| Attractions Management 2009 issue 3
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Editor's letter
Perfect bedfellows
Hotels linked to attractions are selling well and creating valuable revenue streams, as well as increasing the balance sheet value of the business in question and helping extend length of stay
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Profile
Chris Rapley
The director of the Science Museum details the building’s £100m modernisation, centenary celebrations and how he intends to make the museum a part of every school child’s life
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New opening
The Great North Museum
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Originally built in 1884, the museum has reopened with extended premises and a £26m refurb, transforming it into a centrepiece
of Newcastle’s cultural quarter
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Planetariums
A star is born
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The newly released We Are Astronomers show has received rave reviews. The creative team behind the experience reveal how they created the effects
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Family matters
Teddy boys
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Drawing from 100 years of experience running amusement parks, the
Lund family have turned the bankrupt Kongeparken into a success
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Scare attractions
Fatal attraction
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The scare attractions industry is now such big business that it has its own convention. As well as getting advice and discovering the latest offer, operators can learn how to make a killing
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Exhibition design
Show and tell
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Find out how designers converted an Arabic market into a gallery, interpreted the mystery of life at a science centre and chronicled 90 years of music
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Preview
Plasa
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A look at the UK audiovisual show from the Professional Lighting and Sound Association taking place in September
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Climbing
Climbing high
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Industry experts extol the benefits of climbing attractions, advise on how to choose one and explain how much you can profit from an installation
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Audioguides
Sights, sounds, stories
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In the first of a two-part series, we speak to the designers of audioguide content to find out what they’ve created, how it works and what the next offer will be
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Water
Making a splash
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Creating a night time water spectacular in an otherwise unused part of your attraction can prolong visitors’ stays and increase the amount they spend
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3D/4D
Projecting growth
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We look at how to make a 3D/4D attraction profitable and successful, and give details on the latest projects
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Odd job
Making a splash
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First Choice Holidays’ Tommy Lynch describes what may be the most sought
after job ever created – tester of wave pools and water slides.
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