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22 Oct 2014
Memphis planetarium to undergo modernisation
The city of Memphis, Tennessee, US, has filed a US$1.2m (£744,000, €943,000) building permit to renovate the Sharpe Planetarium at the Pink Palace Museum in the city centre. The planetarium closed on 15 September and will remain so until Q2 of
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22 Oct 2014
Free trade website launched to market UK tourism businesses overseas
VisitBritain has created a new version of its international travel trade website, complete with a free self-managing directory to help UK tourism businesses drum up foreign trade. A core feature of the new site enables any UK tourism business to manage its own listing, enabling their company to be searchable
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22 Oct 2014
US and Cuba look to form aquarium partnership
In a rare show of unity between the US and Cuba, representatives of Tampa Bay’s Florida Aquarium travelled across the water to look into forming a partnership with the island nation’s National Aquarium in Havana. If an agreement is reached, it
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21 Oct 2014
Louvre Abu Dhabi project hits construction milestone
Work on the upcoming Louvre Abu Dhabi has progressed, with construction of the mammoth US$653m (€512.9m, £404.6m) structure’s dome roof now complete. Building work on the dome started in December 2013 and the elaborate roof currently sits on 120
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21 Oct 2014
London’s Design Museum to offer free entry
From 2016, London’s Design Museum will be offering free entry to permanent exhibitions following its move to a new site in Kensington. Chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, visited the Museum’s new site on 17 October and announced plans to support opening the doors for free under the VAT refund scheme
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20 Oct 2014
First World War battleship to become £12m floating museum
The last surviving battleship of the First World War is to be transformed into a £12m (US$19.3m, €15.1m) floating museum, dedicated to the history of the vessel. With the majority of funding supplied by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), the currently derelict HMS Caroline will be turned into a visitor
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20 Oct 2014
Gandhi the focal point of new South African tourism drive
South Africa’s tourism body has launched a new Gandhi-inspired tourism drive, highlighting 13 attractions that enable tourists to “walk in Gandhi’s footsteps and experience the places where he created history in South Africa”. With this year marking the 100-year anniversary of Gandhi’s departure from South
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IAAPA Expo Europe was established in 2006 and has grown to the largest international conference and trade show for the leisure and attractions industry in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region.
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