IAAPA Expo news

Three Universal Beijing Resort veterans – Tom Mehrmann, Sylvia Hase and Mike Hightower – will join Bob Rodgers for this year's Legends Panel at IAAPA Expo ... More

Håkon Lund, president and owner of Lund Gruppen, which runs theme parks in Norway and Sweden – including Kongeparken and Skånes Djurpark – has been ... More

International themed attraction and experience designer Katapult and animation studio Aardman have launched a new themed attraction concept at IAAPA Expo Asia in Singapore, featuring ... More

The Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser experience at Walt Disney World, Orlando, is among the winners of this year's Thea Awards. The awards – which were ... More

Blackpool Pleasure Beach will be honoured at the IAAPA Expo Europe, being held in London later this month. The UK theme park joined the association ... More

The Titanic Deluxe Golf Belek resort in Antalya, Turkey, has launched the world’s first Rift waterslide. Designed by water ride specialist Polin, the themed Rift ... More

North America and Japan-based visitor attractions and businesses picked up 14 of the 19 Thea Awards this year. Organised by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), ... More

VRstudios and Creative Works have launched a new VR-based multiplayer attraction. Described as the world’s first unattended, two-player VR esports attraction, Fury has been designed ... More

Jakob Wahl has been named executive VP and chief operating officer of global attractions industry body IAAPA. In the new role, Wahl – who has ... More

The creative geniuses behind the Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man darkride at Universal’s Islands of Adventure park in Orlando, Florida will offer their insights into the ... More

IAAPA is offering visitor attractions, museums and theme park industry professionals the opportunity to take part in its annual events – even if they can't make ... More

Three visitor attraction veterans – Tony Baxter, Greg Hale and Mats Wedin – have been inducted into the IAAPA Hall of Fame, regarded as the ... More

IAAPA has cancelled this year's Attractions Expo in Orlando and pivoted to a digital event, announcing a new virtual conference will take place from 16-18 ... More

In response to the global coronavirus outbreak, IAAPA Expo Asia, which was set for Macao, China in June, has been postponed. The Expo, one of ... More

It has been another momentous year in the attractions industry, and Attractions Management has been there reporting the big news, good and bad, all the ... More

A record number of 42,600 industry professionals attended this year's IAAPA Expo, held in Orlando on 18-22 November. The visitor attraction sector's premier event saw ... More

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge was in the spotlight this year, as BRC's Bob Rogers hosted the ever-popular Legends Panel at the IAAPA Expo in Orlando, ... More

More than 40,000 people from over 100 countries are descending on Orlando, Florida, ahead of the largest visitor attractions show of the year – the ... More

Europe's premium event for the visitor attraction sector - IAAPA Expo Europe - is officially underway in Paris, France, for its 2019 edition. The former ... More

Formerly the Asian Attractions Expo, (AAE) the newly-rechristened IAAPA Expo Asia (IEA) takes its first steps under its new name from 11-14 June. Taking place ... More

Registration is now open for the newly-renamed IAAPA Expo Europe (IEE), with this year's European showcase for visitor attractions coming to Paris, France, in September. ... More

The Themed Entertainment Association has reported increased attendance for the attractions body’s annual Summit and Thea Awards Gala. Taking place between 11-13 April, members of ... More

In a year of ups, downs, loops and scoops, Attractions Management looks back at some of the biggest stories to hit the headlines, giving possible ... More

New renderings for a series of Cirque du Soleil-themed waterparks have been unveiled by waterpark developer WhiteWater West, showing designs that take spectacle and immersion ... More

IAAPA has inducted four members into its prestigious Hall of Fame (HOF), with Eugenius Birch, Roland Callingham, Carl Hagenbeck and Dr Peter Rosner entering the ... More