IAAPA chair news

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

The development of a global safety standard for the attractions industry is high on the wish list of incoming IAAPA chair Amanda Thompson, whose tenure ... More

It's been a busy, exciting and often inspiring year for David Rosenberg as IAAPA chair. As he prepares to step down from the role to ... More

Attractions industry global association IAAPA has officially opened its new headquarters building in Orlando, providing the sector with a custom-built facility that it says is ... More

New IAAPA chair David Rosenberg has welcomed the rise of "hybridisation" in the sector, seeing it as a "big growth area". Rosenberg was speaking to ... More

Ken Whiting, president of Whiting's Foods, will lead IAAPA as its chair in 2021 following a vote by the organisation's board of directors. Whiting was ... More

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has debuted its highly-anticipated steel launch coaster – Icon – which opens to the public today (25 May). Designed by German rollercoaster ... More

IAAPA chair Andreas Andersen has expressed his hope that the organisation's new international headquarters in Orlando, Florida, will act as its home for at least ... More

Paul Noland, president and CEO of global attractions association IAAPA, is stepping down from the role – a position he has held since January 2013. ... 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

Liseberg CEO Andreas Andersen has provided an update on the park’s planned €200m (US$238.8m, £178.8m) expansion, with work on the project expected to start in ... More

The 2017 edition of the Euro Attractions Show kicked off today in Berlin, Germany, with the official appointment of Jakob Wahl as new senior vice ... More

Silay City in the Philippines could be about to get a new PHP600m (US$12m, €11.1m, £9.5m) theme park after its mayor confirmed development plans following ... More

New IAAPA chair, Greg Hale, has outlined the organisation’s plans for the year ahead, following on from his predecessor with the same key message – ... More

The IAAPA Attractions Expo, which drew to a close on Friday, welcomed 35,000 industry professionals, the highest number of visitors on record, to the Orange ... More

More than 30,000 people have descended on Orlando for this year’s IAAPA Attractions Expo, with 2016’s event boasting the largest trade show floor in its ... More

Alexander “Al” Weber Jr, founder and CEO of Apex Parks Group, has died aged 64. Weber was a veteran in the attractions sector with nearly ... More

Alexander “Al” Weber Jr, founder and CEO of Apex Parks Group, has been elected by the IAAPA Board of Directors to the post of second ... More

IAAPA has announced plans to relocate its offices from Washington to Orlando, with the attractions capital of the world also to host the organisation’s annual ... More

The safety of attractions in the US has been pushed into the spotlight following a week in which rides caused the death of one child ... More

IAAPA has expanded the scope of its European regional office to now incorporate both the Middle East and Africa, forming a new entity known as ... More

IAAPA has announced a raft of new programmes for its members in 2016, with leadership training, telemedicine and safety self-assessment among the new offerings from ... More

New IAAPA chair John McReynolds has raised the issue of safety among the attractions body’s members, stating that the industry must stand for safety at ... More

Universal is remaining tight-lipped over plans to possibly develop a new theme park on more than 474-acres (1.91sq km) of land in Orlando. The company ... More

New IAAPA chair John McReynolds has praised the innovation seen at this year’s IAAPA show, which concluded today (21 November). McReynolds, who is senior vice ... More