Botanical World Tops USA Today’s “10Best”
Adventure Park Insider—Hakalau, Hawaii, June 26, 2025—Botanical World Adventures on Hawaii’s Big Island once again clinched the top spot on USA Today’s “10Best” list of aerial adventure parks. The park,…
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Experiential Systems Becomes First Challenge Course Vendor in North America to Earn ISO Certification
Adventure Park Insider—Dyer, Ind., Nov. 25, 2024—Experiential Systems, Inc. (ESI), a builder and service provider in the challenge course and aerial adventure industry, is the first and only North American…
ACCT to Serve as Technical Liaison for New ISO Standard
Adventure Park Insider—Boulder, Colo., July 10, 2024—The Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) was accepted as the technical liaison to the International Standards Organization’s (ISO) “adventure tourism” subcommittee. The subcommittee,…
ACCT Rolls Out New Vendor Accreditation Program
Adventure Park Insider—Boulder, Colo., July 10, 2024—The Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) is launching its new Vendor Accreditation program in July. To support the program, the association is also…
Registration Open for “Facilitator and Trainer’s UnConference”
Registration is open for the “Facilitator and Trainer’s UnConference” (formerly NCCPS) in Boulder, Colo., Feb. 29–March 2. The three-day “uncommon gathering” is facilitated by Leahy & Associates, Inc. The event,…
Challenge Works to Host Open Enrollment Training and Certification
Challenge Works will host a five-day, 40-hour open enrollment training and certification event, April 8-12 in Santa Cruz, Calif. The event is focused on skills development, best practices sharing, and…
Adventureworks! to hold Ropes Course Instructor Level 2 in British Columbia
Adventureworks! Associates, Inc., will lead a 40-hour level 2 Ropes Course Instructor training and testing event April 25-29 in East Kootenay, British Columbia. Successful completion of the course, a practical…
Woman Files Suit After Child Falls from Cancun Zip Ride
UPDATED Aug. 21, 2024, to reflect that this case was dismissed. A woman filed a lawsuit against the Hyatt Corporation and Safety Engineering OOD in January 2024, alleging her child…
Granite Insurance Promotes Jamie White and Ben Todd
Granite Insurance has promoted Jamie White to chief financial officer and named Ben Todd the new leader of its climbing gym insurance division. White joined Granite Insurance in spring of…
Enrollment Open for Alpine Towers Level 1 and Level 2 Certification
Alpine Towers will hold Level 1 and Level 2 ACCT Practitioner Certification training and testing Oct. 20-Nov. 3 at the John Dorr Nature Lab in Bethlehem, Conn. Enrollment for the…
Gore Mountain to Install Zip Coaster
Gore Mountain is set to begin construction of a new zip coaster—the anchor summer attraction of the larger North Creek Ski Bowl redevelopment project—in 2024 after two resolutions related to…
First Rollglider Zip Coaster Planned for New Cruise Ship
The Sun Princess from Princess Cruises will launch February 2024 with the first Rollglider zip coaster to be installed on a ship. Inspired by the thrill of “free flying” experienced…
Trekking Group Brings Its Outdoor Trampoline Park Concept to Ontario
Following the success of the first Uplå location in Mont Saint Grégoire, Quebec, which attracted more than 100,000 guests in 2022, The Trekking Group is bringing the outdoor trampoline park…
2023 ACCT Conference Recap
Nearly 800 aerial adventure operators, builders, experts, and vendors came together at the 33rd annual Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) International Conference and Expo in Portland, Ore., Feb. 9-12,…
Adventureworks! Associates Challenge Course Manager Training and Certification
Adventureworks! Associates, Inc., is offering a ropes course and climbing program management training course with a challenge course manager certification. The program will be held at The Adventure Learning Centre…
New Adventure Attraction Breaks Ground in the UK
Construction is underway on a new a mini golf course and high ropes attraction at The Valley shopping center in Evesham, United Kingdom. The 18-hole adventure golf course will sit…
Anakeesta Begins $34 Million Expansion
Anakeesta, a mountaintop adventure park in Gatlinburg, Tenn., with a three-span parallel zip line, mountain coaster, canopy walk, and several netted at-height attractions, is embarking on a three-year, $34 million…
