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06 Jan 2012
USD3.1bn theme park planned for Hubei, China
Los Angeles, US-based Ikonic Entertainment Group has secured a deal with investment company Taichi Lake Group to design and develop a Tai Chi and Kung Fu-themed visitor attraction complex in Hubei, China.
Ikonic will provide master planning, concept creation, schematic design and construction oversight services for the US$3.1bn (2.4bn euro, £2bn) project, which is touted as the largest theme park ever to open in China.
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06 Jan 2012
Cartoon Network to open more branded attractions in Asia
Cartoon Network Enterprises, part of the Turner Entertainment group, is to open more branded visitor attractions across Asia Pacific.
The attractions will include family entertainment centres, themed zones and learning spaces and will feature characters from the company's cartoon portfolio - including Ben 10 and The Powerpuff Girls.
The news comes as Cartoon Network Asia Pacific acquired the rights to Chaplin and
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06 Jan 2012
Merlin to open permanent Madame Tussauds in Tokyo
Merlin Entertainments has confirmed that it will open a permanent Madame Tussauds at Decks Tokyo Beach Mall in the Japanese capital in April 2013.
The attraction will open alongside the company's new Legoland Discovery Centre which opens later
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06 Jan 2012
US$10m boost for Miami Science Museum
Miami Science Museum (MSM) has received US$10m (£6.5m, EUR7.8m) challenge grant from the Knight Foundation towards its new building in downtown Miami, US.
The funding will be used to help promote science education but will have be matched with an additional US$20m (£12.9m, EUR15.6m) in a bid to encourage
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06 Jan 2012
Ashmolean branch for Worcestershire village?
Worcestershire County Council (WCC) has pledged £200,000 to support a project that will bring Oxford's world-renowned Ashmolean Museum to the village of Broadway.
A one-off capital contribution towards the plans has been recommended by WCC's cabinet, with a 17th century High Street property to be converted into the museum.
The total cost of the project is around £302,000, with the remaining funding to be raised
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05 Jan 2012
CityPASS scheme for SoCal theme parks
A number of leading visitor attractions in Southern California (SoCal), US have teamed up for a joint marketing initiative called CityPASS.
The scheme will offer discounted entry to major parks such as Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood as well as other attractions including SeaWorld and San Diego
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05 Jan 2012
Six Flags announces US$250m share buyback
US-based theme park operator Six Flags Entertainment Corporation has announced a stock repurchase plan that allows the company to reacquire US$250m (€195m, £161m) worth of its stock by 2015.
The announcement comes just a year after the company announced its previous share buyback - a three-year, US$60m
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05 Jan 2012
Isle of Wight in line for £3m tourism boost
A new private sector-led organisation is to be created with the help of £3m of public funding to promote the Isle of Wight as a visitor destination under plans announced by the council.
Isle of Wight Council (IWC) will consult with the island's tourism sector on the proposals, which will lead to the
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05 Jan 2012
Baltimore move for US pinball attraction
The National Pinball Museum (NPM) is to launch its new Baltimore home in Maryland, US, on 14 January after relocating from its Georgetown Park site in Washington DC.
More than 12,000sq ft (1,115sq m) of space will be on offer at the new attraction, which will allow the museum to house most of its collection and its educational programmes.
In addition to exhibition spaces detailing the history of pinball, the
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05 Jan 2012
Art Fund reports record membership levels
The Art Fund, which invested more than £4.4m to support the purchase of nearly 150 works of art last year, has reported a record number of new members signing up in 2011.
With the help of its National Art Pass, a total of 18,000 people joined the Art Fund over the past 12 months - an increase of 15 per cent on the previous year.
Among the works to be bought by UK museums and galleries with the help of the Art
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04 Jan 2012
UK tour operators face 'crucial' year
Some UK-based travel companies and tour operators will have to "radically" alter business models to adapt to new market conditions and to survive during 2012, according to KPMG.
The advisory firm said that 24 operators went into administration last year and expects more to follow over the next year, with
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04 Jan 2012
£1m+ for Scottish museums and galleries
More than 260 accredited museums and galleries across Scotland are in line to benefit from support totalling in excess of £1m from the Scottish Government's 2012-13 draft budget.
The funding, which is to be administered by Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) on behalf of the government, comprises both revenue (£970,000) and capital (£100,000) support.
A total of £400,000 of revenue funding will be made available to
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04 Jan 2012
National body to promote Dublin's tourism
Fáilte Ireland, the national tourism development authority for Ireland, is now responsible for Dublin's tourism promotion as part of a wider government shake-up of arms-length bodies.
Dublin Tourism is to be merged with its parent organisation as part of a rationalisation being undertaken by minister for transport, tourism and sport Leo Varadkar.
Varadkar said: "Dublin Tourism has performed a valuable role in
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