NEWS
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Rape reported at Alton Towers
26 Jul 2005
For the second time this summer, it is alleged that a teenage girl has been sexually assaulted at the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, UK.
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Longleat introduces Animal Park Challenge
26 Jul 2005
Longleat House and Safari Park in Wiltshire, UK, has introduced a new interactive show for visitors based on the BBC television series Animal Park, which is set at Longleat.
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Zoo removes cages
25 Jul 2005
UK attraction London Zoo has revealed plans to remove cages and break down barriers to give visitors a more natural, safari park experience.
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HLF grants £38m to museums for 2012
21 Jul 2005
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given £38m to three national museums to facilitate the transformation of each site in time for the expected increase in visitors in the lead up to 2012 London Olympic Games.
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New London attraction created to connect Thames banks
20 Jul 2005
A new UK design practice called Metropolitan Workshop has revealed plans for a London cable car attraction called Thames Web which would connect stretches of the river between Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges.
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Jubilee celebrations for the nation’s heritage
18 Jul 2005
The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has awarded grants totalling over £850,000 to help save items from the Cassel Silver collection which experts have praised as one of the most important additions to the nation’s silver collection.
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Blackstone acquires Legoland parks
13 Jul 2005
American investment firm Blackstone Group has acquired the Legoland theme parks portfolio from its owner, Danish toy manufacturer Lego.
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London tourism's rapid recovery after bombs
13 Jul 2005
According to tourism body VisitLondon, the capital is quickly returning to normal following the London bomb attacks on 7 July which left 52 people dead and 700 injured.
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VisitBritain responds to London terrorist attacks
08 Jul 2005
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair confirmed at midday on 7 July that a series of explosions in central London were the result of a terrorist attack and that a number of fatalities had occurred.
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Olympian bid effort brings Games to London in 2012
07 Jul 2005
London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics will bring an estimated £2bn to the capital’s visitor economy with an expected additional 500,000 overseas visitors and a boost to economic output for the UK of more than £9bn.
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Cliffs of Mohar gains new visitor attraction
06 Jul 2005
A new, 28m euro (£18.9m) interpretative centre is to be built at the Cliffs of Mohar in west Clare, Ireland, nearly 15 years after the development was first proposed.
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Revamp of Royal Festival Hall
05 Jul 2005
The South Bank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London is near to completing the first phase of its £91m investment programme – the redevelopment of the ground floor on the riverfront – and is now closed to the public to allow major refurbishments to the hall’s foyers and auditorium to be carried out.
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New visitor centre at Snowdon
30 Jun 2005
The Snowdonia National Park Authority and the Snowdonia Society have announced plans to build a new £9m visitor centre at Mount Snowdon’s 1,085m summit - which attracts 350,000 climbers and walkers annually.
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What’s the most fun park in the world?
29 Jun 2005
A recent survey conducted by business magazine Forbes named the top 10 ‘most fun’ theme parks in the world, with Alton Towers in the UK taking the top spot.
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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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Sally Corporation
Our services include: Dark ride design & build; Redevelopment of existing attractions; High-quality [more...] |
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Polin Waterparks
Polin was founded in Istanbul in 1976. Polin
has since grown into a leading company in
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DJW
David & Lynn Willrich started the Company
over thirty years ago, from the Audio Visual
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