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08 Jan 2015
VAE makes ExCeL debut in London next week
The first ever Visitor Attraction Expo (VAE) kicks off next week, with owners, managers and developers among others, descending on the ExCeL in London for the three-day event. The new expo will give the UK’s leisure parks, piers, zoos and static
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07 Jan 2015
World's largest eco-theme park coming to Indonesia in 2015
Work is progressing on what is being billed as “the world’s largest eco-theme park” – a US$240m (€202.2m, £158.5m) development in Indonesia’s Riau Islands. Set to open in late 2015, eight key "eco-zones" are currently under construction in the 3sq km (1.2sq m) development, including a multi-sensory rainforest.
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07 Jan 2015
Nicholas Cullinan named new director of UK National Portrait Gallery
Experienced art curator Dr Nicholas Cullinan has been appointed as the new director of the National Portrait Gallery in London, having first worked there as a visitor services assistant 14 years ago. Cullinan, 37, is the current curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and will take up his new post in Q2 2015. He becomes the
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07 Jan 2015
UNWTO and UNESCO team up for tourism and culture conference
UNWTO and UNESCO are, for the first time, to bring ministers of tourism and culture together with experts and stakeholders from both sectors to explore new models of partnership between tourism and culture. Taking place between 4-6 February at
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07 Jan 2015
Carlson Rezidor plans balneotherapy spa hotel in Bordeaux
Carlson Rezidor plans to open a new Radisson Blu branded hotel, complete with a balneotherapy-centric spa, in the French city of Bordeaux – the wine capital city of the world. The 125-bedroom Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa Bordeaux will be built north of the city’s UNESCO-protected centre as part of ‘Les Bassins à
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06 Jan 2015
Dalian Wanda unveils US$1bn theme park project in China
The Dalian Wanda group has launched its latest theme park project – a US$1bn (€839m, £659m) movie park in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Designed by Stufish Entertainment Architects and located at either end of Wuhan’s cultural district – an US$8bn
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06 Jan 2015
New US$63m Taiwan museum turns away 25,000 on opening day
A new museum recently launched in Taiwan had to turn away around 25,000 people on the opening day, due to its extreme popularity. The 40,000sq m (430,500sq ft) Chimei Museum in Tainan opened its doors after four years of construction to a throng of people on 3 January, but it was only able to accomodate 5,000
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06 Jan 2015
Minor takes over management of Zanzibar resort
Minor Hotel Group (MHG) has taken over the management contract for the property currently operating as Essque Zalu Zanzibar in Tanzania. The property will be transformed into a Per Aquum resort by the end of 2015. Essque Zalu Zanzibar is owned by
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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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