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20 Aug 2018
Crocodile Dundee’s fictional sequel significantly boosts Australian tourism
Tourist spending in Australia has grown by a huge AU$5.8bn (US$4.2bn, €3.7bn, £3.3bn), or 6 per cent for the year to March, according to latest figures. The reason for the uplift has been credited to a series of fictional trailers for the Crocodile Dundee movie franchise, featuring US comedy actor Danny McBride.
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16 Aug 2018
US National Museum of Natural History’s Fossil Hall set for reopening
Kirk Johnson, museum director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, has announced its David H. Koch Hall of Fossils will reopen on 8 June 2019. Colloquially known as Fossil Hall, the room was closed for a US$129m (€113.2m, £101.4m) renovation in 2014. The project has returned
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16 Aug 2018
Indian Hotels Company to introduce Vivanta brand to UK
The Indian Hotels Company (IHC) will open and operate a Vivanta-branded luxury hotel at Heathrow Airport in London. Scheduled to open in 2021, the hotel will be located across from Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and will have around 108 bedrooms, an all-day-diner, a bar and lounge, health club and meeting spaces.
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15 Aug 2018
Cooper Robertson appoint new director of architecture
American architectural practice Cooper Robertson have made a swathe of in-house promotions, including the appointment of a new director of architecture. The architects, noted for their museum and cultural work, have name Erin Flynn as director of architecture. Flynn has an extensive 20-year background in
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15 Aug 2018
Non-EU travellers driving strong growth in UK's inbound tourism
Strong growth from a mix of overseas visitor markets made 2017 a "record year" for inbound tourism in the UK. New figures from VisitBritain show double-digit growth in visits and spend last year from China, the world’s most valuable outbound market, with visits up 29 per cent on 2016 to a record 337,000 and
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15 Aug 2018
Royal Society launches Places of Science small museums fund
The Royal Society has announced “Places of Science”, a new funding scheme for small museums in Britain. The programme, which will award grants of up to £3,000 (US$3,800, €3,300) to successful applicants, is intended to encourage museums to engage with their respective localities through science storytelling. By
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14 Aug 2018
Michael Bloomberg helps US arts blossom with US$43m training scheme
Bloomberg Philanthropies – the charitable arm of Michael Bloomberg’s business empire – has granted 45 organisations funding in efforts to help finance the US's small to midsize arts organisations. To be spread across seven cities, including Austin, Baltimore, Denver, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Washington DC,
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13 Aug 2018
Video: Attractions Management News Flash 13 August 2018
The latest Attractions Management News Flash Video is now live! In this broadcast, Merlin begins creating an ocean sanctuary for a pair of beluga whales, Universal confirms opening of fourth gate in Orlando, Warner Brothers World Abu Dhabi opens on Yas Island and SeaWorld has quashed rumours that it is planning
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13 Aug 2018
Historic properties lead the way as visitors flock to English attractions
Historic properties and attractions across England experienced significant growth in visitor numbers in 2017. VisitEngland’s Visitor Attraction Trends in England 2017 report shows that, of the 1,400 sites surveyed, historic properties such as mills, monuments, boats and burial grounds saw the largest
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10 Aug 2018
Liseberg makes largest ever investment with launch of Valkyria
Valkyria – a steel dive coaster created by Bolliger & Mabillard – has opened to the public today (10 August) at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. A SEK300m (US$33.6m, €29m, £26m) investment which also includes Loke – a Gyro Swing manufactured by Intamin – Valkyria is based on Norse Mythology
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06 Aug 2018
First ever museum honouring American comedy opens in Jamestown
The first ever museum dedicated to telling the story of American comedy has opened in Jamestown, New York, US. JRA provided complete master planning, design, project management and art direction for the 37,000sq ft (3,400sq m) National Comedy Center, which took seven years to complete at a cost of around US$50m
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06 Aug 2018
SeaWorld surges in 2018 as operator reports second successful quarter
SeaWorld is showing signs of recovery, after the operator reported an attendance increase of 4.8 per cent, leading to revenue increases of US$18.9m (€16.3m, £14.6m). Attendance for the quarter rose by 300,000 people to 6.4 million visitors. This was matched by the revenue increase, which rose by 4.9 per cent
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