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India reveals multi-million dollar plans for tourist parks
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 14 Dec 2012
India has announced plans worth Rs 1,000 Crore (US$183.6m, 140.3m euro, £113.9m)
to develop 20 tourist parks across the country to mirror resort town
developments in Cancun, Mexico and Sentosa, Singapore.
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Schlitterbahn Galveston Island looks to expand
BY Kath Hudson | 14 Dec 2012
Waterpark operator Schlitterbahn - owner of the Galveston Island Waterpark in Texas, US – is in talks with a
fitness club located next to the park with the view to buying the site to extend the park with new rides
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DCMS announces further spending cuts
BY Kath Hudson | 12 Dec 2012
The Chancellor’s autumn statement has included news that DCMS grants are to be cut by around 3 per
cent over the next two financial years.
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Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum opens in Michigan
BY Kath Hudson | 12 Dec 2012
A Zaha Hadid-designed art gallery at Michigan State University opened its
doors last month. The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will be an educational
resource, as well as a community and cultural hub.
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Museum of Mathematics to open in New York
BY Tom Walker | 12 Dec 2012
The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath), the first of its kind in the US, is preparing for
its launch in New York this weekend (Saturday 15 December).
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Plans to safeguard National Media Museum
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 11 Dec 2012
Staff cuts, relocating archives and spending more on exhibitions, galleries and
events are among the plans to safeguard the future of Bradford's National Media
Museum.
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Go ahead for Piece Hall's visitor centre
BY Kath Hudson | 11 Dec 2012
Planning permission has been granted for a new visitor centre and heritage
interpretation centre at the historic Piece Hall, in Halifax.
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Wolves open £1m football museum
BY Aoife Dowling | 10 Dec 2012
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC has opened a £1m interactive museum in the new Stan Cullis Stand at
Molineux Stadium.
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Maori garden planned for Moselle, France
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 07 Dec 2012
A French project team has travelled to New Zealand this week to research work
for an indigenous Maori garden to be opened in Moselle Conseil General Fruit
Gardens in Laquenexy, Lorraine, north eastern France.
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Mining museum plans memorial garden
BY Kath Hudson | 07 Dec 2012
The National Coal Mining Museum in Yorkshire has launched an appeal to create a
memorial garden, to commemorate the lives of those who lost their lives as a
result of mining and mining-related disease.
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Disney unveils flying dragon ahead of Fantasyland launch
BY Tom Walker | 07 Dec 2012
A mechanical dragon that appears to fly without cables has been spotted over Orlando's Disney World
Resort ahead of the opening of the park's New Fantasyland area. Footage of the fire-breathing creature,
gliding above audiences at a media and travel industry preview on Wednesday night has been uploaded to
YouTube by Disney's social media editor Gary Buchanan.
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Louvre to open satellite site in Lens
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 06 Dec 2012
Paris' famous Louvre museum and gallery is set to open a satellite gallery in
Lens, Northern France next week.
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