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The Experience Department (Ted) has expanded its European-based leadership team, appointing Jake McCoy to the new position of director of operations. McCoy joins Ted’s UK ... More

Disney Imagineers could be planning on launching pop-up experiences in the US – and potentially around the world. The rumours have been sparked by Walt ... More

Ride specialist BoldMove and Triotech, a developer of multi-sensory interactive attractions, have announced a partnership which looks to create a "refreshing collaborative approach to the ... More

Gyms and health clubs in the US have begun reopening their doors, with a number of states allowing fitness facilities to return to business. We ... More

The long-proposed US$3.8bn (€3.4bn, £2.9bn) theme park at Hwaseong, 45km (30mi) from South Korea's capital Seoul, looks set to definitely go ahead, after the country's ... More

Luca Curci Architects have designed a water-based vertical city concept designed to encourage healthier lifestyles and to reimagine the traditional concepts of community and society. ... More

An immersive jungle-themed experience including an escape from a T-Rex is among the activities planned for toy maker Schleich's installations at the upcoming Toys "R" ... More

Italian chef Carlo Cracco has unveiled his newest culinary enterprise in Milan – the restoration of Italian architect Giuseppe Mengoni’s 19th century Galleria. The landmark building, ... More

Spanish football giant FC Barcelona has reached a deal to open a number of Barça-themed “experience spaces” around the world. Club president Josep Maria Bartomeu ... More

Ecsite – the European Network of Science Centers and Museums – has looked at how shopping centres and retail areas can be used to drive ... More

Lionsgate and Parques Reunidos are bringing a new attraction to the heart of New York City, with plans to launch a branded Lionsgate entertainment centre ... More

Toronto Zoo has launched a special support guide designed to assist those with cognitive special needs, including autism, in managing and mastering a visit to ... More

Danish architecture practice Dissing+Weitling have designed a 7.6km (4.7 miles) elevated bicycle route – billed as “the longest in the world” – in the heart ... More

China's government has halted the progress of a US$2.6bn (€2.4bn, £2bn) theme park – developed by South Korean firm Lotte Group – in apparent retaliation ... More

Wanda has announced two US$15bn (€14.2bn, £12bn) development projects in China, signalling chair Wang Jianlin’s continued efforts to make Wanda the world’s largest tourism entity ... More

Developers of shopping malls and large retail centres can no longer ignore leisure, the director of the International Retail Real Estate Market (MAPIC) has told ... More

The founding partners of Dutch studio MVRDV have told CLAD that architects and developers must consider including a leisure component when designing new structures in ... More

Viacom is teaming up with Parques Reunidos to bring the first Nickelodeon FECs to Europe, with the first of these opening in Spain in 2017. ... More

Global design firm Forrec is collaborating with BBC Worldwide on plans for fixed attractions based on some of the British broadcaster's most famous brands. Top ... More

The work of the late Mark Fisher has been realised with the opening of Stufish Entertainment Architect’s Dai Show Theatre in Xishuangbanna, China. Fisher, who ... More

Sheffield City Council has unveiled ambitions for a major mixed-use development masterplanned by Leonard Design Architects. The proposed £480m scheme is intended to regenerate Sheffield ... More

Jon Jerde, founder of The Jerde Partnership, has died aged 75. Jerde, who was viewed by many as the father of modern shopping centre design, ... More

A Qatari-led effort to buy London’s Canary Wharf has succeeded, after Songbird Estates – the company that owns the financial district – accepted the bid ... More

South Korea’s government is planning a massive US$23.3bn (€20bn, £15.3bn) investment into four separate mega-projects aimed at boosting the country’s tourism industry. As part of ... More

After nearly 19 years with experience design firm BRC Imagination Arts, COO Scott Ault has left to be president and CEO of newly-formed design and ... More