Industry News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s £25bn package to support jobs and stimulate the UK economy was announced yesterday and will bring a patchy coverage of benefits for the industry. He announced a VAT cut to 5% for accommodation and attractions –…

LAI Games, a leading manufacturer in the interactive entertainment and amusement machine sector and a subsidiary of Helix Leisure, conducted a consumer survey during the last week of June to find out what was important to guests as venues…

Virtuix, creator of the “Omni Arena” virtual reality esports attraction, has unveiled “Blackbeard: The Trials of Skull Island,” its latest game for Omni Arena. In Blackbeard, up to four players work together as pirates to loot treasure,…

Bristol-based VFX studio Moonraker VFX has secured half a million pounds in funding from Creative England to produce its own original immersive, 3D content for theatres in science museums and planetariums around the world. Moonraker has…

On July 5, 2020, at about 3 o’clock at night, an attempt was made to set fire to the headquarters of Walltopia – world leading climbing wall and active entertainment attractions manufacturer, located in Sofia, Bulgaria. The culprits used…

Betson Enterprises announces the promotion of Bob Dipipi to vice president of purchasing & sales. Bob will be responsible for all amusement and vending equipment purchasing, factory relationships and inventory management. Additionally,…

Heide Park Resort, Soltau, has become the first amusement park in Northern Germany to open a “Toilette für alle”, which translates to “toilet for everyone” Heide Park Resort’s the “toilet for everyone” is equipped with a ceiling lift and…

This weekend saw further easing of lockdown measures in England, with the leisure and hospitality sectors welcoming guests back for the first time since March. Alex Demetriou, managing director of Regency Purchasing Group which also owns…

Located down one side of the building that houses CopenHill, Copenhagen, Denmark’s epicenter for urban mountain sport, the climbing wall offers city-dwellers the opportunity to take part in an extreme activity without any significant…

Kidzania, the chain of interactive, educational kids’ city attractions, has shared an update on the reopening of itsdifferent facilities worldwide. As the world starts entering the post COVID-19 recovery phase, KidZania has stated its…

As a response to COVID-19, provider of attractions training solutions Attractions Academy has created a range of tailored programs and services to support the ongoing management and improvement of attractions planning, operations and…

Little Lion Entertainment, the company behind the Crystal Maze LIVE is set to create a thrill-powered new attraction set in a futuristic London: Judge Dredd Uprising: The LIVE Experience. The brand new multi-level team attraction will be…

The Hydropod, a “practical but multifaceted” portable hand washing station designed to help protect against the coronavirus, has been developed by Northern Ireland manufacturing company Jans Composites.  CEO Ronan Hamill explains: “For…

Andamiro USA has announced that trials for its new Marvel's Avengers coin pusher will be ready to begin in late July. Andamiro USA is testing a model with a superhero collectible card series featuring nine Avengers, and another model that…

A&A Global Industries, a leader in redemption, amusement and vending industries’ products, has completed an asset purchase of HMS Monaco, a Jersey City, New Jersey based company specialising in plush and redemption merchandise. HMS…