NEWS
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Cedar to acquire Paramount Parks
23 May 2006
Cedar Fair – a US-based owner and operator of amusement parks and waterparks – has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of the Paramount Parks group.
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IceSpace ceases trading
22 May 2006
It has been reported that London’s recently launched visitor attraction – IceSpace – has ceased trading.
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New visitor centre for Culloden
17 May 2006
The National Trust for Scotland has awarded a contract to Morrison Construction to build a new 25,000sq ft (2,300sq m) visitor centre at Culloden Battlefield in Inverness.
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Scooby-Doo does it again
17 May 2006
The Sally Corporation’s La Aventura de Scooby-Doo (The Scooby-Doo Adventure) at Warner Bros. Park in Madrid, Spain, has won the Best New Family Ride prize at the Ultimate European Theme Park Awards.
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Madame Tussauds Shanghai launches
17 May 2006
The Tussauds Group has opened a Madame Tussauds wax museum in Shanghai, China, on the tenth floor of New World Department Store.
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Cedar Point resort park reopens
17 May 2006
Cedar Point amusement park and resort in Sandusky, Ohio, US, unveiled its new attractions for the 2006 season on 6 May.
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US$220m Texan arts complex proposed
03 May 2006
Developers Billy Bob Barnett and Bill Beuck are in discussions with the City of Irving in Texas, US, over a proposed US$220m (£109m, 159m euro) Equestrian Arts and Entertainment Complex.
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£36m Indiana waterpark planned
03 May 2006
US-based real estate developer Puller Group has partnered with businessman Bob Peterson to develop a £36m (US$65m, 52m euro) waterpark in Fishers,
Indiana, US.
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VisitScotland launches 2006 Thistle Awards
20 Apr 2006
Scottish tourism marketing organisation, VisitScotland, has launched its Thistle Awards for 2006, seeking to reward the best businesses working in the country’s tourism industry.
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The O2 will open in July 2007 as planned
19 Apr 2006
Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) has confirmed that the 350,000sq ft (32,500sq m) mixed-use O2 site – formerly known as the Millenium Dome – in London will open in July 2007 as planned.
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Woman dies after Disney ride
19 Apr 2006
A 49-year-old German woman who fell ill after riding the Mission: Space attraction at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, US, has died in hospital.
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Wimbledon tennis museum opens
13 Apr 2006
The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum in London, UK, has reopened to the public after undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment.
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Yorkshire wheel finally set in motion
12 Apr 2006
The Yorkshire Wheel, a 54m high observation wheel based at the National Railway Museum in York, UK has been launched this morning following a week-long delay.
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Buzz enters Disneyland Paris
05 Apr 2006
Disneyland Paris in France will launch its newest attraction, Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast, this weekend (8 April).
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