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24 Apr 2013
West Midland Safari Park aims for resort status
As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, West Midland Safari and Leisure Park in the UK has unveiled redevelopment plans which it hopes will propel it from a three-star day attraction to a four-star resort of national significance. The Worcestershire park has set out plans to create a 250-bed hotel, a conference
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24 Apr 2013
Titanic Belfast contributes £54.3m to city's economy
Northern Ireland museum Titanic Belfast has contributed an estimated £54.3m to the city's economy in the year since it opened. The six-floor building, which includes nine interpretive and interactive galleries, informs visitors about the construction of RMS Titanic and the wider story of the country's industrial
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24 Apr 2013
Arts Council England reveals organisational changes
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced significant changes to its organisational structure, following an independent review. Five new area councils will replace the nine regional councils; London, South West, South East, Midlands and North. Membership of the National Council will also drop from 17 to 14. The changes will come in effect from July 2013. ACE chair Sir Peter Bazalgette said the restructuring gives the
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24 Apr 2013
Potential slump anticipated for London hotels this summer
London hotel industry experts anticipate a potential slump this summer, according to discount travel website Hotwire.com. Hotwire said that although the British government predicted that an additional 4.5 million visitors would visit the city in the four years after the 2012 Olympic Games, analysts and industry
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24 Apr 2013
South Devon Arts Centre gets go ahead for new facility
South Devon Arts Centre (SDAC) been given the green light by South Hams District Council for its plans to transform an empty industrial building in Totnes into a new arts and entertainment venue. Located at Totnes Trading Estate, the project
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24 Apr 2013
New BALPPA FEC group to host cost management seminar
The newly established Family Entertainment (FEC) group at BALPPA will host its inaugural seminar event on 14 May at Alton Towers Resort in Straffordshire. The FEC group within BALPPA was founded at the start of 2013 and currently has more than 75
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23 Apr 2013
France number one for inbound tourism to the UK
VisitBritain has revealed figures that show the increasing popularity of Britain from tourism powerhouse China, a strong French inbound market and record spend from Australia, Canada and the UAE. The figures came from the Office for National Statistics' 2012 International Passenger Survey and recorded total spend
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23 Apr 2013
San Francisco's Exploratorium reopens following US$300m revamp
San Francisco's Exploratorium science museum officially unveiled its US$300m(228m euro, £197m) expansion at Pier 15 on the city's waterfront on 17 April. The museum now has 330,000sq ft (30,658sq m) of floor space - trebling the footprint it had at its former home at the Palace of Fine Arts. It will display more than 600 exhibits. Established in 1969, the museum is dedicated to science,
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23 Apr 2013
£4.5m Arts Centre planned for Ringwood
Ringwood Musical & Dramatic Society, in partnership with Greyfriars Community Centre, are planning to develop a new multi-use arts centre on the old Activities Centre site at Greyfriars.
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23 Apr 2013
Rhino heads stolen from National Museum of Ireland
Four rhinoceros heads have been stolen from a storage facility at the National Museum of Ireland, likely for the illegal trade of powdered horn that is used in traditional Far East medicine. A security guard was tied up by a number of raiders in the 17 April incident, at the Dublin museum. A total of eight horns
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23 Apr 2013
Steamboat museum planned for Windermere
London-based architects Carmody Groarke have submitted a planning application to the Lake District National Park to redevelop the Windermere Steamboat Museum into a heritage attraction. The £13.4m museum development will include exhibition space, a wet dock to display heritage boats and a conservation workshop
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22 Apr 2013
Paul Hobson appointed Modern Art Oxford director
Contemporary arts space Modern Art Oxford has appointed Paul Hobson its new gallery director. Hobson will bring more than 20 years experience in the visual arts sector to the gallery including programme development, fundraising and income generation. He will take up the post in September, leaving his current
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