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18 Dec 2002
London Eye lights up
The London Eye is to have a Christmas makeover when six Christmas trees made entirely from ice are put on display this week. Weighing nearly four tonnes each and standing four metres high, he giant trees are the work of London-based ice sculptors Duncan and Jamie Hamilton.
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18 Dec 2002
Launch of benchmarking tourism index
A benchmarking index specifically for smaller firms in the tourism, hospitality and leisure industry is to be launched next January on the Best Practice Forum website: www.bestpracticeforum.org. The Forum says the site will enable any business to measure in confidence its performance in 'key operational' areas, including profitability, revenue development, staff turnover and customer satisfaction. Access to the index
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18 Dec 2002
BTA promotes golfing guide
A Golf in Britain guide for overseas visitors has been launched by the British Tourist Authority (BTA) to position Britain as a preferred destination for the sport. Sponsored by the De Vere Group of Hotels, the guide provides general information on location, contact details and estimated green fees for all 146 courses. BTA's Sports Tourism Manager, Grant Birse, said: The real attraction of playing golf in Britain is
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18 Dec 2002
Planners weigh up £4bn Dome project
Britain's most ambitious planning application - for the Millennium Dome in London, is being assessed by Greenwich Council. The plans, for what will be known as the Greenwich Peninsula, have been submitted by Meridian Delta, English Partnerships and the entertainment and sports presenter, Anschutz Entertainment Group Europe (AEG Europe). Spanning over 1,000 pages, the master-plan unveils details of a £4bn project
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13 Dec 2002
Jordan draws tourists to religious sites
The Ministry of Tourism in Jordan has unveiled a JD6m project to update facilities and draw more tourists and pilgrims to the ancient Biblical site of Wadi Kharrar, east of the Jordan River. The project, jointly funded by the government and USAID fund has created a visitor centre, two restaurants and a museum the ancient hill settlement where John the Baptist is thought to have once lived and preached. The
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11 Dec 2002
Light museum opens in Israel
A museum charting the history of stage lighting has opened in the industrial area of Hod Hasharon in Israel. Two years in the making, the Danor-Compulite Museum tells the story of how technological progress has influenced the development of theatre lighting. Visitors are taken on a tour that starts in the Renaissance period and culminates in contemporary times with authentic artifacts and reconstructions of
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10 Dec 2002
Something in the water
A 12ft tall replica of a Roman water machine has been built outside the Museum of London. The full-scale, working example of the water-carrying machine was created by a team of archaeologists, engineers and construction experts after the remains of two water-lifting machines were discovered at Gresham Street in the City of London last year. The machines are believed to have produced up to 72,000 litres of
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9 Dec 2002
Three attractions for Earth Centre
Earth Centre, the visitor attraction that promotes sustainability, is set to unveil three more attractions in the next few months. The Doncaster-based centre uses in and outdoor exhibitions, gardens and play areas to promote sustainable development - the art of living on the earth without damaging for future generations. Its latest attractions comprise Amazon Adventure, an indoor play area based on an amazon
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9 Dec 2002
Universal signs Shanghai park deal
Universal Parks and Resorts has signed an investment agreement with Chinese partners to build a theme park in Shanghai - leap-frogging rival operator Disney in the race to open a park in the city. The deal would see Universal - a subsidiary of French entertainment giant, Vivendi Universal - owning at least 25 per cent of the park. It has not revealed how much its investment is worth, but building the park is expected
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9 Dec 2002
£3m centre to house Wordsworth treasures
Work is due to start on a new centre to house artefacts from the Wordsworth Trust in the New Year. The £3m Jerwood Centre in Grasmere is expected to provide sufficient room for the growth of the Wordsworth Trust's collection over the next 30 years. The collection is currently growing by six per cent a year and includes 50,000 letters, books, manuscripts and drawings. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the
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9 Dec 2002
New home for Hull theatre
Hull Truck Theatre has announced plans for its new home. Part of the £150m Ferensway regeneration scheme, the project has been funded by the Arts Council of England, Kingston Upon Hull City Council and Yorkshire Forward. The £7m theatre will comprise a 450-seat auditorium, a 150-seat experimental space, rehearsal rooms, education and corporate suites, production support facilities and a café bar.
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6 Dec 2002
Loss of CMW will leave Welsh museums without a voice
Plans to dissolve the Council of Museums in Wales (CMW) and replace it with a body attached to the Welsh Assembly will leave museums without a voice, warns the acting director of the CMW. The new body, CyMAL (Museums, Archives and Libraries Wales), will take over the functions of CMW, such as advice, grant and support, when it launches in April 2004. But CMW's lobbying role will be lost says John Marjoram:
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6 Dec 2002
National Maritme Museum Cornwall opens
Cornwall's latest visitor attraction, the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, has opened in Falmouth. The aim of the £28m museum is to promote an understanding of boats, the maritime heritage of Cornwall and to inspire new boat design. Fully independent, the NMMC was created in partnership with the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and the former Cornwall Maritime Museum, Falmouth. The building was designed
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6 Dec 2002
Universal beats Disney in race to Shanghai
Universal Parks and Resorts appears to have leap-frogged over Disney in the race to open a theme park in Shanghai. Universal, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal, is reported to be announcing 'an agreement in principle' to build an $870m movie-themed park, tomorrow (Saturday 7 December). The park would be built in Pudong, where Shanghai's financial district is situated, as it has considerable open space to
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