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PortAventura expands water park with Europe's highest free fall slide
BY Tom Walker | 28 May 2013
PortAventura theme park in Salou, Spain, has re-opened the Costa Caribe Aquatic Park featuring the
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King Khajuna - a 12-storey high toboggan of 333.7 ft (31m) with a 55-degree descent at a speed of six
metres per second. The aquatic park expansion, which is part of PortAventura's 70m euro (£59.9m,
UD$90.3m) development strategy to become the best European family holiday destination, cost 11.6m
euro (£10m, UD$15.6m). It includes an additional 14,000sq m (150,695 sq ft) of new facilities suitable
for a variety of ages.
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Guggenheim Wales plans ruled out
BY Tom Anstey | 28 May 2013
Plans to bring a Guggenheim Museum to Wales have been completely ruled out by
the Guggenheim foundation.
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Guggenheim Museum planned for Wales
BY Tom Anstey | 24 May 2013
Plans are in the works to bring a Guggenheim museum to Wales as early as 2019 in
a bid to replicate the success that came from opening one in Bilbao, Spain.
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York Cathedral to launch new attraction
BY Tom Anstey | 23 May 2013
A new attraction at York Minster, chronicling the last 2,000 years of history
dating back to 71AD is set to open to the public this Saturday.
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Steam-train centre to get new attraction
BY Tom Anstey | 22 May 2013
Sherwood Forest Railway heritage centre has had plans approved to turn a disused
farm building into a locomotive and rolling-stock shed.
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2013 Museum and Heritage award winners announced
BY Tom Anstey | 16 May 2013
Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects and GUM Design, have won the 2013 Museums and Heritage Award for
Permanent Exhibition for their work on the William Morris Gallery in London.
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Madame Tussauds Tokyo opens to the public
BY Tom Walker | 13 May 2013
Merlin Entertainments has opened its 14th Madame Tussauds attraction in the Japanese capital Tokyo. The
launch is part of the group's expansion in Asia and is the fourth Madame Tussauds in the region, following
sites in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Bangkok. The Tokyo site spans 2,000sq m and was designed by
architects Kay Elliott in conjunction with Merlin Entertainments' own in-house development and creative
team Merlin Magic Making.
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Oakwood reveals details of new £4m themed attraction
BY Aoife Dowling | 09 May 2013
Oakwood Theme Park has unveiled the name of its new £4m family-themed attraction which is set to open
later this month. The new area which occupies over three acres will be called 'Neverland' and is themed
around the world-famous 'Peter Pan' story by author J M Barrie. Among the new rides are 'Skull Rock' pirate
log flume.
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Art and culture sector's economic value analysed
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 08 May 2013
Results from the first comprehensive analysis of the value of arts and culture
to the national economy have been revealed, showing turnover in the sector to be
£12.4bn.
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Alterface
Alterface’s Creative Division team is
seasoned in concept and ride development,
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Red Raion
Founded in 2014, Red Raion is the CGI studio for media-based attractions. [more...] |
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iPlayCO
iPlayCo was established in 1999. [more...] |
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Clip 'n Climb
Clip ‘n Climb currently offers facility owners and
investors more than 40 colourful and unique
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