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23 Jan 2012
£5m arts academy opens at Preston College
A new £5m visual and performing arts academy has officially opened at Preston College in Lancashire, which will provide a new home for the institution's creative arts courses.
BBC North head Peter Salmon helped unveil the new venue, which incorporates a 100-seat theatre; industry standard studios for a range of disciplines; and art and 3D design rooms.
Preston College head of visual and performing arts Jason
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23 Jan 2012
New Welsh AONB to 'provide tourism boost'
Welsh environment minister John Griffiths has said the newly-extended Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) will boost tourism in rural North Wales.
A 230sq km (89sq mile) area of land in Wrexham and Denbighshire has been designated part of the AONB by Griffiths, following an order by the
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23 Jan 2012
Franczyk announced as new MOSI director
National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI) learning director Jean M Franczyk has been named director of the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester (MOSI).
Franczyk will take up the position with effect from February, following the merger between MOSI and NMSI to create one of the world's most important museum groups.
Former roles held by Franczyk include vice president of education and guest services at
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23 Jan 2012
Dollywood to open water and snow park in Nashville
Dolly Parton, owner of Dollywood theme park in Tennesee, US, has teamed up with Gaylord Entertainment to operate a 114-acre family attraction in Nashville, US.
The first phase of the project, estimated to cost around US$50m (€39m, £32m), will include a water and snow park. The attraction is scheduled to open in 2013.
The as yet unnamed attraction will be located adjacent to the existing Opryland Resort, which is owned and operated by Gaylord Entertainment.
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23 Jan 2012
'Napoleonland' planned for France
Yves Jégo, the mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne commune in central France, has announced plans to build a historical theme park celebrating the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, the former French emperor.
The park would be located just outside Montereau, south east of Paris - the site of the former French leader's
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20 Jan 2012
Obama announces new US tourism strategy
US president Barack Obama has signed an Executive Order and announced a range of new initiatives that are designed to "significantly increase" inbound tourism and travel.
Obama is seeking to grow the US' share of international tourism over the next decade in order to create more than 1 million additional
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20 Jan 2012
WhiteWater Abyss for Malaysian waterpark
Canada-based WhiteWater West has announced that it has been commissioned to install a new Abyss attraction at the Sunway Lagoon tourist destination in Malaysia.
Sunway Lagoon's waterpark will offer one of the world's largest Abyss waterslides and is to join attractions that already comprise a FlowRider and a man-made surf wave pool.
Up to six riders will be taken through open and enclosed sections as part of the
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20 Jan 2012
Mather and Co announces latest contract win
Cheshire-based consulting firm Mather and Co has been appointed to draw up designs for the new National Horseracing Museum at the Palace House Site in Newmarket, Suffolk.
The announcement follows a competitive tender process and has seen the group work with the attraction to develop comprehensive interpretation, design and visualisation plans.
Proposals will now be submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund for
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19 Jan 2012
Yves Pépin and Joe Rohde to chair SATE 2012
Yves Pépin, founder of ECA2, and Joe Rohde of Walt Disney Imagineering have been announced as the co-chairs of the SATE 2012 conference.
The two-day SATE event will be held in Paris, France on 20-21 September and Pépin and Rohde will head up a volunteer committee drawn from around the world.
SATE - which stands for storytelling, architecture, technology and experience - is a professional design conference presented annually by the Themed Entertainment Associaton (TEA).
First held in 2007, The mission of SATE is to stimulate dialog
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19 Jan 2012
Council to review Felixstowe theatre's future
Suffolk Coastal District Council (SCDC) will review the future of Felixstowe's Spa Theatre next month, having revealed in December that it can no longer afford to subsidise the venue.
The cabinet has been asked to look again at its decision to invite proposals from local groups or leisure operators following a meeting of the council's scrutiny committee on 12 January.
Members of the cabinet will now discuss the
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19 Jan 2012
Theatre Royal Plymouth plans submitted
Plymouth's Theatre Royal is to benefit from an extensive programme of work to modernise and upgrade facilities after a planning application was submitted to the local authority.
London-based Andrzej Blonski Architects are behind the proposals, which include five main elements and include the creation of a
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19 Jan 2012
Science Museum to offer 3D face scanning
Visitors to London's Science Museum are being given the opportunity to volunteer to have their faces photographed with a 3D camera as part of a new event running until 10 April.
Me in 3D forms part of the attraction's ongoing Live Science programme, which will allow visitors to participate in real experiments by visiting scientists in the Wellcome Wing.
Photographs will be taken using the latest 3D technology and
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19 Jan 2012
UN: Tourist arrivals to reach one billion
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) expects international arrivals to reach one billion during 2012, following continued growth over the last 12 months.
International tourism arrivals increased by more than 4 per cent to 980 million in 2011, with set to continue - albeit at a "somewhat
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19 Jan 2012
£1.2m for creative opportunities in Scotland
Creative Scotland has announced an investment of more than £1.2m to help people enjoy or take part in creative activities through a range of new First in a Lifetime opportunities.
A total of 10 projects stretching from the Shetland Islands to Dumfries will receive support as part of efforts to provide "unique inspirational experiences" across the country.
Among the schemes to receive funding is the nationwide
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