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08 Mar 2013
US civil and human rights museum secures funding
Financing to fund the first phase of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia, US, has been secured, with construction to start this month. The US$125m (96m euro, £84m) project, which will detail the African-American civil rights movement and ongoing human rights issues, had been slow to secure funds due to the economic downturn. However, on 7 March PNC Bank and Invest Atlanta announced US$24m (18m
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08 Mar 2013
New £15m arts employment scheme announced
A new £15m employment programme aims to diversify England’s arts and culture workforce by providing 6,500 traineeships, apprenticeships and paid internships for people aged 16 to 24. Positions will range from technical to administrative roles and will fall within: music, dance, theatre, literature, visual arts, contemporary craft, combined arts, carnival, circus, galleries, museums and libraries. Skills minister Matthew Hancock said the National Lottery-funded scheme would
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08 Mar 2013
Asian outbound travel a 'growing trend' in global travel
The The new kinship economy: from travel experiences to travel relationships report was compiled by hotel giant Intercontinental Hotels and The Futures Company. It identifies groups of 'new global explorers', travellers from high-growth countries such as China and India. Members of the group are likely to
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08 Mar 2013
First images of Shanghai Disneyland revealed
Disney has unveiled the first image of Shanghai Disneyland Resort, at its annual meeting of shareholders this month. Set to open in 2015, the resort will include 225-acre theme park Shanghai Disneyland, two themed hotels and 16,000sq m (495,000sq ft) of retail, dining and entertainment, recreational facilities
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07 Mar 2013
JRA appointed to design exhibition spaces at Cade Museum
The Cade Museum Foundation has appointed Jack Rouse Associates (JRA) to design the exhibition and gallery spaces at the planned Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention (CMCI) in Gainesville, Florida, US. JRA won a design competition organised by the CMCI, which attracted bids from a total of 27 design firms in the US and Canada. The US$9m (6.9m euro, £6m) museum is named after Dr James Robert Cade, the University of
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07 Mar 2013
Newcastle council halves its arts funding
Newcastle City Council has voted to halve its funding for art organisations, scrapping £1.2m of core arts grants in favour of a new £600,000 fund. The final details of the fund were agreed by council leader Nick Forbes, Arts Council chair Sir Peter Bazalgette and North East Regional Council chair Joe Docherty on Monday, and voted by the full council at its budget meeting on 6 March. It had to make £100m worth of savings for
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07 Mar 2013
George Lucas reveals plans for popular art museum
Filmmaker George Lucas has revealed his vision for a populist art museum to be built in San Francisco overlooking the Bay Area, Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge. His proposal is one of 16 received by the Presidio Trust, which is overseeing the rejuvenation of the former commissary site at Crissy Field, with others proposals including an observatory, an environmental museum and a museum dedicated to the US response to the
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07 Mar 2013
GSWS to hold Global Wellness Tourism Congress
The Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) has announced that a dedicated Global Wellness Tourism Congress will be held in conjunction with the Summit, which takes place in New Delhi, India during 5-7 October 2013. The one-day event will bring together ministers of tourism and other wellness tourism professionals
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06 Mar 2013
Eleven contenders announced for the 2017 City of Culture
Eleven contenders have put their name forward to become the UK’s 2017 City of Culture, culture minister Ed Vaizey announced today (6 March). They are Aberdeen, Chester, Dundee, East Kent, Hastings and Bexhill on Sea, Hull, Leicester, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Southampton, Southend on Sea, and Swansea Bay. The
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06 Mar 2013
India aims to increase overall tourism by 12 per cent
The Indian government’s working group on tourism has recommended the country target an annual growth in both domestic and international tourism of 12 per cent. In the period 2011-2012 6.5m foreign tourists arrived in India up from 5.17m for the
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06 Mar 2013
South African Rugby Union to open themed visitor attraction
South African Rugby Union (SARU) has announced plans to open the Springbok Experience - a themed visitor attraction - at its new headquarters in Cape Town. SARU, the country's national governing body for rugby, is establishing a new 'home of rugby'
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06 Mar 2013
Biome planned for Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens
Australia’s Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens are to get a new “Biome” structure to showcase plants and insects from the Australasian and Indomalaya regions. According to the Sydney Morning Herald work on the AU$20m (US$21m, 16m euro, £14m) structure, designed by architectural firm Hassell, will begin this year and
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06 Mar 2013
Sponsor sought for World Leisure Organisation's innovation prize
World Leisure Organisation (WLO) is offering the opportunity to sponsor its prestigious International Innovation Prize (IIP) - also known as "The George". Named after Dr George Torkildsen - the leisure industry pioneer who was the first prize committee chair - the awards are handed out every two years in a special ceremony at the WLO Congress. The IIP seeks to recognize organizations that have implemented creative solutions
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06 Mar 2013
Queensland government approves AU$600m eco-resort
Australia’s Queensland state government has approved an AU$600m (US$617m, 472m euro, £408m) resort for Great Keppel Island, which will be one of the biggest tourism developments in the country – pending approval from the federal government. The proposed first stage of development would include: a 250-room hotel
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