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16 Jun 2016
Wolfgang Buttress' Hive pavilion creates buzz in London's Kew Gardens
Wolfgang Buttress’ multi-sensory celebration of bees will open to the public this Saturday (18 June) in London’s Kew Gardens. The Hive is a pavilion inspired by scientific research into the health of bees and their role in pollinating crops essential to human survival. The 17m (55.7ft) high, 40 tonne
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16 Jun 2016
IAAPA breaks records for AAE 2016, announces 2017 event for Singapore
After hosting a record-breaking Asian Attractions Expo (AAE) in Shanghai, IAAPA has announced the event will move to Singapore in 2017, taking place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center at Marina Bay Sands. Attracting 11,500 participants and, for the sixth consecutive year, breaking records for the number
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16 Jun 2016
Body recovered in search for missing boy at Disney resort
Police have recovered a body in the search for a missing two-year-old who was snatched by an alligator from a Disney-owned resort. According to Orange County police, divers found a body they believe to be the child, who was dragged into the water on Tuesday evening on the shoreline of the Seven Seas Lagoon at
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16 Jun 2016
Louvre Abu Dhabi hits major milestone as temporary sea walls come down
The under-development Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi took a major step forward this week when the temporary sea wall surrounding the structure came down, flooding the area around the building. Contractor Arabtec Holdings has removed the 14m (46ft) temporary hydraulic cutoff walls used during the main construction
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16 Jun 2016
Romania's largest waterpark opening €3m expansion
Romania’s largest waterpark is undergoing a €3m (US$3.4m, £2.4m) expansion as part of a new entertainment area to open this week. The new section of Divertiland in Bucharest covers 35,000sq m (377,000sq ft) and features two heated pools, an olympic-size pool and a children’s pool. Additionally, the new area
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15 Jun 2016
'Eurocentric' science centres hindering education in STEM for black youths
One of Africa’s leading scientists has called for science centres across the world to address a Eurocentric model excluding many young black people from pursuing interest and potential careers in STEM subjects. Delivering the keynote address at last week’s Ecsite conference in Graz, Austria, Dr Elizabeth
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15 Jun 2016
London mayor Sadiq Khan announces culture infrastructure strategy
New London mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed culture will be as important as housing, transport and the environment in his administration. Speaking at the press opening of the new Tate Modern in the UK capital, Khan vowed to increase the number of cultural facilities and public spaces by “embedding culture in
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15 Jun 2016
Two-year-old missing after alligator snatches him from Disney resort
Police in Orlando are searching for a two-year-old boy dragged into the water by an alligator at a Disney-owned resort. The boy was playing on the shoreline of the Seven Seas Lagoon at the Disney Grand Floridian Resort and Spa near Magic Kingdom, when the animal dragged him away, with the boy’s father trying
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15 Jun 2016
Fire erupts at under development Volcano Bay
A fire broke out on the construction site of Universal’s under-development Volcano Bay waterpark in Orlando yesterday (14 June). The ‘next-generation’ Volcano Bay – which is set to replace the 40-year-old Wet N’ Wild Orlando when it opens in 2017 – was engulfed in flames in an area being used to store
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15 Jun 2016
Smithsonian and V&A partner for London Olympicopolis site
The Smithsonian Institute is teaming up with the V&A Museum to create a collaborative permanent exhibition space at London’s Olympicopolis site. The plans, which date back to January 2015, originally called for a stand-alone Smithsonian to act as an anchor for the site upon its opening in 2020/2021. The
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15 Jun 2016
Russian President approves US$4bn theme park development near Moscow
The Goddard Group and Moschanko Investment Group have been given the go-ahead by Russian President Vladimir Putin to develop and build a US$4bn (€3.6bn, £2.8bn) theme park near Moscow. Called “The Magical World of Russia”, the new project has been touted as a major destination and resort theme park that will
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