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NHM launches attraction design consultancy
17 Nov 2006
London’s Natural History Museum has launched a Planning and Design Consultancy (PDC) to assist organisations throughout the world in the development of natural science attractions, exhibitions and visitor destinations.
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IAAPA 2006 opens in Atlanta
16 Nov 2006
The annual IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) Expo was officially opened by the association's chair, Rob Norris, and president, Charlie Bray yesterday (15 November) in Atlanta, US.
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Bid to save historic Ally Pally studios
BY Helen Patenall | 15 Nov 2006
Lynn Featherstone, Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, is campaigning for the retention of the historic BBC recording studios at Alexandra Palace in North London.
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Opening date set for WhiteWater World
15 Nov 2006
WhiteWater World, the new water park adjacent to Dreamworld theme park on Australia’s Gold Coast is set to open its doors on Friday 8 December.
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New National Art Center for Tokyo
BY Helen Patenall | 14 Nov 2006
The Japan National Tourist Office has announced that a new art gallery is set to open in Tokyo on 21 January 2007.
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Rainforest canopy tour launched in Antigua
BY Helen Patenall | 14 Nov 2006
The Antigua and Barbuda Tourist Office has announced the launch of a US$700,000 (£367,000, 545,000 euro) canopy eco-tour through Antigua’s rainforest, set to open at the end of this month.
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Dahl Museum claims BGTW tourism award
BY Helen Patenall | 13 Nov 2006
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, won the Best UK Tourism Project award at the British Guild of Travel Writers’ (BGTW) 2006 Tourism Awards.
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Merlin Entertainments acquires Gardaland
13 Nov 2006
Merlin Entertainments, the European attractions operator, has acquired one of Italy’s largest theme parks, Gardaland, for a reported 500m euro (£340m, US$643m).
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Work on Cutty Sark begins
07 Nov 2006
Work on the £25m Cutty Sark Conservation Project, which has been three years in the planning, has begun.
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Ancestral walking tours marketed to Virginians
BY Helen Patenall | 06 Nov 2006
A Kent pub and Canterbury-based tour operator have teamed up to market the county as an ancestral adventure holiday destination to tourists from Virginia, US.
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Llanymynech heritage site to be restored
BY Helen Patenall | 02 Nov 2006
Shropshire County Council has announced that construction and conservation work has started on the £900,000 Llanymynech Limeworks heritage area.
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English Heritage studies slave trade links
BY Helen Patenall | 01 Nov 2006
English Heritage is researching connections between the transatlantic slave trade and UK properties in its care, to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of slavery next year.
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