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01 Feb 2017
£15m Rhyl waterpark plans approved
Plans for a £15m (US$18.9m, €17.5m) waterpark in Rhyl, Wales, have been given the go-ahead by local councillors. The plans were approved by Denbighshire County Council (DCC) following a vote, which considered one option with a 25m, eight-lane swimming pool, and another without – the council choosing the latter
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01 Feb 2017
Engineers appointed to build MVRDV's mirrored art depot 'museum'
The Municipality of Rotterdam has announced that engineering firm BAM Bouw en Techniek (BAM) has been awarded the contract for the construction of the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. Designed by Dutch architects MVRDV, the building will store the art collection of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, opening it up for
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01 Feb 2017
CA$40m Ocean Discovery Centre proposed for Canada
The Nanaimo Deep Discovery Association (NDDA) has showcased plans for a new CA$40m (US$30.6m, €28.5m, £24.5m) attraction in British Columbia, Canada, designed to connect people with the ocean environment and deep-sea technology. The facility, according to the NDDA, would be a unique, educational, ocean
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31 Jan 2017
Plans approved to develop largest planetarium in Romania
The Brasov mountain resort will soon be home to Romania’s largest planetarium after councillors approved plans for its development. Brasov councillors approved the plans, thought to be worth around RON6.7m (US$1.8m, €1.6m, £1.5m), with the building to be located at the entrance to Zoo Brasov making it the only
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31 Jan 2017
Jamaica looks to attractions sector in bid to boost tourism industry
Jamaica’s tourism minister Edmund Bartlett has said the island nation must focus on increasing the number of world-class attractions available to visitors as the country targets five million tourists a year, making US$5bn (€4.6bn, £4bn) in annual tourism earnings by 2021. Bartlett announced last week (25
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31 Jan 2017
Forbidden Forest coming to Harry Potter studio tour in March
The Warner Brothers Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, has announced plans to expand its tour on the fifth anniversary of the popular attraction’s launch – with the permanent addition of the wizarding world’s Forbidden Forest. Debuting on 31 March, the Forbidden Forest – which in the series is
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31 Jan 2017
Big names in contention to design Edinburgh concert hall
Adjaye Associates, David Chipperfield, Richard Murphy, Allies & Morrison, Barozzi Veiga and KPMB have been announced as the architects who will compete to design a multi-purpose concert hall and arts centre for Edinburgh. The high-profile shortlist has been announced by IMPACT Scotland, the charitable trust
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30 Jan 2017
Hugo Barra joins Facebook to lead virtual reality movement
Facebook has named Hugo Barra its vice president of virtual reality, with the Brazilian tech wizard and entrepreneur to head up the company’s Oculus programme. Barra, who previously ran Chinese phone maker Xiaomi’s global division has also served in a number of product management roles at Google in London and
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30 Jan 2017
Overflowing Barcelona introduces new law to reduce surging tourism numbers
Barcelona is introducing new legislation to curb tourism numbers after its mayor said the Spanish city was being overwhelmed by tourists, with the destination on the brink of “reaching a tipping point”. The city, which is home to around 1.6 million people, welcomed around 32 million visitors in 2016, meaning
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30 Jan 2017
Association of Independent Museums heads new diversity project
The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) wants to help diversify visitors to UK museums, with the organisation introducing a new project looking at socio-economic and protected characteristics of diversity within a museum setting. Led by AIM in partnership with a steering group comprised of Arts Council
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30 Jan 2017
Giant Oman aquarium coming to Palm Mall in 2018
As Oman continues to diversify its tourism offering, plans have been unveiled for a new aquarium, set to open in the city of Seeb’s Palm Mall in the first quarter of 2018. The aquarium, which will be 8,000sq m (86,000sq ft) in size, will feature a collection of 30,000 marine creatures across 55 exhibit tanks.
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27 Jan 2017
SeaWorld's Doug Stagner named new IAAPA COO and EVP
IAAPA has named attractions veteran Doug Stagner as its new COO and executive vice president – a newly created position designed to help the organisation achieve its goals and handle growth and global infrastructure. Stagner, who has been a part of the attractions industry for more than 32 years, started his
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