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05 Aug 2016
Number of leisure qualifications falls for second successive year
The number of training qualifications awarded across the leisure, travel and tourism sector has fallen for the second year running, according to official government statistics. The Annual Qualifications Market Report shows that the number of leisure-related certificates (other than GCSE, AS and A level)
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05 Aug 2016
Heritage fund awards £14.5m for essential cathedral repairs across UK
The UK government will spend £14.5m (US$19m €17m) on the restoration of 39 cathedrals across Britain to help safeguard the nation's religious heritage. In one of her first acts since becoming culture secretary, Karen Bradley announced the First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund, which will help secure
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04 Aug 2016
Steve Van den Kerkhof to deliver keynote address at IAAPA 2016
Plopsa Group CEO Steve Van den Kerkhof has been announced as the keynote speaker for IAAPA’s 2016 Attractions Expo in Orlando, Florida, in November. Van den Kerkhof – who is also chair of Belgian amusement park operator and children’s TV producer Studio 100 – has been leading Plopsa Group for more than 17
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04 Aug 2016
Ferris Wheel reinvented with Brighton's world-first i360
The British Airways i360 – the world’s first vertical cable car, tallest moving observation tower and most slender tower – has opened to the public in Brighton, UK. Opened today (4 August), the so-called “vertical pier” by Marks Barfield Architects sits on the foundation of Brighton’s former Victorian-era West
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03 Aug 2016
HLF introduces £8m Heritage Resilience scheme
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has launched a new £8m (US$10.6m, €9.5m) investment programme designed to help organisations within the UK improve long-term heritage management. The Resilient Heritage scheme will award grants of between £3,000 (US$4,000, €3,600) and £250,000 (US$333,300, €298,000) to
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02 Aug 2016
‘Game-changing’ Coventry Water Park gets green light from council
Planning approval for a “game-changing” £37m (US$49m, €43.7m) water park has been granted by Coventry City Council. The FaulknerBrowns-designed facility – which is located in the city’s town centre, and was funded by both private and public investment – is expected to open its doors in 2018. As well as flume
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02 Aug 2016
Alison Brooks' 'The Smile' demonstrates potential of hardwood megastructures
Architecture studio Alison Brooks have created a banana-like structure for this September’s London Design Festival, due to sit in the grounds of the Chelsea College of Arts during the event. Aptly named ‘The Smile’, the curving urban structure is being built from cross-laminated tulipwood and has been created
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02 Aug 2016
Discrimination affecting culture workforce, says Museums Association
Discrimination within the museum sector is negatively affecting workforce diversity, leading to people leaving the field at mid-career level, according to the Museums Association. According to new research from the Association, an “unconscious bias” is impacting recruitment-related decisions and individual
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02 Aug 2016
Lotte World to develop VR programme for South Korean government
Lotte World – South Korea’s largest indoor theme park – will lead a consortium of 12 companies tasked with developing a virtual reality (VR) theme park programme. The move is part of the Korean government’s Virtual Reality Flagship Project – a scheme which covers a number of sectors with the aim of developing
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01 Aug 2016
Italy's World Heritage sites go global with high speed broadband network
In an effort to boost its culture offering, Italy’s government has announced plans to provide high speed internet access at all of its 51 Unesco World Heritage Sites. To be connected under a trial scheme in early 2017, the move is the start of a plan by the country’s government to create a nationwide wi-fi
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