Promotional feature: IDEATTACK
IDEATTACK’s new project in Hainan, China,
introduces the storytelling elements of a
theme park to the oceanarium concept
Science Museums: Shaping Tomorrow
Brazil’s Museum of Tomorrow uses
constantly updating, real-time digital
collection to communicate with visitors.
We met members of the team
Promotional feature: EAS
This year, the Euro Attractions Show is
coming to the Spanish city of Barcelona
Disney Special: Shanghai Disney: The Best Yet?
As Disney opens its first resort in mainland
China, our special feature examines its
business model, its potential impact and
the modernisation of the Disney castle park
New Openings: Space Inversion
A new contemporary museum district
in the Netherlands – Museumplein
Limburg – features a science centre,
a design museum and an inverted
planetarium. We take a closer look
Promotional feature: Polin
Polin’s patented technologies, extensive R&D and creative flair have made it one of the world’s leading waterpark design and manufacturing companies
Waterparks: Taking the Plunge
Waterpark suppliers constantly develop
their product offers. We dive into the
world of waterpark R&D to find out more
Zoos & Aquariums: The Long Game
UK safari park Longleat is undertaking a
decade-long upgrade that starts by going
back to its roots. As the attraction turns
50, CEO Bob Montgomery explains how
he’s bridging the past and the future
Vekoma Vekoma is presenting two new thrill coasters set to launch this year and next. Both custom-designed, Space Warp will open at Energylandia in Poland in 2016 and Fire Storm will open at Vinpearl Thu Thiem in Vietnam in 2017. Vekoma has also installed two family coasters at Paulton’s Park in the UK, a Boomerang and a Suspended Family Coaster.
Booth #1350
Vekoma’s latest UK rollercoaster
Sally Sally will present, in partnership with AMC and Striker Entertainment, the Walking Dead: Battle For Survival, a long-awaited immersive dark ride based on the award-winning television series. This dark ride features interactivity, multi-DOF ride vehicles, media-based scenes, highly immersive theming with ultra-realistic sets, scenery and animation and 4D special effects, including real fire, wind and fog. Sally is also presenting VOLCANIKUS! 4-D, an original IP. The all-new interactive dark ride journeys into the fiery depths of Inferno Island, where guests do battle with prehistoric beasts, evil statues, huge carnivorous plants, living lava warriors and other fantastic elements.
Booth #1550
The Walking Dead-inspired dark ride
Gateway Gateway is debuting its new product, Galaxy Connect, a cloud-based platform that connects attractions suppliers with third-party distributors to enable selling of live tickets to attractions anywhere in the world. It’s integrated with LvMama, TongCheng and CTrip, three of the leading travel service providers in China.
Booth #1536
Huss Several prestigious Huss projects will be highlighted at AAE Shanghai, including the opening of the world-first Hybrid Condor in Tivoli Gardens, Denmark and Huss Ride Classics at Romon U-Park in Ningbo, China. Huss is also unveiling a new project, the film-based ride attraction Movie Base XS with an extremely small footprint, leading to a minimised overall investment. The new Movie Base XS is an evolution of the existing Movie Base Classic attraction, a 4D dynamic motion simulator.
Booth #1641
Condor at Tivoli Gardens
Holovis Holovis Attractions invites attendees to step inside a mixed reality world of VR, AR and real-time media on Booth 3313. Using its Mixed Reality (MR) design capabilities, the company will be showcasing its ability to transform any passive experience, such as queue lines, pre-shows or even the attractions structures themselves into extended experiences, gamifying every element and connecting them through park-wide apps, introducing a whole new level to the guest experience.
Booth #3313
Augmented reality at the Holovis booth
IdeAttack IdeAttack is presenting its 13-hectare (32-acre) Seaworld Adventure Park project, part of the Ocean Flower Island project, a mega-tourism zone on an artificial archipelago located off the north coast of Hainan, China. It features four distinct zones: Boardwalk, Polar World, Deep Sea Fantasy and Tropical World. The park is designed as a highly immersive, entertaining and experiential destination combining themed environments with rides, lifestyle and leisure park elements and animal exhibits.
Booth #1144
Seaworld Adventure Park, China
ProSlide ProSlide is presenting Singha at Siam Park in Tenerife, Spain, a new slide that incorporates ProSlide’s FlyingSAUCER features into its RocketBLAST water coaster, with patented water jet and boat design. The four-person RocketBLAST water coaster marries technologies from ProSlide LIM coasters with turbine technology to take water propulsion to a new level. The water coasters allow 100 per cent steeper hills than traditional blast coasters, 50 per cent more capacity and 60 per cent more efficiency.
Booth #1402
Singha at Siam Park, Tenerife
Forrec EVPs Anthony Van Dam and Cale Heit will be on hand to talk about Forrec’s latest built project, Wanda Xishuangbanna in China. Another hot topic for Forrec is their branded attraction work for popular TV show Top Gear and three other BBC Worldwide properties. Collaborations with IP-holders like Sanrio (Hello Kitty) is a Forrec specialty.
Booth #1250
Forrec is working with Top Gear
Sanderson Group Sanderson Group is an international thematic design and construction corporation with proven experience delivering world-renowned attractions and destinations since 1989. Sanderson Group offers its clients full turn-key solutions covering every stage of project development including conceptual design, masterplanning, feasibility and market analysis, construction documents, construction and operations.
Booth #1301
nWave For over 20 years, nWave has been a market leader in the production and distribution of high quality and innovative content, including 4D/3D attraction films, 3D/2D ride simulation films, and 3D/2D educational documentaries for giant screen IMAX theatres and digital 3D cinemas.
Booth #1530
See nWave’s latest 4D film
International Play Company FEC Builders is a new division at International Play Company. The FEC Builders team changes the way a design is approached, inspiring new branded attractions and bringing new levels of creativity to each project. International Play Company has developed numerous edutainment facilities and independent environments for entertainment facilities. The company’s educational turn-key attractions are suited to science centres, zoos and museums among other environments.
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Promotional feature: IDEATTACK
IDEATTACK’s new project in Hainan, China,
introduces the storytelling elements of a
theme park to the oceanarium concept
Science Museums: Shaping Tomorrow
Brazil’s Museum of Tomorrow uses
constantly updating, real-time digital
collection to communicate with visitors.
We met members of the team
Promotional feature: EAS
This year, the Euro Attractions Show is
coming to the Spanish city of Barcelona
Disney Special: Shanghai Disney: The Best Yet?
As Disney opens its first resort in mainland
China, our special feature examines its
business model, its potential impact and
the modernisation of the Disney castle park
New Openings: Space Inversion
A new contemporary museum district
in the Netherlands – Museumplein
Limburg – features a science centre,
a design museum and an inverted
planetarium. We take a closer look
Promotional feature: Polin
Polin’s patented technologies, extensive R&D and creative flair have made it one of the world’s leading waterpark design and manufacturing companies
Waterparks: Taking the Plunge
Waterpark suppliers constantly develop
their product offers. We dive into the
world of waterpark R&D to find out more
Zoos & Aquariums: The Long Game
UK safari park Longleat is undertaking a
decade-long upgrade that starts by going
back to its roots. As the attraction turns
50, CEO Bob Montgomery explains how
he’s bridging the past and the future
Vekoma Vekoma is presenting two new thrill coasters set to launch this year and next. Both custom-designed, Space Warp will open at Energylandia in Poland in 2016 and Fire Storm will open at Vinpearl Thu Thiem in Vietnam in 2017. Vekoma has also installed two family coasters at Paulton’s Park in the UK, a Boomerang and a Suspended Family Coaster.
Booth #1350
Vekoma’s latest UK rollercoaster
Sally Sally will present, in partnership with AMC and Striker Entertainment, the Walking Dead: Battle For Survival, a long-awaited immersive dark ride based on the award-winning television series. This dark ride features interactivity, multi-DOF ride vehicles, media-based scenes, highly immersive theming with ultra-realistic sets, scenery and animation and 4D special effects, including real fire, wind and fog. Sally is also presenting VOLCANIKUS! 4-D, an original IP. The all-new interactive dark ride journeys into the fiery depths of Inferno Island, where guests do battle with prehistoric beasts, evil statues, huge carnivorous plants, living lava warriors and other fantastic elements.
Booth #1550
The Walking Dead-inspired dark ride
Gateway Gateway is debuting its new product, Galaxy Connect, a cloud-based platform that connects attractions suppliers with third-party distributors to enable selling of live tickets to attractions anywhere in the world. It’s integrated with LvMama, TongCheng and CTrip, three of the leading travel service providers in China.
Booth #1536
Huss Several prestigious Huss projects will be highlighted at AAE Shanghai, including the opening of the world-first Hybrid Condor in Tivoli Gardens, Denmark and Huss Ride Classics at Romon U-Park in Ningbo, China. Huss is also unveiling a new project, the film-based ride attraction Movie Base XS with an extremely small footprint, leading to a minimised overall investment. The new Movie Base XS is an evolution of the existing Movie Base Classic attraction, a 4D dynamic motion simulator.
Booth #1641
Condor at Tivoli Gardens
Holovis Holovis Attractions invites attendees to step inside a mixed reality world of VR, AR and real-time media on Booth 3313. Using its Mixed Reality (MR) design capabilities, the company will be showcasing its ability to transform any passive experience, such as queue lines, pre-shows or even the attractions structures themselves into extended experiences, gamifying every element and connecting them through park-wide apps, introducing a whole new level to the guest experience.
Booth #3313
Augmented reality at the Holovis booth
IdeAttack IdeAttack is presenting its 13-hectare (32-acre) Seaworld Adventure Park project, part of the Ocean Flower Island project, a mega-tourism zone on an artificial archipelago located off the north coast of Hainan, China. It features four distinct zones: Boardwalk, Polar World, Deep Sea Fantasy and Tropical World. The park is designed as a highly immersive, entertaining and experiential destination combining themed environments with rides, lifestyle and leisure park elements and animal exhibits.
Booth #1144
Seaworld Adventure Park, China
ProSlide ProSlide is presenting Singha at Siam Park in Tenerife, Spain, a new slide that incorporates ProSlide’s FlyingSAUCER features into its RocketBLAST water coaster, with patented water jet and boat design. The four-person RocketBLAST water coaster marries technologies from ProSlide LIM coasters with turbine technology to take water propulsion to a new level. The water coasters allow 100 per cent steeper hills than traditional blast coasters, 50 per cent more capacity and 60 per cent more efficiency.
Booth #1402
Singha at Siam Park, Tenerife
Forrec EVPs Anthony Van Dam and Cale Heit will be on hand to talk about Forrec’s latest built project, Wanda Xishuangbanna in China. Another hot topic for Forrec is their branded attraction work for popular TV show Top Gear and three other BBC Worldwide properties. Collaborations with IP-holders like Sanrio (Hello Kitty) is a Forrec specialty.
Booth #1250
Forrec is working with Top Gear
Sanderson Group Sanderson Group is an international thematic design and construction corporation with proven experience delivering world-renowned attractions and destinations since 1989. Sanderson Group offers its clients full turn-key solutions covering every stage of project development including conceptual design, masterplanning, feasibility and market analysis, construction documents, construction and operations.
Booth #1301
nWave For over 20 years, nWave has been a market leader in the production and distribution of high quality and innovative content, including 4D/3D attraction films, 3D/2D ride simulation films, and 3D/2D educational documentaries for giant screen IMAX theatres and digital 3D cinemas.
Booth #1530
See nWave’s latest 4D film
International Play Company FEC Builders is a new division at International Play Company. The FEC Builders team changes the way a design is approached, inspiring new branded attractions and bringing new levels of creativity to each project. International Play Company has developed numerous edutainment facilities and independent environments for entertainment facilities. The company’s educational turn-key attractions are suited to science centres, zoos and museums among other environments.
Jessica Sloyan, a wellness operations and training expert, has established an independent
private training academy to provide professional qualifications for practitioners looking to offer
immersive wellness experiences.
The International Spa Association (ISPA) has published its full 2026 US Spa Industry Study,
providing further insights into the region’s total US$1 billion (€855 million, £780 million)
industry revenue increase from 2024 to 2025.
Ameyalli, the 78-acre wellbeing resort and residential community in Midway in Utah, US, has
broken ground on phase two of the hot spring development – the Ameyalli Resort and Spa –
which is due to open in 2028.
TLee Spas and Wellness has revealed the design concept for a high-tech spa with body
mapping scanners to improve public health, for AI company Midjourney.
Gran Hotel Taoro in northern Tenerife, Spain, has completed the final phase of its three-year
renovation with the debut of its Sandára Wellness Centre.
Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa, the spa business with more than 650 locations across
the US and Canada, has appointed franchise expert Carrie Walsh as CEO as the company plans
to expand.
Synergy – The Retreat Show, the global trade show for retreats, has launched a global research
initiative that will provide insights into the retreat sector from both consumer and industry
perspectives.
The Wellness Tourism Association (WTA) has published a non-regulatory global industry
framework designed to ensure the retreat market offers responsible experiences.
A new survey of UK and international spa practitioners shows that stress, burnout and
wellbeing concerns have caused one in three respondents to consider leaving the industry.
The MSpa Oslo series is a perennial bestseller in global markets. With innovative
engineering and premium performance, this completely portable spa line-up is expertly
designed to meet the needs of customers worldwide. [more...]
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our limits and the sweat pours, the importance of efficient recovery cannot be overstated. [more...]
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