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Annual free weekend breaks targets
04 May 2007
Historic Scotland’s annual free weekend, when all its managed properties are open without the usual admission price, attracted almost 74,000 visitors.
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Attraction boost for Scotland
BY Helen Patenall | 03 May 2007
VisitScotland has announced that more than 45 million people visited Scottish attractions in 2006, with Edinburgh Castle and Kelvingrove Art Gallery topping the list.
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Transport museum completes new gallery
BY Helen Patenall | 02 May 2007
Coventry Transport Museum has opened its new Boomtown gallery, which charts the city’s road transport industry from the 1950s to the 1970s.
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Dreamland to become heritage park?
BY Helen Patenall | 02 May 2007
Margate Town Centre Regeneration Company (MTCRC) has launched a public consultation on the future of Dreamland.
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Universal City Dubailand launched
BY Helen Patenall | 02 May 2007
Developer Tatweer – part of Dubai Holding – has unveiled its AED 8bn (£1bn, US$2.2bn, 1.6bn euro) Universal City Dubailand complex in Dubai, UAE.
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2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion unveiled
BY Helen Patenall | 26 Apr 2007
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and Norwegian architect Kjetil Thorsen have unveiled their collaborative design for the 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
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£8m rollercoaster for Pleasure Beach
24 Apr 2007
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is to unveil its new £8m rollercoaster, Infusion, in May.Infusion is the world’s first suspended looping coaster (SLC) to be built completely over water and is the tallest SLC in the UK.
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Shakespeare gets green light
BY Helen Patenall | 23 Apr 2007
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is set to embark on a £100m transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Heritage Motor Centre reopens in May
BY Helen Patenall | 19 Apr 2007
The Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire, will reopen its doors to the public on 26 May, following a £1m revamp.
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Arts facility for Clitheroe
BY Helen Patenall | 18 Apr 2007
A new youth, music and arts centre is set to open this October in Clitheroe.
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Whisky Coast promotes distillery tourism
BY Helen Patenall | 18 Apr 2007
Sixteen whisky distilleries in Scotland have teamed up to create The Whisky Coast – a new company aimed at promoting whisky sites on Scotland’s west coast to visitors.
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Chapter Arts due to revamp
BY Helen Patenall | 16 Apr 2007
Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff has submitted plans to the council for a £2.5m redevelopment.
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St George’s Hall reopens next week
BY Helen Patenall | 16 Apr 2007
The neo-classical St George’s Hall in Liverpool is set to reopen on 23 April, following a five-year restoration costing £23m.
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BALPPA reviews difficulties in 2006
BY Helen Patenall | 16 Apr 2007
Tim Batstone, new chair of the British Association of Leisure Parks Piers and Attractions (BALPPA), discussed both the difficulties faced by the UK tourism market in 2006 and the organisation’s future strategy at its recent AGM.
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Clip 'n Climb
Clip ‘n Climb currently offers facility owners and
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Simworx Ltd
The company was initially established
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Polin Waterparks
Polin was founded in Istanbul in 1976. Polin
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Sally Corporation
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