning of this year, the signs at the British amusement park resort Drayton Manor have been pointing to change. In March 2022, Victoria Lynn took over the management of the resort, which is part of Looping Group, and some days (...) read more
The fascination for dinosaurs still continues in modern times – the sixth film of the “Jurassic“ sci-fi movie series will be released this year – and so Bavaria’s Dinosaur Museum Altmühltal also stays popular with visitors from the region and (...) read more
Attracting visitors with colorful and interactive art presentations, Color Factory exhibitions have already established themselves with two permanent exhibitions in New York and Houston since the opening of the first Color Factory pop-up in San (...) read more
From 22 July to 21 August, Circus Theater Roncalli will give a guest perfomance at Swarovski Kristallwelten once again and will offer visitors 16 acrobatic shows per day, which are supposed to leave the guests stunned. “We are very happy to return (...) read more
La Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly, an interactive museum named after French ocean sailor Éric Tabarly († 1998) and located in Lorient (Brittany, France), is all dedicated to the history of sailing. Since this spring, visitors have now the opportunity (...) read more
Last year, Germany’s Jaderpark celebrated its 25th anniversary and announced a major new project, a new South America area, which has now been completed after about half a year of construction. For the new area, which covers 1,200 square meters and (...) read more
Terra Mítica, the theme park located on Spain‘s East coast and that is part of the operating group Grupo Santa-María, will kick off this year‘s season on June 4 with an updated show format for its visitors, “Espartaco, honor y coraje“ (Eng.: (...) read more
Houston, Texas-based Pyek Group, whose principals also include business owners Keith Dalton, Terry Hlavinka, and Ray DeLaugther, announced in fall 2021 to expand its existing water park portfolio by forming a new business entity to own and operate (...) read more
In order to create more sport offerings in Waldstadt, the Sport- und Schwimmclub Karlsruhe (SSC), the Bürgerverein Waldstadt, the KSV Rintheim-Waldstadt and the Polizeisportverein Karlsruhe (PSV) joined forces in the early 1980s and pursued the idea (...) read more
The “Canada‘s Best Managed Companies“ program, established by the international management consulting group Deloitte, has been recognizing companies for their outstanding performance every year since 1993. To be considered, participating businesses (...) read more
The planning and design company JRA, which was taken over by the RWS Entertainment group last Novermber, recently announced Sam Xu, former Group Director for the Beijing studio of Thinkwell Group, as its new Business Development Manager Asia. In (...) read more
Another sad news reaches the international leisure industry from the USA: Kevin C. Hehn, who had only taken over the position of President of the American roller coaster manufacturer Martin & Vleminckx in October 2021, passed away on 18 May 2022 (...) read more
The Sprockets Fun Foundry, a new FEC located in the small town of Keystone, South Dakota (USA), not far from the presidential monument Mount Rushmore, now opened its doors to visitors for the first time and offers VR experiences in addition to (...) read more
In May 2022, Andreas Ramsauer took over the management of the newly emerging Silvretta Therme in Ischgl, a tourist hotspot in Austria. The tourism graduate and management consultant, who first toured Europe as a successful tour manager of small and (...) read more
Last weekend, the world‘s first parade in a LEGOLAND location celebrated its premiere at LEGOLAND Deutschland Resort. Seven LEGO-themed floats – including the colorful LEGOLAND Germany entrance, the bright red fire truck, a pirate ship, the majestic (...) read more
The highlight of Disneyland Paris‘ anniversary season is just around the corner. In almost two months – on July 20 –, the European Disney destination will open its brand new “Marvel Avengers Campus“. The new themed area is entirely dedicated to the (...) read more
With great sadness the industry mours the loss of Kevin John Rohwer. Dynamic Attractions‘ Executive Director Business Development unexpectedly passed away in Logan, Utah on May 19th. The passioned cyclist who started his career at Omnidata (Logan, (...) read more
With “Eagle‘s Eye“, a new attraction for which visitors should be free from giddiness has recently opened on the vacation and leisure island of Hòn Thơm as part of the Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park. The Sky Tower, made by German manufacturer HUSS, (...) read more
As new Director of Business Development for Mobility Solutions for the Americas, Hawaii & Caribbean, Newton Montano has joined UK-based company Severn Lamb. With his over 30 years of knowledge from the electric vehicle and passenger mobility (...) read more
