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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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Images of Singapore experience reopens
29 Jun 2005
Extensive redevelopment work at the Images of Singapore experience – which showcases Singapore’s heritage, culture and values – on Sentosa island has been completed and the site has been reopened to the public in time for the nation’s 40th birthday celebrations.
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Continuum expands European operation
29 Jun 2005
UK designer and operator of musuems and visitor attractions, Continuum Group, has opened its first international office in Talinn, Estonia.
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Deep Sea opens new Seal Sanctuary
28 Jun 2005
Deep Sea World in North Queensferry, Scotland, has opened the biggest extension to the site since the launch of the aquarium in 1993.
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