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Details for Legoland Dubai revealed by Merlin
BY Tom Anstey | 16 Oct 2014
Merlin Entertainments has revealed detailed plans for Legoland Dubai, which
will become the seventh Legoland when it opens in 2016 as part of an AED10bn
(US$2.7bn, €2.1bn, £1.7bn) mega resort complex.
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Government confirms £90m plans to split English Heritage
BY Tom Anstey | 15 Oct 2014
English Heritage is to be split into two separate organisations in a total
restructuring of the heritage body, with the government confirming plans to
invest nearly £90m over the next few years to make the body self-sufficient.
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Floating bikeway joins pot of ideas for London cycling
BY Alice Davis | 15 Oct 2014
When it comes to how best to cater for cyclists in the UK’s capital, more ideas
are being “floated” than ever before. The latest is the Thames Deckway, a 7-
mile (11km) stretch of cycle path that would float alongside the banks of
London’s famed river.
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Pop up Marvel theme park prepares to tour the US
BY Tom Anstey | 15 Oct 2014
Dates and locations for the hotly-anticipated “The Marvel Experience: The
World’s First Hyper-Reality Tour” – a pop up Marvel theme park which will tour
the US – have been revealed by the company’s chief creative officer, Joe
Quesada at the New York Comic Con.
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Belgian comic museum announces international expansion plans
BY Tom Anstey | 14 Oct 2014
Much-loved cartoon characters such as Tintin and The Smurfs are about to go on
a world tour as Belgium’s Comic Strip Centre has announced plans for the
museum to travel overseas as part of an international expansion.
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Six in contention for RIBA Stirling Prize
BY Tom Anstey | 13 Oct 2014
The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize – the UK’s most prestigious architectural
award – has been revealed, with the winner to be announced on Thursday (16
October).
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Scottish tourism training scheme proves successful
BY Tom Anstey | 13 Oct 2014
Hundreds of businesses across Scotland have signed up to a training programme
designed to make tourist services and attractions more accessible, according to
tourism minister Fergus Ewing.
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'Our Zoo' TV show worth £30m in PR to Chester Zoo, says MD
BY Tom Anstey | 10 Oct 2014
Chester Zoo’s managing director Jamie Christon has said the hit BBC
show, Our Zoo, has provided the equivalent of around £30m
(US$48.1m, €38m) in free PR for the visitor attraction in the north of England.
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Dreamland UK attraction to avenge decade of decay with 2015 relaunch
BY Katie Buckley | 09 Oct 2014
After 11 years of campaigning, Margate's community can finally believe the fight
to save Dreamland is won. The historic seaside attraction has been closed for 10
years and fallen into a derelict state. But Dreamland, in Kent, UK, has
announced today it expects to reopen its doors by summer 2015.
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VAC 2014 underway in central London
BY Jak Phillips | 09 Oct 2014
The annual Visitor Attraction Conference (VAC) has kicked-off today (9 October)
at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London.
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Heritage shipwrecks a potential 'environmental time bomb'
BY Tom Anstey | 09 Oct 2014
Mark Spalding, president of The Ocean Foundation, has said that underwater
cultural heritage such as shipwrecks are a potential environmental “time bomb”,
due to the vast oil deposits many of them hold.
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Beatles exhibition to open on site of Strawberry Field
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Oct 2014
The historic gates of Strawberry Field in Liverpool, UK, will be returned to their
original location to become part of a permanent Beatles visitor attraction and
training centre for young people with learning difficulties.
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Middle East's largest planetarium opens in Iran
BY Tom Anstey | 08 Oct 2014
The Dome of Mina – the largest planetarium ever built in the Middle East – has
been opened in Iran by Tehran mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, alongside a
number of officials from Iran’s burgeoning space agency (ISA).
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