NEWS
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Hot weather hits visitor numbers at UK attractions
19 Feb 2004
The very hot weather of last summer along with the effects of both SARS and the war in Iraq on foreign travel have been blamed for falling visitor numbers reported by members of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA).
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Salam Park opens in Riyadh
18 Feb 2004
Salam Park, a $16m scheme in the centre of Saudi Arabia capital, Riyadh, has been officially opened by Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud.
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Enquiry into controversial Stonehenge tunnel begins
17 Feb 2004
An enquiry into the £185m plans which would replace two existing roads near Stonehenge with a tunnel to ease congestion and remove cars from the vicinity of the site, has begun at Salisbury’s Guildhall.
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Disney facing takeover battle
12 Feb 2004
Disney, one of the world’s leading family entertainment companies, is today recovering from a hostile takeover bid.
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Longleat unveils new attractions for 2004
05 Feb 2004
Longleat has unveiled a number of new attractions for the 2004 season including a Super Beasts show to replace last year’s insect extravaganza, The Ugh Show.
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Aquarium operator swims deep in profit
05 Feb 2004
Deep Sea Leisure (DSL) – which owns deep Sea World in North Queensferry, Scotland and the Blue Planet attraction in Chester, England – reported strong annual profits last week.
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Design firm finds passage to India
03 Feb 2004
Forrec, one of the world’s leading theme park developers, has agreed a deal that will see the group design an entertainment complex in Noida, a suburb of Delhi.
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Tower Bridge reveals hidden secrets
03 Feb 2004
Visitors to Tower Bridge Exhibition this summer will discover a previously unseen area of the bridge that houses historical artefacts – including the Marathon Cup.
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Lighthouses to be reopened to public
19 Jan 2004
Trinity House, the lighthouse authority for England, Wales and the Channel Islands, is to hoping to attract tourists to its properties by reopening many sites to the public and converting old lighthouse keepers' cottages into holiday homes.
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Birmingham’s Imax closes
07 Jan 2004
The 380-seat Imax theatre in Birmingham, one of nine specialist cinemas in the UK, has closed until further notice.
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Holovis
Holovis is a privately owned company
established in 2004 by CEO Stuart
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Alterface
Alterface’s Creative Division team is
seasoned in concept and ride development,
as well as storyte [more...] |
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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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RMA Ltd
RMA Ltd is a one-stop global company
that can design, build and produce from a
greenfield site upw [more...] |
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