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Alton Towers Splashes out
18 Jun 2003
Alton Towers’ new Caribbean-themed Splash Landings Hotel and integrated Cariba Creek Waterpark opened at the beginning of June.
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New website for Longleat
17 Jun 2003
Longleat has launched a new interactive website following research showing two-thirds of visitors used the internet to find out more about Longleat before visiting.
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OBE for chair of Blackpool Pleasure Beach
10 Jun 2003
The 2003 Queen’s Birthday Honours List includes the name of Mrs Lilian Thompson, MBE, JP, who has been awarded an OBE for services to the community in Blackpool.
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SEEDA joins Oxfordshire CC in prison.
16 Jun 2003
The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) has agreed to provide a £6m contribution towards the £30m redevelopment by the Osborne Group of the 2.1 hectare Oxford Prison and Castle site immediately to the west of the town centre.
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Singapore Zoo’s birthday
12 Jun 2003
Singapore Zoological Gardens is celebrating its 30th anniversary in June and sees it as an opportunity to outline its vision for the future.
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250th birthday for British Museum
10 Jun 2003
London’s British Museum has celebrated the 250th anniversary – on 7 June – of the act establishing its creation receiving the royal assent in 1753.
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Williams completes Legoland project
10 Jun 2003
Williams Refrigeration, part of Aga Foodservice Equipment, has supplied an advanced dual compartment external coldroom to the foodcourt operation at Legoland Windsor.
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Blackpool’s Big Blue opens for business
09 Jun 2003
The Thompson family, owners of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, will open The Big Blue Hotel on 13 June, with many rooms overlooking the Pleasure Beach and the Pepsi Max Big One rollercoaster.
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Rafting river for Turkish aquapark
03 Jun 2003
Adaland Aquapark in Kusadasi, Turkey, has added a new ocean pool with three diving boards and a kiddies pool surrounded by a 600m rafting river for the summer season.
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A Royal day out
30 May 2003
The UK’s tourist industry – suffering from the effects of foot and mouth disease, 11 September, the war in Iraq and the impact of SARS – is to receive a boost to its profile when nine members of the Royal family visit attractions across the country next month.
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Museums ReDiscover-ed
29 May 2003
Techniquest in Cardiff, the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Northern Ireland and Newcastle’s Discovery Museum have all benefited from ReDiscover awards.
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