NEWS
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Harrison 'Buzz' Price dies
BY Tom Walker | 16 Aug 2010
Harrison "Buzz" Price, one of the great pioneers of the visitor attractions industry, passed away last night (15 August) at the age of 89.
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Reid-Anderson to take helm at Six Flags
BY Tom Walker | 15 Aug 2010
James Reid-Anderson, who turned around the fortunes of medical supplies giant Dade Behring Holdings, has been named the new chair, president and CEO of theme park operator Six Flags.
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Restoration for south Devon garden
BY Martin Nash | 13 Aug 2010
English Heritage has awarded a grant of £200,000 towards restoration work on an Italianate garden in south Devon.
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Ashmolean reveals expansion plans
BY Martin Nash | 13 Aug 2010
Oxford's Ashmolean Museum has submitted a planning application to the city council for the expansion of its Egyptian collection.
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New MA president named
BY Martin Nash | 13 Aug 2010
Vanessa Trevelyan, head of service at the Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service, will take over as president of the Museums Association (MA) after its AGM in October.
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Industry welcomes PM's support for tourism
BY Tom Walker | 13 Aug 2010
The leisure industry has embraced Prime Minister David Cameron's pledge to place tourism "at the heart of plans to ensure the UK's economic recovery".
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Great Wolf to open California resort
BY Tom Walker | 13 Aug 2010
Waterpark operator Great Wolf Resorts has secured a license and management agreement to open and operate a park in Garden Grove, California US.
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9/11 Museum to open in 2012
BY Tom Walker | 13 Aug 2010
The museum commemorating the victims of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York is set to open to the public in 2012.
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Arts and Business launches Big Arts Give
BY Tom Walker | 11 Aug 2010
A total of 125 arts charities have successfully applied to take part in Arts & Business' The Big Arts Give – an initiative aiming to rejuvenate individual cultural philanthropy.
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Theme park sets "nude world record"
BY Tom Walker | 09 Aug 2010
Adventure Island theme park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, has broken the world record for the largest number of naked people riding a roller coaster.
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Culture Grid opens up online collections
BY Tom Walker | 09 Aug 2010
More than 1 million objects from collections from museums, galleries, libraries and archives from across the UK are now accessible together online for the first time.
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Disney and Universal raise ticket prices
BY Tom Walker | 07 Aug 2010
The two behemoths of Florida's theme park sector - Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando - have increased their ticket prices in a move that is seen as the latest indicator that the industry is coming out of recession.
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Trust takes control of Whitstable Castle
BY Pete Hayman | 06 Aug 2010
Canterbury City Council (CCC) has officially handed over control of Whitstable Castle to an independent trust, following the completion of a major multi-million pound restoration scheme.
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PCL to design and build Legoland Florida
BY Tom Walker | 06 Aug 2010
Merlin Entertainments has appointed PCL Construction Services and Morris Architects to design and build the Legoland Florida attraction, which is scheduled to open in 2011.
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