NEWS
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Plans to save Cutty Sark approved
26 Jan 2005
Ambitious plans to save the only surviving tea clipper of its kind in the world, the Greenwich-based Cutty Sark, have been approved by the Heritage Lottery Fund (NLF).
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Dobbies goes north with new site.
26 Jan 2005
Garden centre and visitor attraction operator Dobbies is to open a new site in Scotland as well as redeveloping its Ponteland site in the north of England.
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Thorpe slams it with new ride
26 Jan 2005
Thorpe Park, near London in the UK, is to introduce Europe’s first sky-swat ride to visitors later this year.
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Grévin & Cie plans European expansion
26 Jan 2005
Olivier de Bosredon, chief executive of theme park operator Grévin & Cie, has announced that following the acquisition last July of New Pleasurewood Hills near Great Yarmouth, UK, it is looking for further opportunities in Britain.
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HLF grant for biscuit exhibition
25 Jan 2005
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a grant of £33,300 to The Pumphouse Educational Museum in Rotherhithe to create an exhibition about Peek Frean & Company’s Bermondsey biscuit and cake factory.
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Six Flags guests get free waterpark entry
20 Jan 2005
US-based theme park operator Six Flags has announced that entrance to its new Hurricane Harbor waterpark at Gurnee, Illinois, will be free with admission to the existing Six Flags Great America theme park at the site.
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240m euro new attractions for Disneyland Paris
13 Jan 2004
Euro Disney SCA, operator of Disneyland Resort Paris, is planning to invest 240m euros (£168m, US$315m) in new attractions over the next three years, subject to its upcoming 250m euros (£175m, US$328m) rights issue.
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Museum visits on the up
05 Jan 2005
Government figures show that visits to England’s national museums have rocketed since the decision to scrap entrance fees three years ago.
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Trust realigns plans for Brighton’s West Pier
05 Jan 2005
The West Pier Trust, which owns the beleaguered Victorian pier on Brighton’s waterfront, has ditched its hopes of restoring the jetty and now plans to secure private funds to build an entirely new pier.
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The Eden Project backs London 2012
23 Dec 2004
As part of 2012 Day – 20 December – London 2012’s logo was projected onto the futuristic biomes of the Eden Project in support of the Olympic bid.
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Sentosa proclaims 2005 as Visit Fort Siloso Year
21 Dec 2004
To mark 60 years since the end of World War II, Sentosa, Singapore’s island resort, has proclaimed 2005 to be Visit Fort Siloso Year and introduced a new S$5m (£1.57m, US$3.05m, 2.28m euros) tour of the attraction.
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Euro Disney wins 1bn euro lifeline
21 Dec 2004
Euro Disney SAS has been given a 1bn euro (£516m, $1bn) lifeline by the Walt Disney Company as part of an ongoing financial restructuring of the Disneyland Resort Paris operator.
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Polin Waterparks
Polin was founded in Istanbul in 1976. Polin
has since grown into a leading company in
the waterpa [more...] |
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Taylor Made Designs
Taylor Made Designs (TMD) has been supplying the Attractions, Holiday Park, Zoos and Theme Park mark [more...] |
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Clip 'n Climb
Clip ‘n Climb currently offers facility owners and
investors more than 40 colourful and unique
Cha [more...] |
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Red Raion
Founded in 2014, Red Raion is the CGI studio for media-based attractions. [more...] |
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