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30 Sep 2016
Arctic Circle's SantaPark invests €20m in luxury hotel resort
SantaPark, the award-winning Lapland attraction and “official home” of Father Christmas, is nearing completion on 37 luxury accommodations and bistro-style restaurant and bar. The €20m (US$22m, £17m) Arctic TreeHouse Hotel development – which is scheduled to open on 19th November at the theme park in Rovaniemi,
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29 Sep 2016
English heritage worth £21.7bn to UK
England’s heritage sector has been valued at £21.7bn (US$28.2m, €25.2m), generating £18.4bn (US$23.9bn, €21.3bn) in tourism expenditure annually for the UK. Heritage and the Economy 2016 – an annual study by Historic England – collates data from a number of studies on heritage and economic activity. The
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29 Sep 2016
Saddam Hussein's former palace opens as antiquities museum
The palace of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been given a new purpose, with Iraq’s government turning the former stronghold into the country’s first first new major museum since its occupation in 2003. Funded through UK-based charity Friends of Basra Museum and oil company donations, the former home
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29 Sep 2016
Carnegie Science Center plans US$21m pavilion to host travelling exhibitions
Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Science Center has detailed plans for its US$21m (€18.7m, £16.1m) Science Pavilion to include 14,000sq ft (1,300sq m) of new exhibition space. Designed by Indovina Associates Architects, the three-storey building will be built around the existing Omnimax Theater with the pavilion facing
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29 Sep 2016
Work starts on US$50m Clearwater Aquarium expansion
Florida's Clearwater Marine Aquarium has broken ground on its US$50m (€44.6m, £38.4m) expansion, a move which will more than double the space for its animals, including its famous dolphins Hope and amputee Winter. The grand expansion will increase the aquarium in size from 60,000sq ft (5,500sq m) to 130,000sq
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28 Sep 2016
Ferrari Land entering testing phase ahead of April launch
PortaVentura has unveiled the latest development in construction of Europe’s first Ferrari Land theme park, with the continent’s tallest rollercoaster now in its testing phase. Construction on the park is also entering its final phase, with main building work already completed and the park’s larger scale
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28 Sep 2016
C¥10bn BBC theme park planned for China
The BBC is teaming up with real estate developer Luneng Group to develop an amusement and leisure park on the island of Wenchang in the South China Sea at a cost of C¥10bn (US$1.5bn, €1.34bn, £1.15bn). Luneng Group – an offshoot of the State Grid Corporation of China – will use the BBC’s Top Gear and
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28 Sep 2016
SeaWorld ploughs US$175m into new coasters, shows and zones
SeaWorld Entertainment is investing US$175m (€156m, £135m) in new attractions as the brand continues to position itself as a theme park with sound animal conservation credentials and a mix of activities to offer. The new attractions include a jet skiing-inspired multi-launch rollercoaster at SeaWorld San
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27 Sep 2016
Marina Abramovic presents Norman Foster with golden replica of his brain
Acclaimed artist Marina Abramovic has presented Lord Norman Foster with a golden replica of his brain. The British architect received the unusual sculpture – derived from a 3D scan of his brain – as part of an awards ceremony at Campus Biotech in Geneva. Foster is one of the 2016 recipients of the Scopus Award
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27 Sep 2016
Study suggests rollercoasters could cure kidney stones
New research has found an unconventional solution to clearing painful kidney stones – riding Disney World’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. The study, published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, found that a ride on the rollercoaster at the Florida theme park had astounding results
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