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17 May 2012
South African tourism minister eyes sector's sustainable future
Image: Cape Town attracts many global tourists
South African tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has called for "decisive action" in order to ensure the sector's sustainable future over the coming years.
Van Schalkwyk was speaking at the opening of the annual Tourism Indaba at Durban –
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17 May 2012
2012 Museums and Heritage award winners announced
National Museums Scotland (NMS) and The Holburne Museum in Bath, Somerset, were declared joint winners of the 2012 Museums and Heritage award for Permanent Exhibition.
Both underwent large-scale redevelopments during 2011 with NMS investing £46.4m in the transformation of the National Museum of
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17 May 2012
Arts Council England welcomes new conservation education strategy
Image: The strategy aims to help protect UK heritage
Arts Council England (ACE) has welcomed the publication of a new strategy that outlines a framework for UK conservation education and skills development over the next five years.
The National Conservation Education and Skills
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16 May 2012
Irish government unveils initiative to boost arts philanthropy
Irish arts minister Jimmy Deenihan has announced the launch of a new initiative designed to increase philanthropic sponsorship and endowment funding of the country's arts sector.
The new Philanthropy Leverage Initiative has been established with EUR230,000 (£184,000) worth of funding and will be managed by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
It is hoped the scheme - operating on a pilot basis and
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16 May 2012
Myanmar poised for re-entry into UN World Tourism Organisation
Image: Inle Lake is a popular tourist destination
Myanmar President U Thein Sein has announced plans to start the process for restoring the country's membership of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
It follows an official visit of UNWTO secretary-general Taleb Rifai earlier
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16 May 2012
New report examines Galloway Dark Sky Park tourism impact
Image: Dark Sky Park status was awarded in 2009
A new report compiled by consulting firm Ekos on behalf of Forestry Commission Scotland has examined the tourism impact of the UK's first International Dark Sky Park in Galloway.
In late 2009, Galloway Forest Park was awarded Dark Sky Park status
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16 May 2012
Plans for Spanish Ferrari World back on table
The first Ferrari World opened in Abu Dhabi in 2010
Plans to develop the world's second Ferrari World in the Spanish city of Valencia have been revived after the local government announced its support for the scheme.
The Generalitat Valenciana - the region's governing body - is in talks with
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16 May 2012
Sustainable tourism group backs aviation emissions framework
The Tour Operators' Initiative for Sustainable Tourism Development (TOI) has supported a multi-national framework for the reduction of carbon emissions from air travel.
TOI members - including hotel group Accor and operator TUI Travel - represent more than 50 million leisure travellers a year and believes it can play an integral role in green growth.
"Travel and tourism together, in which air transport plays a
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16 May 2012
Red Rose Chain awarded £1m towards new theatre scheme
Image: The new space will host community workshops
Ipswich-based arts group Red Rose Chain has been handed nearly £1m of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) support towards a new theatre and heritage centre at Gippeswyk Hall.
The proposals – designed by Nicholas Jacobs and Charles Curry Hyde – will
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15 May 2012
US government launches National Tourism and Travel Strategy
Image: The US is looking to grow visitor numbers
The National Tourism and Travel Strategy has been launched by the US government in order to provide a "long-term roadmap" for the future of the American tourism industry.
It is hoped the document will help the US to attract 100 million
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15 May 2012
Welsh Government launches new Active Travel legislation
Image: Increased cycling is one of the Bill's aims
Local authorities throughout Wales will be at the centre of efforts to encourage more people to walk and cycle more under planned new legislation unveiled by the Welsh Government.
Welsh transport minister Carl Sargeant has launched the
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15 May 2012
Shortlist announced for tenth annual Art Fund Prize
Image: Hepworth Wakefield has been shortlisted
Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery and the Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire are among the four attractions shortlisted for the Art Fund Prize 2012.
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh and Guildford's Watts
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15 May 2012
World Monuments Fund announces US$1m for six historic sites
Image: Coventry's former Cathedral of St Michael, UK
American Express and the World Monuments Fund (WMF) have announced that US$1m (EUR778,000, £623,000) has been awarded towards the preservation of six 'at-risk' sites.
The funding is the first part of a US$5m (EUR3.9m, £3.1m), five-year
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15 May 2012
Rank Group agrees £205m deal to acquire Gala Casinos
Image: Rank is set to acquire 23 Gala Casinos
Rank Group has announced it has reached a conditional agreement to buy 23 Gala Casinos from Gala Coral Group in a move that will create the UK's largest casino operator.
The deal - worth a total cash consideration of £205m - also comprises three
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