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25 Mar 2013
LA's Museum of Contemporary Art to remain independent
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) has rejected a proposal from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to relieve it of its financial troubles in a takeover bid. The museum's board of trustees said it was in agreement that the best future for MOCA was as an independent institution. It said in a
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25 Mar 2013
Merlin plans £3.5bn IPO after record profits
Merlin Entertainments is reportedly set to announce profits of £350m when it presents its annual results on Wednesday, paving the way for a £3.5bn market flotation. According to The Telegraph, Merlin is one of the biggest IPO prospects of the next 12 months and is currently deciding whether to float in London or
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25 Mar 2013
Birmingham Museums Trust joins the Google Art Project
Birmingham Museums Trust has joined the Google Art Project, contributing 127 works by 17 artists to the online collection. The museum has a particularly strong collection of pre-Raphaelite arts and through inclusion in the project will be able to
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25 Mar 2013
The Vatican to set up pavilion at Venice Biennale 2013
The Vatican will host a pavilion at the Venice Biennale this year - the first time in its 84-year history as an independent state. The Holy See is one of 10 new participant countries exhibiting at the international avant-garde art exhibition, with
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25 Mar 2013
Irish tourism sector experiences its second year of recovery in 2012
Ireland saw 7.9 per cent growth in inbound business trips last year and 3.8 per cent growth in holiday trips, the second year of recovery for the country's economy. Spending by visitors increased 4.5 per cent to 3.68bn euro with a particularly strong spend from North American tourists and vistors from other
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22 Mar 2013
New York's Met Museum to open seven days a week from July
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will open seven days a week from 1 July, following record-breaking attendance last year. The Fifth Avenue property, which sits on the edge of Central Park, has been closed on Mondays since 1971, with the recent exception of the Holiday Mondays programme in which the museum
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22 Mar 2013
New York's Statue of Liberty to reopen 4 July
The US secretary of the interior has announced the Statue of Liberty will reopen to the public on Independence Day - following repairs to extensive damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. Ken Salzaar said the visitor attraction is important to New York's economy - with an National Park Service annual report released
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22 Mar 2013
Revamp planned for Dorchester’s Old Crown Court and Cells
Dorchester’s Old Crown Court and Cells, famous for the trial of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, is set to be transformed into a visitor attraction as part of Heritage Lottery Funding awarded to Shire Hall, in which they are housed. West Dorset District Council has secured £69,000 of development funding to build plans to
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21 Mar 2013
£4.4m donation clears Royal Institution’s debts
The chairman of the Royal Institution (Ri) says an anonymous donation of £4.4m is enough to clear the organisation’s debt but that its financial troubles are far from being solved. Sir Richard Skyes revealed the anonymous donation at a special general meeting of the Institution’s members on 19 March. In a
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21 Mar 2013
New Zealand council investigates economic potential of spa sector
A local New Zealand council is investigating the spa sector as a growth opportunity for geothermal destination Rotorua. Grow Rotorua - a council-controlled organisation dedicated to economic growth in the district - reported to a council meeting on 13 March that tourism was one of four main target sectors that
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21 Mar 2013
Ocean Park Hong Kong lands HK$2.3bn government support
Ocean Park Hong Kong will likely move ahead with plans to build an all-weather water park at Tai Shue Wan earlier than anticipated, due to a government loan of HK$2.3bn (US$296m, 229m euro, £196m). Announced in the financial secretary's February budget speech, the purpose of the loan is to spur on the project and
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19 Mar 2013
Wymondham Abbey to get upgrade
A £2.5m project to transform the visitor experience at Norfolk’s 900-year-old Wymondham Abbey is now able to go ahead due to Heritage Lottery Funding worth £1.5m. Improvements to the Grade I listed site include: two new extensions – including one within a ruined chapel; the removal of inappropriate architectural
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19 Mar 2013
Construction begins on Glasgow's Theatre Royal
Construction is now underway on an £11.5m project to create a dramatic new entrance at Glasgow's Theatre Royal and provide more public space at the venue. Earlier this year the Café Royal wing of the theatre was demolished and foundations have now
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19 Mar 2013
US National Gallery of Art to get US$30m revamp
The US National Gallery of Art will construct two new art wings and an outdoor sculpture terrace after securing US$30 (23.2m euro, £19.83m) in private donations. The additional 12,260sq ft (1,139sq m) of exhibition space will be constructed within the current footprint of the East Building on Washington's National Mall. Philanthropists who donated to the cause include: gallery president Victoria P. Sant and her husband Roger
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