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30 Sep 2025
A new $25m flying theatre experience has launched near Niagara Falls, New York State, exploring
19 Oct 2023
JRA has appointed Matt Dawson, a former VP at experience design company Forrec, as its
05 Aug 2023
Plans have been tabled for a US$2bn theme park and entertainment destination development in north-east
18 Jan 2022
Motiongate Dubai in the UAE is launching two new rides this month (January 2022). The
07 Apr 2021
The Chinese visitor attractions market is set to bounce back from the pandemic with significant
28 Oct 2020
The Nickelodeon Playtime family attraction in Shenzhen, China is gearing up for its launch in
Active Blackpool is deploying Cornerstone Connect, a new digital interface allowing disparate information from multiple
03 Oct 2019
Legoland New York is set to open its doors on 4 July 2020 and will
06 Jun 2019
At this year’s IAAPA Expo Asia (IEA), formerly the Asian Attractions Expo (AAE), Forrec will
17 May 2018
The architect behind Italian football club AS Roma’s planned new stadium has told CLADglobal that
14 Mar 2017
After 30 years, Gordon Dorrett is stepping down as CEO and president of Forrec, with
15 Jan 2017
Wonderland – Dubai’s first theme park which closed its doors in 2013 – will be
01 Dec 2016
Merlin Entertainments has confirmed plans for a Legoland development in New York state, with its
CoverMe, the global leader in fitness workforce management, today launches CoverMe PT, an on-demand personal
17 Nov 2016
At IAAPA 2016, Merlin Entertainments and Forrec are announcing plans for LEGOLAND New York, opening
14 Sep 2016
Scott A Lukas, a cultural anthropologist and attractions expert, has released a new book that
13 Jun 2016
Longleat Safari and Adventure Park, in Wiltshire, England, has outlined its long-term plans, switching focus
03 Jun 2016
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has confirmed further talks with Longleat Safari and Adventure Park about
13 May 2016
Architecture, design and engineering firm BDP have unveiled their plans for a 300,000sq m (3.2m
04 May 2016
Global entertainment designers Forrec have acquired Toronto-based Scott Torrance Landscape Architects as part of a
Panatta brought together four of the most influential figures in bodybuilding history on the stage
26 Apr 2016
Longleat Safari and Adventure Park has confirmed it’s had talks with the organisers of Glastonbury
16 Nov 2015
The conference thread of the 2015 IAAPA Expo got underway today (16 November) with a
12 Nov 2015
Forrec is presenting two projects from 2015. The first is the theme park for the
09 Oct 2015
Global design firm Forrec is collaborating with BBC Worldwide on plans for fixed attractions based
01 Oct 2015
As it continues on its journey to become the world’s largest tourism entity, China’s largest
11 Sep 2015
Anthony Daniels, the only person to appear in all seven Star Wars films where he
15 Apr 2015
Work is progressing on an experience destination in Tieling New Town, Liaoning Province, China, with
10 Mar 2015
A design team is planning a Dutch-inspired theme park at the location of a leisure
08 Mar 2015
US developer, Triple Five – the company behind Canada’s West Edmonton Mall and the Mall
24 Dec 2014
Plans to create a €400 million (£314m, $489m) “metropolitan theme park” on the outskirts of
20 Nov 2014
New IAAPA chair Gerardo Arteaga has said that Latin America will become a "huge market"
26 Aug 2014
Brazilian states are combating the illegal trafficking of its cultural heritage by exhibiting a collection
11 Aug 2014
Latin America is poised to become a major market for the attractions industry in the
09 May 2013
Themed entertainment planning and design company FORREC is entering into a partnership with China-based architectural
28 Apr 2011
ProSlide Technology will be providing a number of the rides to be on offer at
11 Aug 2010
Beijing's Olympic aquatic centre, known as the Water Cube, has reopened as one of China’s
19 May 2010
According to recent reports, domestic tourism is on the rise in the US again, which
17 Nov 2009
HIT Entertainment has licensed its first The Little Big Club in Asia as part of
21 Mar 2007
Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, US, has added a US$17.5m (£9m, 13.1m euro) steel rollercoaster
08 Dec 2005
South Korean theme park Samsung Everland has opened a new zone called Aesop’s Village. Themed
21 Dec 2004
Canadian themed attractions design firm, Forrec, has been retained by Herschend’s Family Entertainment Corporation –
15 Apr 2004
Pierre & Vacances (P&V), the holiday resort operator, is to develop a new Center Parcs
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People on weight loss drugs reduce their activity levels, according to a team at St John’s Hospital Illinois
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The fitness industry is mourning the passing of Les Mills,
a founding father of fitness, as Kath Hudson reports
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After decades of focusing on adult audiences, operators are starting to engage young people – unlocking growth opportunities while supporting the health and wellbeing of future generations
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health clubs, says Andy Chesterman
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