NEWS
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Tussauds takes over London Eye
09 Feb 2006
Tussauds Group has become the sole owner of the British Airways London Eye – the UK’s most popular visitor attraction.
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SeaWorld founder George Millay dies
07 Feb 2006
George Millay, the US theme park entrepreneur who has been credited with creating two major genres of theme parks, has died at the age of 76.
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Disney forced to shut out visitors
07 Feb 2006
Hong Kong Disneyland was forced to turn away hundreds of visitors who had paid for their tickets after larger than expected crowds gathered at the park to celebrate the Chinese new year.
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Design Museum on the move
02 Feb 2006
The Design Museum In London, UK, is to move from its current location near Tower Bridge in London as part of a £50m expansion and relocation project.
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Deadline looms for lottery consultation
31 Jan 2006
Organisations working in the UK's arts, sports and heritage sectors have just a month left to have their say on how lottery money should be distributed after 2009.
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Star wars at the Planetarium
31 Jan 2006
The Tussauds Group is to close the London, UK Planetarium in July following a decline in visitors to the attraction.
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£15m promised to revamp two heritage sites
30 Jan 2006
The UK secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Tessa Jowell, has announced that the People’s History Museum in Manchester and London’s Chiswick House are to be granted a total of £15m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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National Gallery goes bard
27 Jan 2006
The National Portrait Gallery in London, UK, is to open a new exhibition on the life of playwright William Shakespeare.
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Anti-SAD café at Dana Centre
26 Jan 2006
A café specially designed to beat the winter blues opened for 3 weeks at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre in London, UK, on 9 January.
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BALPPA signs five-year LIW sponsorship deal
24 Jan 2006
The British Association of Leisure Parks Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with annual UK leisure trade show and exhibition Leisure Industry Week (LIW), which takes place at Birmingham NEC on 26-28 September this year.
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Wet’n’Wild ready to launch Extreme H20 Zone
18 Jan 2006
Wet’n’Wild Water World on Australia’s Gold Coast in Queensland is to open phase one of its new high-speed water slide area, Extreme H2O Zone, this weekend (21 January).
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HLF gives £7m boost to heritage skills
18 Jan 2006
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is to provide £7m to fund 10 partnerships in the UK which will create apprenticeships in traditional heritage skills and crafts.
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