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06 Dec 2016
Social media 'netmarks' key for experience design, says BRC's Bob Rogers
Bob Rogers, founder and chair of experience design firm BRC Imagination Arts, has said that visitor attractions must be designed as “netmarks” – a concept that takes into account social media impact on physical design. BRC last month completed the first phase of a multi-year, multi-million dollar revamp of
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05 Dec 2016
French Alps ski resort plans 400m indoor ski slope
The French ski resort of Tignes will soon be able to offer 365-day skiing after having plans approved to build a €62m (US$66.4m, £52.1m) indoor slope on one of its existing runs. French architects De Jong (DJA) are behind the 400m (1,300ft) Ski Line snow centre, which will sit at an altitude of 2,000m (6,500ft)
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05 Dec 2016
‘Gin hotel and experience’ to open in London
A new gin-themed visitor centre – which will also include a small boutique hotel – will open in London on 16 December. Located on Portobello Road in west London, The Distillery features three boutique guest rooms, priced at £125 per night, as well as a restaurant, bar and a number of gin-related experiences.
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04 Dec 2016
IAAPA chair Hale highlights safety as body's top priority
New IAAPA chair, Greg Hale, has outlined the organisation’s plans for the year ahead, following on from his predecessor with the same key message – that the industry must stand for safety at all times as a top priority. Hale, who takes over from Universal’s John McReynolds, is also acting chief safety officer
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02 Dec 2016
Museum to recreate 1940s-60s town as new headline attraction
Ambitious plans have been submitted to recreate an entire town mirroring life from the 1940s to 1960s – complete with a public house, library and bowling green – in the heart of the Black Country Living Museum (BCLM) in Dudley, West Midlands. Forming part of the museum’s 40-year development masterplan –
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02 Dec 2016
China starts work on replica Titanic
Ground has been broken on a project of ‘Titanic’ proportions, with a life-size replica of the doomed Titanic passenger liner now under construction in China’s Sichuan Province. Heading from Southampton to New York, the original Titanic hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912. More than two-thirds of the 2,224 people on
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02 Dec 2016
Class gap shrinks as 40 million explore England's heritage sites
Historic England’s annual audit of the country’s heritage sites has revealed that more than three-quarters of adults in the UK have visited heritage sites in the last year, with the class participation gap significantly shrinking. The Heritage Counts report estimates that roughly 40 million over 16s –
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02 Dec 2016
Permanent ice hotel chilled by solar power opens near Arctic Circle
The world’s first permanent ice hotel has opened to guests 200km (124m) north of the Arctic Circle. Icehotel 365, located in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi, is a year-round extension to the world-famous 26-year old temporary structure, which is sculpted every winter using ice from the Torne River before
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02 Dec 2016
Cirque du Soleil founder's son dies in on-stage accident
Olivier Rochette – the son of Cirque du Soleil co-creator Gilles Ste-Croix – has been killed in an accident while preparing for a show in San Francisco. Rochette, a technician for Cirque du Soleil, was involved in an “industrial accident”, when he was struck by a telescopic lift. The 43-year-old later died in
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01 Dec 2016
Dollywood Foundation donating to fire displaced families
Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Foundation has pledged US$1,000 a month for the next six months to “all of those families who lost their homes” in the Tennessee wildfires this week. The Dollywood Foundation, based at the Dollywood theme park near Pigeon Forge, is the charitable arm of the country musician’s business
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