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15 May 2012
International programme for Big Dance 2012 festival announced
Image: More than 500 UK dance events are planned
Big Dance - one of the world's largest dance festivals - has revealed new partnerships with the cities of Beijing, China, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as part of this year's programme.
Against the backdrop of the London 2012 Games, Big Dance 2012
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15 May 2012
New figures reveal early year boost for English tourism sector
New figures from national tourism agency VisitEngland have reported a 5 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of domestic overnight trips taken in England in January 2012.
According to the data, there were 5.4 million domestic trips taken across the country. Spend grew by 16 per cent to £877m when compared with January 2011.
However, VisitEngland has expressed caution that figures could have been boosted
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14 May 2012
Ireland to retain tourism industry's lower VAT rate until 2014
Image: The rate applies to tourism sector products
Ireland's tourism, hospitality and leisure industry has received a boost after it was revealed that a temporary 9 per cent VAT rate introduced in July 2011 will remain throughout 2013.
The reduced rate was implemented by the government in
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14 May 2012
Europe's tallest roller coaster opens at PortAventura
PortAventura theme park in Salou, Spain, has launched its new Shambhala roller coaster; the tallest and fastest in Europe.
The 25m euro (US$32m, £20m) steel 'hyper coaster' was designed and constructed by Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard and is part of a larger 80m euro (US$103, £64m) investment in the park's facilities.
Located in the park's China zone, the 1,650m-long Shambhala towers at 78m (256ft) and reaches speeds of up to 135km/h (84mph).
The opening of Shambhala comes a year after the park opened the 13,000sq m (140,000sq ft) SésamoAventura, a 15m euro (US$19m, £12m) family attraction area themed according to
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14 May 2012
£200,000 grant for new Eureka! gallery development in Halifax
Image: The existing gallery will shut in November
Monaco-based Stavros Niarchos Foundation has announced a £200,000 grant towards the creation of a new £2.9m gallery at Eureka! The National Children's Museum in Halifax.
The latest award means the attraction has now raised £2.4m towards the Me
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11 May 2012
Marine-themed Expo 2012 to open for three-month run in South Korea
Image: The EDG features a ceiling-mounted screen
The 73m (240ft) Sky Tower created from a pair of abandoned silo and the Big-O landmark will be among the attractions at Expo 2012, which opens in Yeosu, South Korea, on 12 May.
The ocean-themed Yeosu Expo aims to provide visitors from around the
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11 May 2012
£22.7m ArcelorMittal Orbit unveiled at London's Olympic Park
Image: The construction process took 18 months
ArcelorMittal Orbit, the sculpture and visitor attraction designed by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond, has been unveiled at the heart of the new Olympic Park in east London, UK.
The 114.5m (375.7ft) tower has been developed at a cost of £22.7m
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11 May 2012
HLF announces initial support worth £76m for eight UK projects
Image: The V&A at Dundee received initial support
Eight projects throughout the UK have been handed a boost after the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announced initial support worth £76m in the latest round of major grant applications.
The organisation said the "highly competitive" round for
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11 May 2012
New US$10m extension to open at Maryhill Museum of Art
Image: A new wing has been added to the museum
Maryhill Museum of Art in Washington, US, is to celebrate the opening of its new US$10m (EUR7.7m, £6.2m) extension this weekend (12-13 May) - the first expansion in its history.
GBD Architects of Portland have designed the new Mary and Bruce
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11 May 2012
Nine successful applicants to receive museum development cash
Image: The Museum of London is one of the recipients
York Museums Trust and the Museum of London have been announced among the nine successful applicants for museum development funding from Arts Council England (ACE).
The fund is part of ACE's Renaissance programme to support the development
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10 May 2012
Arts Council England announces first strategic touring grants
Arts Council England (ACE) has announced the nine successful applicants that are to receive a share of more than £3m under the first round of its strategic touring fund.
The organisation has launched the initiative in order to encourage collaboration between arts groups, with the aim of increasing levels of engagement in areas across the country.
Among the successful bidders is a three-year tour of the Tate's
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10 May 2012
UK tourism industry 'concern' over ongoing border control issues
Image: Concerns exist over border control plans
Tourism Alliance chair Brigid Simmonds has expressed concern that strike action and the axing of border control jobs will undermine the government's tourism plans.
More than £77m is currently being invested in promoting the UK as a tourism
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09 May 2012
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery director to step down
Image: Sullivan joined the gallery four years ago
Martin E Sullivan, director of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, US, has announced he is to relinquish the post at the end of the month due to health reasons.
A search committee fronted by under secretary for history, art and culture, Richard Kurin, is to be formed in order to appoint a replacement for Sullivan, who joined the gallery
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