NEWS
5139 to 5158 of 9731 news stories |
|
|
Chessington fined £150,000 for 2012 incident
BY Tom Anstey | 14 Jan 2015
Chessington World of Adventures has been fined £150,000 after a four-year-old
girl fell 14ft (4.26m) and fractured her skull in a ride queue in June 2012.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bjarke Ingels unveils Europa City masterplan
BY Katie Buckley | 13 Jan 2015
Bjarke Ingels, director of architecture practice BIG, has revealed his masterplan
for France's Europa City – set to be one of the largest leisure developments in
Europe over the next five years.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iceland's IceCave to debut in May
BY Tom Anstey | 13 Jan 2015
A new visitor attraction is set to launch later this year in Iceland in the shape of
IceCave – a network of man-made tunnels and glaciers running inside the
Langjökull Glacier.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sinkhole leads to record numbers for Corvette Museum
BY Tom Anstey | 13 Jan 2015
The sinkhole which swallowed eight cars at Kentucky’s National Corvette
Museum has actually been a help rather than a hindrance, with the museum
marking a record-breaking year for 2014.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Philanthropy makes up for funding shortfall in America's museums: survey
BY Tom Anstey | 12 Jan 2015
More than 61 million people visited museums across the US, Canada and Mexico
in 2014, but the attractions are having to seek ever more diverse funding
streams to stay in the green, according to a new survey released by the
Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Peru planning 'second Machu Picchu' in Chachapoya
BY Tom Anstey | 12 Jan 2015
Peruvian officials are planning to create a historical site to rival that of Machu
Picchu, in the form of one of its best kept secrets – the Chachapoya ruins of the
northern “cloud people”.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jaipur Zoo mammals ready for new home
BY Alice Davis | 09 Jan 2015
The mammals of Jaipur Zoo are expected to be moved to a new home in March,
according to reports. The zoo, which opened in 1877 in Jaipur city, India, will
send a number of animal exhibits to a newly created 80-hectare area at the
nearby Nahargarh Biological Park.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tokyo's One Piece theme park gets opening date
BY Tom Anstey | 09 Jan 2015
The under construction One Piece theme park set for Tokyo has been given an
opening date of 13 March 2015, though the park’s developers are still keeping a
lot of the details of what will actually feature close to their chests.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Virginia Museum of Natural History plans second facility
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Jan 2015
Officials for the Natural History Museum in Virginia, US, are finalising the
masterplan for a new satellite museum in Waynesboro to be presented to the
city's governing board next month for approval.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ProSlide Technology, Inc.
A former national ski team racer, ProSlide® CEO
Rick Hunter’s goal has been to integrate the
smoot [more...] |
|
|
|
|
|
Simworx Ltd
The company was initially established
in 1997. Terry Monkton and Andrew
Roberts are the key stakeh [more...] |
|
|
|
|
|
Clip 'n Climb
Clip ‘n Climb currently offers facility owners and
investors more than 40 colourful and unique
Cha [more...] |
|
|
|
|
|
DJW
David & Lynn Willrich started the Company
over thirty years ago, from the Audio Visual
Department [more...] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
| DIARY |
|
|
