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Tayto Park adds new high ropes course
BY Pete Hayman | 05 Oct 2011
Tayto Park, a tourist attraction located in County Meath, Ireland, has added a
new Sky Trail Voyager high ropes course to its offer, which has been installed
by Innovative Leisure.
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New Year start for Swansea gallery project
BY Pete Hayman | 05 Oct 2011
Swansea's Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is to close to the public from 30 October
ahead of the start of a major £6m redevelopment and extension of the South Wales
cultural attraction.
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Wakefield gallery nets British Design Award
BY Pete Hayman | 04 Oct 2011
Hepworth Wakefield, the David Chipperfield Architects-designed art attraction in
Yorkshire, has been crowned Best Architectural Achievement at the British Design
Awards 2011.
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Museum of Somerset reopens in Taunton
BY Pete Hayman | 04 Oct 2011
The new-look Museum of Somerset has reopened to the public at Taunton Castle,
following an extensive £6.93m transformation that has increased its exhibition
space by 50 per cent.
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Detroit attractions in temporary closure
BY Pete Hayman | 04 Oct 2011
Detroit Science Center and Detroit Children's Museum will remain shut to the
public until 12 October after being forced to temporarily close due to
"financial hardship".
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Cardigan Castle secures £4.5m funding
BY Pete Hayman | 04 Oct 2011
A major £10m restoration plan for Cardigan Castle, west Wales, is set to get
underway after it was announced that £4.5m had been provided by the Welsh
Assembly Government.
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Further details of Catalyst scheme revealed
BY Pete Hayman | 03 Oct 2011
Arts Council England (ACE); the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF); and the government
have announced further details of a £100m scheme designed to boost philanthropic
donations.
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Two firms to work on Welsh heritage sites
BY Pete Hayman | 03 Oct 2011
Branding and design agency M Worldwide and fit out contractor Datum Contracts
have been appointed to work on retail and visitor centre concepts at historic
attractions across Wales.
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WB unveils details of Harry Potter attraction
BY Pete Hayman | 03 Oct 2011
Warner Bros (WB) has announced details of some of the experiences that visitors
can view on a new behind-the-scenes tour of the Harry Potter movies from
spring 2012.
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Atkins to work on Statue of Liberty scheme
BY Pete Hayman | 27 Sep 2011
Atkins, the international engineering and design consultancy, has been appointed
to lead the £17.5m (US$27.4m) renovation programme at the Statue of Liberty in
New York, US.
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Tickets to go on sale for Harry Potter tours
BY Pete Hayman | 26 Sep 2011
Warner Bros has announced the first raft of operators that have been approved to
sell tickets for its new Harry Potter studio attraction at Leavesden
Studios, which opens next spring.
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SkyPoint Climb to open on Gold Coast
BY Pete Hayman | 26 Sep 2011
A new visitor experience taking climbers on a guided walk 270m (886ft) above the
ground at the SkyPoint Observation Tower on Australia's Gold Coast is to open
this winter
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Work to begin on new Redcar attraction
BY Pete Hayman | 26 Sep 2011
Construction work is due to begin on a major new attraction in Redcar next
month, which is to provide the centrepiece of a £30m local council-led project
to revamp the town's seafront.
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Mather and Co nets football museum deal
BY Pete Hayman | 22 Sep 2011
Cheshire-based Mather and Co has announced that it has been awarded the design
contract for the new National Football Museum, which is relocating from Preston
to Manchester.
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Design team chosen for Alberta museum
BY Pete Hayman | 22 Sep 2011
Ledcor Design-Build (Alberta) has been appointed by the Government of Alberta to
deliver the new Royal Alberta Museum in the centre of downtown Edmonton, Canada.
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Full programme revealed for VAC 2011
BY Tom Walker | 20 Sep 2011
This year's Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC) will include a keynote speech by minister for tourism and heritage, John Penrose, and a session on the future outlook of the attractions sector.
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African American music museum planned
BY Pete Hayman | 16 Sep 2011
A new US$47.5m (£30m, EUR34m) national attraction examining the heritage of African American music is being planned for Nashville, US, with a proposed opening date of 2013.
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London attractions report 'strong' summer
BY Pete Hayman | 16 Sep 2011
London visitor attractions have reported an "unprecedented number of visits" this summer, according to research carried out by the capital's promotional agency, London and Partners.
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