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The final retail and dining offerings are due to open next month the vast American Dream leisure, entertainment and retail complex in the US state ... More

Movie Animation Park Studios (MAPS) – the RM520m (US$126.4m, €114.2m, £96.7m) theme park in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia – has closed its doors after less than ... More

Tom Williams, chair and CEO for Universal Parks and Resorts, has spoken on competition between the theme park operator and its greatest rival Disney, saying ... More

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) is to team up with environmental organisation WildAid to launch a campaign featuring popular DreamWorks IP Kung Fu ... More

A Mayan-themed amusement park and resort has been given the green light after Mexico's government granted the Amikoo development approval to begin construction. Originally set ... More

The owners of Minnesota’s Mall of America are considering a US$200m (€162.5m, £144.7m) waterpark addition to the property, releasing a new rendering of the proposed ... More

Ardent has said it expects to enjoy a profitable second half to the year as visitor numbers to its troubled Dreamworld theme park finally start ... More

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has announced the winners of the THEA Awards during the IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando, Florida. The awards, which recognise ... More

Dreamworks founder David Geffen has donated US$150m (€128m, £114.1m) towards the US$600m (€511.9m, £456.6m) campaign creating a new home for the Los Angeles County Museum ... More

Universal Studios Hollywood has announced the addition of two popular IPs to its park in 2018 – Kung Fu Panda and Hello Kitty Created in ... More

It’s almost a year since Universal’s parent company Comcast acquired DreamWorks, and now Merlin Entertainments boss Nick Varney has to decide what to do with ... More

Nickelodeon has unveiled plans to build the largest indoor amusement park in the western hemisphere as part of New Jersey’s under-construction American Dream Meadowlands mall ... More

Prior to its acquisition of DreamWorks on 28 April, Comcast released its financial results for the first quarter of 2016, with its theme park division ... More

With Comcast confirming the US$3.8bn (€3.4bn, £2.6bn) acquisition of DreamWorks, sources close to the deal say the move isn’t about acquiring its famous IPs to ... More

Gardaland has announced a new multi-million-euro themed area for the Italian park and resort, based around the popular DreamWorks Animation IP, Kung Fu Panda. Kung ... More

Spa industry veteran Christian Kiefer has turned Dubai-based Dreamworks Spas into a consultancy business with a focus on three- and four-star properties in the Middle ... More

Developer iP2 Entertainment is planning to open an indoor Sony family entertainment centre (FEC) in Minnesota to complement an adjacent waterpark and hotel as part ... More

Merlin Entertainments has appointed Rachel Yun Chiang, partner at multi-billion dollar Asian investment firm Pacific Alliance Group (PAG), to its board in a non-executive director ... More

Film Studio Lionsgate is planning to gain a stronger footing in the theme park market by licensing its Hunger Games and other film franchises to ... More

The effects of the Chinese president's state visit to the UK continues to be felt within the domestic attractions industry as Merlin Entertainments revealed plans ... More

Canadian water ride specialist ProSlide is working with the Triple Five real estate company on the multi-million-dollar waterpark section of the upcoming American Dream project ... More

Private Chinese production company Huayi Brothers has signed a US$4.7bn (€4.25bn, £3bn) deal with Ping An Bank to develop 20 theme parks in China based ... More

Merlin Entertainments has launched its latest attraction at its London cluster on the River Thames, a ‘game-changing’ fully immersive Shrek attraction, which the project’s creative ... More

Dreamworks is expanding its worldwide attractions presence, with plans for a major indoor theme park in Moscow – the largest in Europe – as part ... More

Championed by Nobu Hospitality founding partners chef Nobu Matsuhisa, actor Robert De Niro and Hollywood producer Meir Teper, a 321-key Nobu Hotel has opened in ... More