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Head of Leisure and Cultural Services
Salary: £48,370 – 53,756 plus excellent benefits
Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom
Company: Newcastle-under-Lyme BC

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Commercial Manager
Salary: Salary £28,000 to £30,000
Location: Bury, United Kingdom
Company: Fusiliers Museum

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General Manager
Salary: -
Location: Luton, United Kingdom
Company: Namco Group

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9 - 12 Sep 2008
GSCA International Conference and Trade Show
Jersey City, NJ and New York City, NY USA
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16 Sep 2008
Rik Medlik Memorial Lecture
Central Hall, Westminster
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23-25 Sep 2008
LIW 2008 - Leisure Industry Week
NEC
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25 - 27 Sep 2008
GTI Asia Hong Kong Expo 2008
Hong Kong
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25 Sep 2008
London - Open to all by 2012
Royal Society of the Arts
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27-29 Sep 2008
IAAPA Summer Meeting
Munich
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30 Sep - 2 Oct 2008
Euro Attractions Show
Munich, Germany
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01-02 Oct 2008
Kioskcom
Olympia, London, UK
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01 Oct 2008
Tourism & The British Coastline

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06-10 Oct 2008
World Leisure Congress
Quebec
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08 Oct 2008
VAC 2008
Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre,
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23 Oct 2008
The Tourism Society's Annual Dinner
The House of Commons
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26 - 30 Oct 2008
WWA - 28th Annual Symposium and Trade Show
MGM Grand Conference Center, Las Vagas, USA
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29 - 31 Oct 2008
Interschau Technofolies
New Trade Fair Centre Stuttgart (Airport), Germany
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Operations Management Services for Recreation and Aquatic Facilities
Location: Auckland, New Zealand Company: Auckland City Council
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To Let - Property suitable for Leisure / Storage / Offices
Location: Workington, Cumbria Company: Hyde Harrington Property Consultants
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Expression of Interest - Fitness Equipment
Location: Congleton Company: Congleton Borough Council
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Interest to host the British Tennis Classic 2010
Location: Birmingham Company: The Lawn Tennis Association
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Expression of Interest - Design and Construction of Two Multi Use Games Areas
Location: Hertfordshire Company: St Albans City and District
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Sport England launches consultation on sports lottery grant making
Location: Nationwide Company: Sport England
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Go Ape to open in Port Talbot

BY Pete Hayman


Go Ape, the high-wire forest adventure park, is set to open its first ever site in Wales, at Margam Country Park in Port Talbot, next year. The £300,000 attraction will be based on a similar design to the company's 17 existing sites located around the UK.
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  Planning sought for Aussie World waterpark

BY Tim Nash


Australia-based theme park operator Village Roadshow has submitted a development application for its planned waterpark at Aussie World on the Sunshine Coast. Theme Parks CEO John Menzies said: "People have told us they support a water park on the Aussie World site and want rides for families and thrill seekers."
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Macquarie hit by Dreamworld writedown

BY Tim Nash


Macquarie Leisure Trust, owner of the Dreamworld and WhiteWater World parks on Australia's Gold Coast, has reported a fall in profits of 18.5 per cent to AUD$39.4m (£18.5m, US$34.6m, 23.2m euro) for the year to June 2008.
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Large format film: Coming soon
Totally immersive visual experiences which aim to thrust the viewer into the movie are among the latest innovations in large format film. Kathleen Whyman talks to a few of the main players to hear about what’s new, what’s hot and what’s next More
   
Features online
Secondary spend: Snap happy
3D and 4D: A new dimension
Product news: Waterplay
Design series: Making waves
New opening: Watery wonders
 
In pictures: The Exhibitionists
At The Heineken Experience, BRC is reinventing and re-energising the tour of the 140-year-old brewery VIEW
21 Aug 2008
Oriental waterpark for Tenerife
The owners of animal park and aquarium, Loro Parque in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, will open an Oriental-themed waterpark later this year. More
 
21 Aug 2008
Merlin opens Legoland Sea life Aquarium in California
Merlin Entertainments' opened the first Sea Life Aquarium in the United States at Legoland California resort this month - and it includes 72 Lego models. More
 
21 Aug 2008
Split Rock resort to open H20ooohh
A 53,000 sq ft (4,900sq m) indoor waterpark called H20ooohh will open at Split Rock Resort in the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania, US in Autumn 2008. More
21 Aug 2008
Waterpark opens in South Korea
The Para Ocean Water Park has opened its doors in Yeosu, South Korea. More
21 Aug 2008
Tourism plans underway in Baghdad
Officials in Baghdad are reportedly planning to develop large-scale tourist facilities in the Iraqi capital, including cultural, flower, water, ice and children's parks. More
 
21 Aug 2008
Disneyland-style makeover planned for Dubai theme park
Work is reportedly set to begin this month on a project which will see Dubai's Wonderland theme and water park transformed with the addition of new rides, water attractions, hotels, restaurants spas and retail outlets. More
21 Aug 2008
Whitewater West in the UAE
Whitewater West is supplying several waterslides for the Aquaventure waterpark at Atlantis The Palm in Dubai. More
 
21 Aug 2008
Amusement Leisure installs Sidewinder rides
Canadian company Amusement Leisure has installed its zero-gravity waterpark ride called Sidewinder into Castaway Cove Waterpark in Wichita Falls, Texas, for the park’s 2008 season. More
21 Aug 2008
New water attractions for Sentosa
Sentosa Island in Singapore will introduce a number of new water-based attractions for 2009. More
 
A ride on the wild side
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
New from Chance Morgan is its Safari Jeeps ride, with the first example having just opened at an Ohio zoo.
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Blackbox tells The Inniskillings Story
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
Blackbox-av has just completed a mixed hardware and software project for The Inniskillings Regimental Museum in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
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New projection screens from InFocus
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
Digital projection company InFocus Corporation has introduced two new 16:10 projection screens to its range.
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E/T/C light up the Edinburgh Tattoo
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
E/T/C London is supplying 90m wide large format image projections for the 2008 Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
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Summit double up for Red Bull Air Race
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
Summit Steel used its new Double SmarTmast 3 structures for the first time as one of three large video screen supports for the London leg of the 2008 Red Bull Air Race.
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The green green grass of Walsall
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
A new Toro Irrigation system has been installed at Walsall FC’s new training facility.
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