MAE JEMISON, THE first woman of color to go into space, stood in the center of the room and prepared to become digital. Around her, 106 cameras captured her image in 3-D, which would later render her as a life-sized hologram when viewed through a HoloLens headset. Jemison was recording what would become the introduction for…
There’s a massive new entertainment venue opening at Atlantis The Palm next year and it seems like there will be a lot to keep people occupied. Along with restaurants and bars, there will also be a bowling alley, a retro gaming zone and even a wave machine at the venue when it is ready to open early next…
By CHESTER CHIN JUN. 28, 2018 Your favorite Cartoon Network characters are going to Bali, Indonesia, and they’re bringing to the island its largest waterpark. The 4.3ha entertainment park – a joint collaboration between Turner Asia Pacific and MAJ Group – is scheduled to open in 2020. In addition to an indoor entertainment centre, the project…
JUN. 7, 2018 With the highly anticipated Twentieth Century Fox World Theme Park set to open this year, Malaysian-based casions and integrated resorts operator Genting Bhd has posted a 9.8% drop in net profit to in the first quarter of the year on the back of 10% growth in revenue to MYR5.25 billion (US$1.3 billion).…
The Emirates’ aim: to promote the capital as a tolerant global city, and its flagship museum, opening this week, as a bridge between civilizations. By DOREEN CARVAJALNOV. 7, 2017 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — A decade ago the French architect Jean Nouvel sketched the bare outlines of a fretted dome on flimsy paper. Today…
Bangkok (CNN) — The Skytrain, over 300 meters directly below, snakes across its elevated track like a miniature toy train. Nearby, cars limp down Bangkok’s Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra Road in the evening traffic, tiny specks with glowing pinpoints for headlights. But it’s the views of the Chao Phraya River off in the distance that impress the most; unbroken…
FOLEY, AL (WKRG) – The new theme park in Foley announced Thursday that it will be opening one of the area’s biggest haunted houses next week. The “Town of Terror” opens October 6th. According to a press release, OWA will be teaming up with Fairhope’s Nightmare Chambers to bring the attraction, “for more than 10…
Upon its completion in 2016, the 314-meter MahaNakhon was named Thailand’s tallest building. Offering luxury shopping and some of the most expensive properties in Bangkok, the glitzy skyscraper symbolizes a city on the rise. But amid a construction boom in the Thai capital, the skeletons of long-abandoned buildings remain part of the expanding skyline. They stand as…
On Saturday, April 5th our industry celebrated what has come to be known as the “Oscars” of the Themed Entertainment Industry… the 20th Annual Thea Awards Gala. The objective of the Thea Awards is to find excellence and celebrate it. We would like to congratulate all Thea Awards recipients that help create compelling experiences that…
By Dave Parfitt | U.S. News and World Report Contributor April 4, 2017 OWA is a brand-new amusement park currently under construction on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, and the Rollin’ Thunder roller will be the headline attraction. Designed by Italian amusement ride company Zamperla, Rollin’ Thunder will be similar to Thunderbolt, which returned to Brooklyn, New York’s Coney…