Guinness World Records news

Dan Buettner – who identified the five places in the world where people live the longest, healthiest lives and founded Blue Zone wellness communities – ... More

A fitness festival designed to raise awareness and funds for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association broke two world records last month, as participants pounded the ... More

A mass-scale indoor cycle event at one of Europe’s premier country clubs is aiming to break two Guinness World Records in the name of charity. ... More

The Alamo – one of the US’s most historic landmarks – is to undergo a US$48m (€42.1m, £31.3m) renovation to turn the attraction into a ... More

A new US$806.5m (€587m, £486m) aquatic theme park in China has broken five Guinness World Records on opening and is now officially recognised as the ... More

London, UK-based The Projection Studio - headed by visual artist Ross Ashton - designed and created a video artwork featuring 32 animated mosaic portraits of ... More

The newly opened FITlane health club in Nice (see Health Club Management Sept 10, p14 ) was the scene of a new world record in ... More

The Australian government state agency Tourism Victoria has highlighted the area's wellness offering by breaking the world record for the largest simultaneous massage. The Massage ... More

Ripley Entertainment has bought the franchised businesses of Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium and the Guinness World Records Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has ... More

The Stratosphere Las Vegas Hotel and Casino has opened a new diversion for its guests, SkyJump Las Vegas. The attraction, described as 'controlled freefall', offers ... More

Dreamworld's 120m high Giant Drop - which has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the "tallest, vertical free-fall ride in the world - ... More

A new £4m (US$6.6m, AUD$8m, €4.6m) rollercoaster, which has been unveiled at the Flamingo Land Resort near Malton, North Yorkshire, UK, has been named as ... More

The Jim Pattison Group, owner of Ripley Entertainment, has acquired the rights to Guinness World Records (GWR) from UK-based HiT Entertainment. First published in 1955, ... More

Dobbies, the garden centre chain, is to open a £2m, nature-themed visitor attraction in June. The 50-acre site, next to Dobbies World garden centre in ... More