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Liseberg theme park in Sweden has confirmed the opening date for its new Grand Curiosa hotel. A highly themed family hotel, the Grand Curiosa will ... More

Ocean Park has launched a wide range of new water attractions – including Hong Kong's first ever indoor wave pool. The new Water World Ocean ... More

Building work has begun on a new year-round, indoor water park at Swedish theme park Liseberg in the city of Gothenburg. The €110m park – ... More

A new US$550m (€509m, £426m) African-themed water park and resort from Kalahari Resorts & Conventions is due to open in Round Rock, Texas, in November ... More

London Resort Holdings Company (LRCH), operator of the upcoming London Resort theme park and entertainment destination in Swanscombe, Kent, has released new concept artwork showcasing ... More

20th Century Fox has launched a counterclaim case against Genting over the failed Fox World theme park just outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Originally scheduled to ... 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

Plans to open the world's first Fox-branded theme park have come to a screeching halt, with resort and casino operator Genting Malaysia filing a US$1bn ... More

One of the largest theme park developments in the history of the Middle East is celebrating its grand opening, with the launch of Yas Island's ... More

Kalahari Resorts and Conventions has finally broken ground on its US$550m (€464m, £407.7m) African-themed waterpark and resort in Round Rock, Texas – Kalahari’s first venture ... More

Following an impressive first quarter, which saw a surge in attendance to its attractions, SeaWorld Entertainment is casting its eyes overseas, particularly to the British ... 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

Miral – the developer behind Abu Dhabi’s new Warner Bros theme park on Yas Island – has revealed new details on the upcoming attraction, which ... More

Ardent Leisure has seen revenue fall by more than half following a fatal accident at its Dreamworld theme park on Australia’s Gold Coast last year. ... More

A Native American tribe has announced plans for a US$241m (€217m, £194m) theme park and resort to feature one of the US’s longest rollercoasters. Located ... More

Wang Jianlin’s public feud with Disney continues to heat up with the Wanda chair’s latest multi-billion Wanda City to open its doors tomorrow (23 September). ... More

Carowinds in Charlotte, US, has debuted its giant new waterpark to the public, with Carolina Harbor now the largest of its kind in both North ... More

Fun Spot America has set out a 10-year masterplan for a major expansion of its theme park in Orlando, Florida. Falcon’s Creative Group are behind ... More

Themed entertainment specialists Zeitgeist Design + Production (ZD+P) have promised Indonesia’s first world-class theme park, using a combination of a dramatic natural setting and cutting-edge ... More

The theme park capital of the world looks set to gain the tallest rollercoaster ever built as part of a US$500m (€472m, £333m) development after ... More

Al Ahli Holding Group (AAHG) and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products have announced a licensing partnership to develop the first Twentieth Century Fox theme park ... More

The Genting Group has pushed back the opening of its 20th Century Fox World theme park near Kuala Lumpur to 2017, citing weak local currency ... More

Jack Rouse Associates (JRA) have unveiled the masterplan and preliminary concept design for Crystal Lagoon Water Theme Park – part of the AED20bn (US$5.4bn, €4.8bn, ... More

Construction of a US$400m (£262m, €359m) theme park and leisure complex is progressing quickly in the popular Vietnamese destination of Halong Bay. The 140-hectare (345 ... More

Carowinds is reinventing its waterpark in the latest chapter of the theme park’s US$50m-plus (£32m, €44m) expansion. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based attraction revealed plans yesterday ... More