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30 Apr 2014
Herzog & de Meuron to design new, expanded Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver's new art gallery is to be designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, with conceptual designs for the 27,871sq m (300,000sq ft) building – more than double the size of the current facility – to be unveiled in early 2015. The Vancouver Art Gallery is expected to cost between CA$235-265m
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30 Apr 2014
Shanghai Disney Resort gets extra US$800m investment
An additional US£800m (€577m, £476m) is being pumped into Shanghai Disney Resort to accelerate expansion plans – while it is still being built. Joint venture partners The Walt Disney Company and Shanghai Shendi Group agreed the increased
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29 Apr 2014
Japan’s Disney operator to invest US$4.87bn over ten years
The operator of Disney theme parks in Japan is to invest US$4.87bn (€3.51bn, £2.9bn) into its amusement operations over the next ten years. Oriental Land says it will set up unspecified new businesses in new locations in that time. It is also
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29 Apr 2014
Oman national museum appoints Spain's Acciona
Spanish company Acciona Producciones y Diseño has been selected by the Omani government to execute the design of the €18m (US$25m, £14.8m) National Museum of Oman. The Jasper Jacob-designed 4,000sq m (43,057sq ft) museum is set to open by the end
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29 Apr 2014
Beijing children’s museum to be designed by JRA
Jack Rouse Associates (JRA) has been selected to plan, design and project manage a US$8m (€5.76m, £4.75m) children’s museum in Beijing, China. The 2,400sq m (25,833sq ft) Lao Niu Children’s Discovery Center, which will be operated by the China
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29 Apr 2014
US zoo adds immersive US$70m wildlife habitat
A US$70m (€50.5m, £41.6m) full immersion outdoor habitat project has been announced by Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. Covering 113,312sq m (1,200,000sq ft), African Grasslands will be the largest construction project in the US zoo’s history.
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29 Apr 2014
Fascism museum planned for Mussolini’s hometown
The mayor of the Italian town in which Benito Mussolini was born has announced a museum dedicated to the history of fascism. Giorgio Frassineti said the museum would give visitors the chance to reflect on an important part of history while
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28 Apr 2014
Merlin rejects Legoland South Korea reports
Reports that a new Legoland is to open in South Korea are wide of the mark, according to Legoland operator Merlin Entertainments. Local media had cited government officials as confirming a 280,000sq m (3,013,895sq ft) Lego-based theme park, which would open in 2016 and aimed to attract more than one million visitors per year. The reports said Legoland Korea
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28 Apr 2014
Video games attraction part of major "playground” development in southern China
A visitor attraction dedicated to video games has been announced as the first project of a planned new tourist destination in China. Hong Kong-based Lai Fung Holdings’ 18bn yuan (US$2.9bn, €2.1bn, £1.7bn) Creative Culture City development will be located on Hengqin Island – itself undergoing a major transformation to become a tourist hotspot and an alternative to
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25 Apr 2014
Key strategies for wellness tourism growth revealed at GWTC in London
The Global Wellness Tourism Congress (GWTC) held its first roundtable in London on 1 April to plan the growth of the US$439bn (€317bn, £261bn) global wellness travel market. 24 tourism board, travel and health leaders took part in a Q&A at the Dorchester hotel – the first of three meetings – moderated by GWTC
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25 Apr 2014
Japanese theme park eyes casino expansion
Japan’s Dutch-themed Huis Ten Bosch amusement park is weighing up an expansion project as it seeks to add a gambling resort. Hideo Sawada, chairman of park operator H.I.S, said the coastal park might purchase a deserted offshore island, but at
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