The Alliance Collaborative is offering 20 grants for inspection services to COVID-19-impacted, U.S.-based non-profit organizations—and possibly to others that make a significant contribution to their local communities—that offer challenge course programming.
IAAPA has released “COVID-19 Reopening Guidance,” a “first edition” guide on reopening for the global attractions industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Your customers have been bombarded with messages from all manner of businesses. So how do you stand out in a way that breaks through and earns engagement?
That’s a question operators with business interruption coverage were asking the industry’s insurers in early and mid-March: does my policy cover losses due to closure or lost business due to COVID-19?
More than 1,100 members of the challenge course and adventure park industry gathered in Raleigh, N.C., for the 30th Annual Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) Conference, Feb. 5-9.
The Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) has published “Life Safety Equipment Systems Used for Operating a Course.” The White Paper describes some of the complexities of equipment choices for working in the challenge course and canopy/zip line tour industry
The Alliance Collaborative, a new nonprofit launched Feb. 3, 2020, intends to revolutionize the challenge course industry by helping members streamline business operations, develop shared resources, and leverage buying power that will bring cost savings and better efficiencies.
Construction is underway at Mt. Washington Alpine Resort on Vancouver Island, B.C., on a $3.5 million, 7,589-foot-long ZipTour by Terra Nova.
TreeRush Adventures at Fontenelle Forest in Bellevue, Neb., celebrated its grand opening July 31.
The Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) is seeking applications for the ACCT Consensus Group.
It’s a busy time for standards and regulations. At press time, several developments were in the works.
On March 22, in a surprise move, the ASTM F24 Amusement Rides and Devices Committee’s Evolution Task Group initiated a ballot on the revision of ASTM F2959-18 regarding the scope of the standard.
Will the ASTM F2959 standard expand to include more traditional operations and programs?
Virtual reality remains hot, netting and ninja features are on the rise, and the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions’ IAAPA Expo continues to grow.
Two people were injured in separate incidents during the soft opening of the Fly LINQ zip line at the Linq Promenade on the Las Vegas Strip in early November.
At its October meeting, the F2959 Aerial Adventure Course Task Group tabled the ballot item that removed the exclusions to the F2959-18 standard, for a period of one year, as Adventure Park Insider reported earlier.
The ASTM F24 Amusement Device committee’s ballot to F2959-16, Standard Practices for Aerial Adventure Courses, has been tabled for a year.
