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Attractions.io has created a bespoke night-time app for UK theme park Alton Towers, which the operator will use for its Scarefest and Ultimate Fireworks Spectacular ... More

Six Flags is launching two new haunted house experiences, inspired by iconic horror movies, The Conjuring and Saw X. Coinciding with the 30th season of ... More

Universal Parks & Resorts has undergone a rebrand to "better reflect" the changing nature of its offerings. Comcast NBCUniversal's theme park arm will now operate ... More

Universal Parks & Resorts has revealed plans to launch two entirely new visitor attractions concepts – a family-focused theme park and resort in Texas and a ... More

Three themed attraction design and creation companies have collaborated to create a new dark ride described as "like no other". Called Torchlight, the ride is ... More

The government's post-Brexit plans to stop "low-skilled workers" from entering the UK has been described as "disastrous for the hospitality sector". The Home Office has ... More

Europe's first Legoland Water Park is set to open at the Gardaland resort in Lake Garda, Italy, later this year, with the new attraction set ... More

Immersive entertainment company Tyffon has successfully raised US$7.8m (€7m, £6.17m) in new funding to help it expand its Tyffonium free-roam virtual reality location-based experiences outside ... More

Dutch fairytale-based theme park Efteling will transform into a “winter wonderland of twinkling lights, bonfires and snow-covered pine trees” for eleven weeks to celebrate the ... More

A raft of new, “terrifying” mazes will open at Universal Studios Florida as part of the attraction’s Halloween Horror Nights event. Based on the fourth ... More

Dominic Jones, the man in charge of Britain's Thorpe Park, wants to up the ante when it comes to theme parks, with plans to take ... More

Universal Studios has made a major announcement for this October, revealing plans to bring Netflix smash hit Stranger Things to its parks for the popular ... More

The first rendering of Lionsgate's upcoming theme park at the recently-opened Jeju Shinhwa World has been released. Called Lionsgate Movie World, the development at Jeju ... More

After bringing global IP The Walking Dead to its popular Fright Night events last October, Thorpe Park has upped the ante yet again, utilising the ... More

Alton Towers has revealed details of its secret two-year ride project – a wooden coaster with a six-storey flaming structure as its centrepiece. The first ... More

Ardent Leisure, which has struggled since a tragedy at its Dreamworld park claimed four lives last year, says it has stemmed financial losses. Geoff Richardson ... More

Citizens should be empowered to play a much more active role in the design of the built environment as part of democratic society, Daniel Libeskind ... More

With the Halloween season fast-approaching, operators around the world are lining up their visitors for a scare as they try to get a slice of ... More

As Disney reopens its Florida attractions following Hurricane Irma, the operator has announced that it is committing US$2.5m (€2.1m, £1.9m) toward recovery efforts stemming from ... More

Earlier this year Thorpe Park promised to “up the ante” in the lead up to Halloween, and the operator has delivered, confirming plans to bring ... More

A new pop-up attraction has come to Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, with a recreation of the house from the remake of Stephen King’s IT opening ... More

Madame Tussauds is teaming up with Fox to create an interactive experience at its London home based on the Alien film franchise. Tieing up with ... More

Fox’s interactive entertainment division has announced plans to develop a free-roaming multiplayer virtual reality game based on iconic sci-fi horror franchise Alien. FoxNext – made ... More

The shortlisted designs for a £40m (US$50m, €47m) national Holocaust memorial and learning centre in London have today (27 January) gone on public display, revealing ... More

With sound having significant influence on the way we interpret the world around us, leading composer and producer, Joel Beckerman, has offered his perspective on ... More