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29 Jul 2016
Cape Town's Iziko Planetarium to undergo digital upgrade
South Africa’s Iziko Museums – an agency of the government’s Department of Arts and Culture – is enhancing its planetarium in Cape Town with a R27m (US$2.2m, €2m, (£1.7m) digital upgrade. The Iziko Planetarium, part of the Iziko South African Museum, will get the much-needed upgrade to its 30-year-old facility,
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29 Jul 2016
BP cuts UK arts sponsorship by a quarter
Oil giant BP is cutting its controversial sponsorship of UK cultural institutions by 25 per cent to £7.5m (US$9.9m, €8.9m). The sum – pledged over a period of five years to the Royal Opera House, British Museum, National Portrait Gallery and Royal Shakespeare Company – will come into effect from 2018. BP
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29 Jul 2016
Ambitious plan for expansive Welsh wellness village revealed
The Welsh Government is funding a masterplan for a multi-million pound wellness village in South Wales. The Llanelli Wellness and Life Science Village is just one of a number of projects being delivered through ARCH (A Regional Collaboration for Health), a partnership between three local university health
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29 Jul 2016
Brexit bonus for Merlin as weakened pound boosts profits
Merlin Entertainments is forecasting a boost in profits as a result of the fall in value of the pound stemming from Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU). Merlin – one of the largest attractions operators in the world, second only to Disney – has forecast a percentage boost for the UK-based
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29 Jul 2016
Educational institution puts scientific spin on Pokémon Go
With visitor attractions all over the world using Pokémon Go to entice would-be customers to their various offerings, Pennsylvania’s Da Vinci Science Center is using the game as an education tool to teach guests about the science behind its workings. The science centre, based in Allentown, has been identified
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28 Jul 2016
Architects chosen for landmark new Museum of London
Stanton Williams and Asif Khan have triumphed over a number of architectural heavyweights, winning a competition to design the Museum of London’s new home at Smithfield. The architectural duo overcame competition from firms including Bjarke Ingels, Caruso St John Architects and Studio Milou with their winning
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28 Jul 2016
Emerald Isle gets green light for Ireland’s first Center Parcs resort
Center Parcs has been granted planning permission to build its first resort destination in Ireland, with the €230m (US$255m, £193m) holiday attraction coming to County Longford in 2019. Set in 395 acres (1.6sq km) of forest land near the village of Ballymahon, the village, to be called Center Parcs Longford
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28 Jul 2016
Dreamland optimistic as record numbers visit troubled heritage attraction
Despite its financial woes, things are looking promising for Margate's Dreamland, with the heritage theme park in the UK drawing record attendance for a single day earlier this month. In an effort to turn its fortunes around, Dreamland introduced a pay as you play model in June, becoming free-to-enter with
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28 Jul 2016
Leisure projects celebrated in international Green Good Design Awards
A host of eco-friendly leisure projects have been recognised in the 2016 Green Good Design Awards, handed out by Chicago’s Museum of Architecture and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design. The awards – founded by Eero Saarinen, Edgar Kaufmann Jr and Charles and Ray Eames in 1950 – celebrate the best
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Design, engineering, manufacturing, installation of waterslides, waterparks and waterplay attractions. Polin has perfected hundreds of exclusive and successful projects all around the world: outdoor parks, indoor parks and hotel/resort packages, regardless of the project’s size.
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