NEWS
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Ocean Park surpasses 2005 attendance record
BY Helen Patenall | 30 May 2006
Ocean Park Corporation has announced that Ocean Park theme park in Hong Kong has already surpassed last year’s annual attendance record of 4,030,000 visitors.
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NRM installs train simulator
BY Helen Patenall | 25 May 2006
The National Railway Museum (NRM) in York, UK, has installed a full-size train simulator, used to train First TransPennine Express drivers.
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Mercedes-Benz World to open in October
BY Helen Patenall | 25 May 2006
Mercedes-Benz World, a 155 acre (63 hectare) visitor attraction at the Brooklands racing circuit in Weybridge, Surrey, UK, will open to the public in late October.
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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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