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09 Dec 2016
South Florida zone tells story of the Everglades at Zoo Miami
Often when people think of conservation, they think about exotic animals from faraway places – such as tigers and rhinos. But Florida residents are about to learn that wildlife can be endangered far closer to home. Florida: Mission Everglades, a US$33m (€31m, £26m) expansion opening at Zoo Miami this weekend
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09 Dec 2016
VisitBritain unveils partnerships in bid to attract Chinese travellers
Tourism agency VisitBritain has signed new partnership deals with two China-based travel sector giants as part of a strategy to attract more Chinese visitors to the UK. The partnerships with Hainan Airlines – owned by the HNA Group – and Alitrip, the tourism arm of global leisure giant Alibaba Group, will seek
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08 Dec 2016
Leo Villareal to light up London's bridges after design competition victory
American light artist Leo Villareal and British architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands have won a hotly-contested competition to light up 17 central London bridges along the River Thames with a free, permanent installation. London mayor Sadiq Khan announced yesterday (7 December) that the team’s design concept
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08 Dec 2016
ASTM International introduces new safety guidelines for waterparks
ASTM International – the global body that develops and delivers voluntary standards used to improve product quality and enhance health and safety – has developed a new safety standard for conveyors used in waterparks. The new standard, soon to be published as F3158, ‘Practice for Water Slide Conveyors for Rafts,
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08 Dec 2016
France commits €28m to protect war zone heritage sites
France has contributed €28m (US$30m, £23.8m) towards the protection of cultural heritage sites during conflicts, signifying the first step in creating an international wartime fund aimed at preventing destruction caused by the likes of ISIS. Hoping to attract an initial €93m (US$100m, £79m) for the fund French
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07 Dec 2016
Zaha Hadid's Mathematics Gallery opens at London's Science Museum
The sweeping air flow around a 1920s aeroplane has inspired Zaha Hadid Architects’ eye-catching new mathematics gallery for London’s Science Museum, which opens to the public tomorrow (8 December). Mathematics: The Winton Gallery explores how mathematicians, their tools and their ideas have helped build
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07 Dec 2016
IMG announces plans for second Dubai theme park
The Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari Group have announced plans to open a second theme park opposite the company’s recently opened IMG Worlds of Adventure. Dubbed IMG Worlds of Legends, the new attraction will be more than twice the size of IMG’s existing park, with nine zones spread across more than 2 million sq ft
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06 Dec 2016
IHG to open ‘prominent’ hotel in Asian capital
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed a management agreement with Lao International Development Co. to open its first hotel InterContinental brand hotel in Laos. Located in the city of Vientiane, the hotel will house a spa facility, but full spa details are not yet available. Set to open in 2021,
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06 Dec 2016
Kangaroo puncher’s position safe, says Taronga Zoo
There is “no suggestion” that a zoo worker who went viral online after hitting a kangaroo to protect his dog will be sacked, according to his employer. Greig Tonkins – an elephant keeper at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Australia – was seen striking a kangaroo that had his dog in a headlock while on a pig
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