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19 Jun 2012
28 June launch for London's new Emirates Air Line cable car service
Image: The new service will offer "fantastic views"
Transport for London (TfL) has announced a new cable car service across the river Thames between Greenwich and the Royal Docks will launch on 28 June.
The 1.1km (0.7-mile) the Emirates Air Line has been designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
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19 Jun 2012
Dollywood's Splash Country to open Tennessee's first water coaster
Image: RiverRush will include twists and turns
Dollywood's Splash Country, the waterpark located adjacent to the Dollywood theme park in Tennessee, US, has unveiled plans to open the state's first water coaster in May 2013.
RiverRush - a hydromagnetic ride experience - is to combine the
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18 Jun 2012
Mexico and Spain announce new tourism memorandum of understanding
Mexico and Spain have confirmed the signing of a new memorandum of understanding that aims to increase tourism and enhance co-operation between the two countries.
The deal allows for the exchange of ideas regarding the design, implementation and success of tourism policy initiatives in both Mexico and Spain among others.
Mexico's National Agreement on Tourism will be used by Spain's government as a method of
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18 Jun 2012
UKinbound warns government against 'Diamond Jubilee complacency'
UKinbound has warned the government against becoming complacent in its drive to attract 40 million visitors by 2020, following the recent Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Mary Rance, the organisation's chief executive, raised concerns that the Jubilee - as well as the 2012 Games - could distract the government from addressing ongoing tourism issues.
Rance said: "I call on government and the industry to tackle the
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18 Jun 2012
FAA grants experimental launch permit for Virgin Galactic spacecraft
Image: SpaceShipTwo on its first 'feathered' flight
Virgin Galactic has moved a step closer to operating commercial space travel services after it secured an experimental launch permit by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Scaled Composites, the developer behind the suborbital
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18 Jun 2012
US$64m expansion project underway at Corning Museum of Glass
Image: The museum's proposed new extension
Corning Museum of Glass (CMG) started work on its new US$64m (EUR50.8m, £40.9m) extension project, which will add a new North Wing at the attraction in New York state, US.
The 100,000sq ft (9,290sq m) addition - designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners
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15 Jun 2012
Bristol Old Vic to unveil new-look auditorium in September
Image: The Bristol theatre is receiving a major revamp
Bristol Old Vic is to open its newly-revamped Georgian auditorium in September, following the first phase of an extensive £19m redevelopment being undertaken at the historic venue.
The restoration of the Grade I-listed theatre has been
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15 Jun 2012
Richard Deverell named director of London's Royal Botanic Gardens
Image: The Temperate House at Kew Gardens
Richard Deverell has been named director of London's Royal Botanic Gardens by the Kew Board of Trustees, with the appointment effective from mid-September.
A former member of Kew's board of trustees between 2003 and 2009, Deverell will take up his new
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15 Jun 2012
ACE announces further Renaissance Strategic support fund details
Image: The fund aims to support the museum sector
Arts Council England (ACE) has revealed further details of its Renaissance Strategic fund, which is part of a number of measures designed to support the museum sector.
The funding programme will be delivered in two stages – the first in 2012-13
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14 Jun 2012
US$2m grant towards next phase of Wadsworth Atheneum renovation
Image: The exterior of Wadsworth Atheneum
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Connecticut, US, has been awarded a US$2m (EUR1.6m, £1.3m) grant towards the second phase of a comprehensive renovation project.
In addition to the Connecticut State Bond Commission funding, foundations and
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14 Jun 2012
New attractions to mark completion of Disneyland Resort expansion
Image: Cars Land includes Radiator Springs Racers
Cars Land is among four new attractions opening at Disney California Adventure tomorrow (15 June), which marks the completion of a five-year expansion of Disneyland Resort, US.
The addition of Cars Land - themed on the animated Disney/Pixar
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14 Jun 2012
£1.5m cinema to reopen in Thurso?
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is to hold a public meeting tomorrow (15 June) to discuss plans for reopening a Thurso cinema which shut its doors in September 2009.
The £1.5m All Star Factory development first opened in October 2001 and included a 152-seat and an 88-seat cinema; a six-lane bowling alley and bar; and a games hall.
Rob Arthur of The Thurso Cinema Limited is looking to reopen the cinema,
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14 Jun 2012
New activity centre opens at National Museum of the American Indian
Image: The entrance to the new activity centre
A new family activity centre has opened at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington DC, US.
Visitors to the imagiNATIONS Activity Center will be able to explore the history,
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