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26 Jul 2002
UK cities launch online city break service
Sixteen UK cities have made the most of the internet by joining forces with Superbreak, the short break operator, to launch an online booking service for city breaks. The site from Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Carlisle, Manchester, Derby, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool, Cardiff and Newcastle-upon-Tyne gives details of accommodation and events in each of the cities and visitors can work out costs
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25 Jul 2002
Oakwood splashes out on new water ride
Oakwood Park has officially opened its new £1.7m white-knuckle water ride, known as Hydro - or Water's Revenge. The 121ft high ride, from Swiss manufacturer Intamin, drops 111ft into a plunge pool containing a million gallons of water. Riders are winched upwards in a 24-seater boat, which, upon reaching the top, accelerates around a 180 degree descending curve before reaching the near vertical drop. Reaching
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24 Jul 2002
Sea Life Centre opens in Dortmund
Attractions operator, Merlin Entertainments has continued its European expansion with the opening of a new Sea Life Centre in Germany. The EURO5m centre in Dortmund follows last month's completion of a Sea Life Centre in the Linnamaki Amusement Park in Helsinki. One of the most striking features of the Dortmund site is the walk-through aquarium. With a 250,000 litre ocean display, the aquarium is the largest
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23 Jul 2002
Spanish Aspro to swallow deep-sea
Deep-Sea Leisure, the operator of marine attractions has accepted a mandatory cash offer Net-Ein SA, a subsidiary of Aspro, the Spanish operator of water parks and aquariums in continental Europe. The independent directors of Deep-Sea Leisure said the offer significantly undervalued the company, but recommended shareholders accept the offer, as they would in respect of their beneficial holdings. Net-Ein owed
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16 Jul 2002
Horniman extension
The Horniman museum in London has been expanded with an additional 16 acres. A new £13m extension by architects Allies and Morrison has doubled the public space of the museum and gardens with new galleries and facilities. The increased size of the building has enabled greater public viewing of the collections, organised into ethnography (80,000 objects), natural history (250,000 specimens) and musical instruments
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16 Jul 2002
Diving into prize draws
To celebrate the opening of its Treasures from the Deep exhibition, the National Railway Museum (NRM) has joined forces with The Diver Training College at Appleton Roebuck to offer visitors an opportunity to find out what life is really like underwater. 'Global gambling comes of age' Four of the College's Discover Scuba sessions, which give beginners the chance to explore the diver's world of weightlessness, peace and
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12 Jul 2002
First Lottery project to get revenue funding
The newly opened Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, is the first Lottery-funded project to be awarded revenue funding. The £46m project has transformed the former Baltic Flour Mills, a disused 1950s grain warehouse into an international contemporary arts venue, with a guaranteed £1.5m revenue funding per year for the first five years of operation. the other stakeholders - Northern Arts and Gateshead MBC,
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12 Jul 2002
Copper mine up for sale
Carter Jonas is inviting offers for Sygun, once a working copper mine, in the heart of Snowdonia. Situated near Beddgelert, planning permission has been obtained to enlarge the existing visitor centre to incorporate an exhibition area, tearoom, shop and visitor reception area and also to create on-site living accommodation. The property extends to around 45 acres, including the converted mine building
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12 Jul 2002
Adroit moves on Margate's seafronts
After extensive refurbishment managed by Terry Farrell and Partners, grade II listed Droit House in Margate, Kent has opened to the public. The house will function as the Visitor Interpretation Centre for the Turner Centre during its construction - it is due to open in the summer of 2005. Visitors will find information panels about Turner and his associations with Margate, the Turner Centre and the
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12 Jul 2002
Celebration of Manchester's waterways
Aquafest, British Waterways' contribution to the XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester this summer, begins on 25 July with a Commonwealth Canal Carnival. After the re-opening of the Trent & Mersey Canal after a £730,000 repair programme, a month of aquatic attractions on will culminate in Waterfire on 11 August - 'a combination of fire and water mixed with light and music', featuring a giant Phoenix and fireworks.
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10 Jul 2002
Mini-break demand grows
Demand for short breaks in UK coastal destinations is continuing to grow, according to Superbreak Mini-Holidays. The operator reports that in 2001 bookings to coastal resorts grew by 38 per cent and to date, bookings for summer 2002 are up a further 35 per cent. Across all brands, the company has already sold over 20,000 bed nights for Summer 2002 into its three largest coastal destinations, Blackpool, Bournemouth and
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