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1 Nov 2002
Museums may merge to cut costs
Gloucester City Council is considering combining two of the city's major museums to make savings in its 2003/4 budget. A recent review of the council's culture, learning and leisure department made a number of recommendations to cut costs, including combining the Gloucester Folk Museum and the City Museum and Art Gallery. A spokesman for the council said it hadn't been able to make the investment it wanted to
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30 Oct 2002
Capital of Culture shortlist announced
The six cities that have made it onto the shortlist for European Capital of Culture have been announced by culture secretary, Tessa Jowell. The final six are Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, Newcastle & Gateshead and Oxford. The EU created the Capital of Culture to replace the City of Culture award and a city in each member country will hold the status for one year on a rotational basis. With Cork in
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30 Oct 2002
Keeping an 'i' on UK tourism
The foreign and commonwealth secretary, Jack Straw has launched a website providing up-to-the-minute information on the UK. Developed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in conjunction with a number of partners, including the British Tourist Authority, the British Council and British Trade International, the website has been designed to promote UK trade and culture abroad. The site, www.i-uk.com, comprises
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30 Oct 2002
Tourism UK holds first summit
Tourism UK, the newly launched federation formed to raise awareness of the importance of tourism to the British economy, has hosted the first UK tourism summit. The aim of the summit was to agree a ten-year vision for UK tourism, which included looking at the government's responsibility for the future of tourism, as well as the client and product of the future. A paper detailing the vision and direction for
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30 Oct 2002
South east Wales wants new tourism strategy
Capital Region Tourism, the regional tourism partnership serving South East Wales, and the Wales Tourist Board, have appointed Locum Destination Consulting to conduct a review of South East Wales' tourism strategy. The review will examine the promotion and support of tourism in the region to deliver a revised strategy, which reflects the changing face of the industry and the region's key markets. Peter Cole,
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30 Oct 2002
ETC welcomes all
Welcome All, the customer service training programme for the tourism industry, which shows how to provide a warm welcome to customers with disabilities, has been relaunched. Commissioned by the English Tourism Council, the one-day course has been completely revised and updated by the London Tourist Board in association with Career Concepts. It includes the latest information on the Disability Discrimination
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29 Oct 2002
The Devil's theme park
The Free Church of Satan in the US is said to have identified two possible sites for a theme park dedicated to the devil. The Times has reported that 15-acre sites near San Francisco and Dallas are being considered for the park, which could be called Perdition. Attractions would include a roller coaster called Journey to Hell, a rock 'n' roll stage, a church for black masses and a gallery of
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28 Oct 2002
New arts centre in London's East End
Oxford House in London's Bethnal Green hopes to open a new arts centre in the spring of 2003. After extensive community consultation and five years of planning the new building is now underway. The growing success of arts activities has led to redeveloping the existing building to create a new visual and performing arts centre, including 180 seat performance space, two galleries and dance studio. Details:
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25 Oct 2002
Museums dismayed at funding decision
Struggling regional museums will receive a total of £30m from the government over the next four years - less than a third of the amount they had expected. David Barrie, director of the National Art Collections Fund, said the extra money, if spread evenly, would give each eligible museum about £12,000 annually for four years: 'The government is going to have to reach more deeply into its pockets if the promised
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24 Oct 2002
RSPCA calls on zoos to phase out elephants
The RSPCA is calling for elephants to be phased out of zoos across Europe because the animals suffer from poor welfare and die young. In the first major study into the welfare of elephants in captivity, scientists at Oxford University found the lifespan of adult elephants in European zoos to be about half that of elephants in the wild or even working elephants in Asian timber camps. In the wild, elephants
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24 Oct 2002
Tourism boosted by family visits
The English Tourism Council (ETC) says new research explodes many of the myths surrounding the potential of the visiting friends and relatives (VFR) market for English tourism. The Visits to Friends and Relatives report suggests this 'often-unrecognised' form of tourism is worth at least £10bn, with the potential to increase further over the next ten years. VFR trips have increased by one third in the last five
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