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25 May 2001
Excaliber 2 launched at Camelot
Camelot Theme Park in Lancashire has launched its new £1m Excaliber 2 ride, with eight carriages rising to a height of 75 feet while at the same time spinning guests around and upside down simultaneously. In addition to Excaliber 2, Prime Resorts has also added three more new attractions, including an animatronic feline fantasy called Cats of the Round Table, a new Jousting Knights dodgem attraction and The Gauntlet, a looping
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25 May 2001
Lottery sales down
Lottery sales have slipped below £5bn for lottery operator, Camelot - for the first time in four years, according to figures released this week. Camelot said it had sold £4.98bn of tickets and scratch cards in the year to March 31, down 2.1 per cent on the previous 12 months. The company says the delay in awarding the licence caused 'considerable disruption' to the business as the decision process took three times longer than
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24 May 2001
Woburn to re-open but with tough 'bio' security
Woburn Safari Park will re-open on 24 May in time for the Spring Bank Holiday but with tight 'bio security measures'. Closing Woburn Abbey and Woburn Safari Park to protect the 1500 animals (30 species) that were at risk has cost the Woburn Estate in excess of £1m. While the park will re-open, stringent measures to prevent Foot and Mouth disease are being put in place. The deer park will remain closed to all pedestrians and
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23 May 2001
BBC to leave attractions market
The BBC Experience, the attraction based on the company's tv programmes, is set to close at the end of July. The closure will save the company around £500,000 a year which will be invested in programme making.
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23 May 2001
Concern over hygiene of UK waters
Following the effects of the foot and mouth crisis, British tourism could be set to suffer further with the publication of the European Commission's annual survey on bathing water standards. Lake Windermere in Cumbria, one of the regions worstly hit by foot and mouth, has failed for the first time to meet the minumum standards for water safety. Some 54 per cent of Britain's coastal resorts met the Commission's standards,
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23 May 2001
New national network for science centres
In response to growing public interest in science matters, around 80 UK science and discovery centres have formed a new national network to give this expanding sector a stronger voice. Chaired by Colin Johnson, director of Techniquest, the new organisation will be the UK wing of the European Collaborative for Science Industry and Technology Exhibitions. ECSITE-UK will be administered by the British Association for the
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23 May 2001
@Bristol plans expansion
The @Bristol Millennium Project in the south west of England has revealed plans for an expansion programme after beating its visitor targets. The venue - which includes the Explore science centre and Imaginarium, the newly re-branded Wilkwalk attraction (formerly Wildscreen) and an IMAX Theatre -is bidding for £4m of public and private money to further improve its attractions and pull in more customers. Having only opened in
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23 May 2001
Natural History Museum to scrap charges
All three South Kensington museums will soon be free, following the Natural History Museum's announcement that it will scrap charges from 1 December. Director, Dr Neil Chalmers says the museum will monitor its financial position to make sure it is not worse off: 'The government has guaranteed compensation for the next three years to cover the shortfall from loss of admissions income and we have been assured that our VAT
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21 May 2001
Hampshire conducts study of coastal countryside
Hampshire County Council has undertaken a study of its 370km of coastline to aid the development of coastal projects, planning and management. Stretching from Highcliffe in Dorset to Chichester Harbour, Hampshire County Council conducted the study to meet the social and recreational needs of the 28km of coastline it manages. Much of the coastline is of significant economic and environmental value to HCC as it is an area rich
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18 May 2001
Kirklees puts galleries on the map
Kirklees is drawing attention to its arts and culture with the production of an arts map giving details about commercial and independent art galleries. Produced by Kirklees Cultural Services and West Yorkshire Arts Marketing, the Kirklees Visual Arts Map has listings of 18 galleries and visual arts venues in the district, and shows where they are situated. Available in galleries and information centres throughout West
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18 May 2001
Cumbria steps up promotions
In attempt to get its tourism industry back on its feet after the foot and mouth outbreak, Cumbria Tourist Board has launched a major promotion. An extra £600,000 will be spent this year in addition to its normal marketing campaigns. This will involve e-mail and postcard campaigns, and printing 200,000 copies of a magazine to promote late spring and summer breaks. A Promotions Plus offer was advertised in a Cumbrian section of
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17 May 2001
British Museum gets green light for Study Centre
Detailed planning approval has been granted for a new £50m British Museum study centre in central London, due to open in the autumn of 2005. The new project is set to make the resources of the museum more immediately available, with a major part of the collections being housed in the Study Centre, together with specialist staff and greater interaction with visitors. The centre will be created in the former West London Sorting
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16 May 2001
Wetlands' wild anniversary breakfast
The Wetlands wildlife centre in Barnes, London, is to mark its first anniversary later this month with a celebratory 4:30am champagne birding breakfast. The unlikely city setting for the wildlife centre has been a huge success in its first year despite being beset by problems. Just five days after its opening in May last year, a bomb in Hammersmith made the centre almost inaccessible for five months. The centre, established
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16 May 2001
BTA aims to help meet needs of foreign tourists
As the British tourism industry endeavours to drive back millions of foreign visitors in the wake of foot and mouth disease, the BTA is urging hoteliers to concentrate on 'the little things' to ensure their guests are happy, feel at home and ready to make a return trip. Apparently, little matters more than the bathroom. Many visitors cannot understand why the British so often insist on putting carpets in bathrooms. The BTA
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