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19 May 2003
Gulbenkian Prize winner announced
The National Centre for Citizenship and the Law (NCCL) has been named as the winner of the first Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries. The prize is funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, which has guaranteed prize money of £100,000 for the next five years. The NCCL - housed in the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham - is based in a Victorian courthouse and 18th century prison and educates children
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19 May 2003
Titanic on display in South Kensington
Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition has opened at London's Science Museum and will run until 28 September 2003.More than 200 items raised from the liner will be on display, including a 2..5 ton section of its hull, the original ships bell, White Star line china and passengers personal effects. The exhibition takes the form of galleries, covering such subjects as the vessel's construction, life on board and the
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19 May 2003
EMAB gets four new board members
Culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, has announced four new appointments to the England Marketing Advisory Board.EMAB will support newly launched tourism body, VisitBritain, in marketing England domestically as a holiday destination by providing strategic advice to both VisitBritain and government ministers. Suzanne Bond, John Govett and Brian Summers joined the board on 1 May and Tim Cantle-Jones will join on 1
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19 May 2003
Von Däniken banks on the attraction of mysteries
Sci-fi author, Eric von Däniken's latest vision is to come true with the opening of Mystery Park in Interläken, Switzerland, on 24 May. It is hoped the new all-weather attraction will attract 500,000 visitors annually. Von Däniken's fascination for the world's greatest mysteries is the inspiration behind the 70,000sq m project. The attraction resembles a giant space station, the centrepiece of which is a 41-metre
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16 May 2003
Government backs London's bid for the Olympics
Culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, has announced the government will back London's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. She said a bid would be good for sport, good for London and good for the whole of the UK. A decision on whether or not the government would support the bid was to have been made earlier in the year but was postponed in the face of the war in Iraq. The announcement has been welcomed by both
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16 May 2003
Secret of Saatchi's success
The newly opened Saatchi Gallery in London is enjoying a surge of art lovers keen to see a retrospective of Damien Hirst and other iconic works of contemporary art.Visitors have passed through the doors of the refurbished County Hall at the rate of 4,000 a day since its opening two weeks ago. As many as 21,000 visitors attended just over the Easter bank holiday weekend. The Saatchi Gallery set out to attract
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16 May 2003
New tourism website for London
A new website, www.londontreasures.com, encouraging visitors and Londoners to explore London, has been launched to 'enthuse' Londoners and visitors to benefit London's tourism economy at a 'difficult' time for the industry. London Treasures says the site challenges Londoners' knowledge and experience of their own city as well as showing visitors a different side of London with a series of 'fun and intriguing quizzes,
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16 May 2003
Coal Mining Museum visitor success
After a £6.5m re-development and the introduction of free admission for visitors, the National Coal Mining Museum says it has had its 'most successful year'.Total visitor numbers for the year April 2002-2003 were 107,729, making it the busiest year since the museum opened in 1988 and showing an increase of over 47,000 from the previous year. Staff numbers have increased accordingly, especially to cater for the new
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16 May 2003
Business trips boost tourism
Research from VisitBritain on English domestic tourism reveals growth in visits and spending from business trips within England last year.The figures indicate that business tourism growth outstripped growth in the holiday sector, which was reported as stable. Business trips in England accounted for just over 14 per cent of all trips, and increase of 4 per cent in 2002. Spending by business visitors to England was
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16 May 2003
Tramway village awards
Crich Tramway Village, home of the National Tramway Museum, has won two Heritage Awards.The first award was for Oporto 273, the most recent tram to be restored in its collection. The tram was awarded joint winner in the Heritage Railway Association Carriage & Wagon Competitions. Oporto 273 was restored over a three-year period with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Crich also received a Highly
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16 May 2003
Restaurant guide becomes an 'institution'
South West Tourism has launched this year's Trencherman's restaurant guide, featuring 26 restaurants/hotels.Malcolm Bell, chief executive of South West Tourism believes the guide has become something of an institution, with people trying to work their way through the restaurants: 'The establishments in the guide make the best use of the wonderful local produce we have in the south west and have been noted for their
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16 May 2003
North east tourism on the increase
Tourism businesses in the north east report that trade has increased over the last six months and expect the trend to continue over the next six months, according to a survey by the Northumbria Tourist Board.More than half the 251 businesses included in the survey reported increased trade over the last six months, when compared to the same period in 2001/2. They were also confident about the coming season with 40
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16 May 2003
Three charged over park shooting
Two young men and a 17-year-old girl have been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a man at Paramount Canada's Wonderland park near Toronto. Both men have been charged with first-degree murder, while the girl is to face weapons charges. Marcel Jessie Lamonday, 21, was shot just after the park closed on 11 May outside the attraction's entrance. According to park spokesperson, Kris Williams, the
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