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08 May 2017
VisitScotland pins tourism hopes on remake of 40s whisky hit
Scottish tourism chiefs are hoping a film adaptation of Compton MacKenzie’s 1947 novel Whisky Galore will help to boost visitor numbers in some of the country’s lesser-known areas. Starring Eddie Izzard and filmed across Scotland, the comedy tells the story of a cargo vessel wrecked off a remote
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08 May 2017
V&A introduces secondary school DesignLab education scheme
The Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum is using the £100,000 (US$130,000, €118,000) prize it received in 2016 for winning the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year to launch a programme to support art and design education in secondary schools. Called DesignLab Nation, the scheme is an evolution of the brainchild of former
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08 May 2017
Miami's long-awaited Frost Museum finally opens doors to the public
The US$305m (€278.2m, £235.1m) Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science is celebrating its grand opening today following a major expansion and redevelopment. The hotly-anticipated museum – which sits in a prominent location on Miami’s waterfront in the city's Museum Park – has navigated through difficult
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05 May 2017
Peter Zumthor unveils design for Basel's Beyeler Foundation extension
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has presented his designs for the extension of Renzo Piano’s Fondation Beyeler in Basel. The CHF100m (US$101m, €92.2m, £78.1m) project will be constructed on the previously private land of the Iselin-Weber Park. It will see the addition of a simple service building for
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04 May 2017
Botswana introducing tourism tax to preserve wildlife
Botswana is to introduce a US$30 (€27.50, £23) tax on all tourists entering the country, with the proceeds going toward conservation efforts to protect its natural wonders. Welcoming more than 1.6 million visitors annually, the tax is thought to be worth more than US$6m (€5.5m, £4.65m) a year, with the Tourism
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03 May 2017
BBC teams up with top UK science institutions for Tomorrow's World reboot
The BBC is partnering with a number of UK institutions and charities to launch a year-long season of science and technology programming under the broadcaster's iconic Tomorrow’s World banner, resurrected as the masthead for the initiative. Backed by the likes of famed scientist and broadcaster Brian
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02 May 2017
Ill-fated Atlantic Club waterpark development again thrown into disarray
The future of an Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino property that just weeks ago was set to become a waterpark and family theme park has been thrown back into uncertainty. R&R Development, headed by Ronald Young, ">said in March that it was buying the Atlantic Club and going ahead with a US$135m redevelopment.
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Invented in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2005 by John Targett and Tim Wethey, Clip ‘n Climb is the international market leader of the fun climbing industry with 215 energy-filled facilities worldwide (and counting).
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