| Attractions Management 2014 issue 2
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Waterpark news
US$89m waterpark for Toronto
A CAD$60m (US$88.8m, €64m, £53.7m) waterpark expected to operate 365 days a
year is planned for the Greater Toronto Area, with hopes
construction will start in 2015 for a 2016 curtain raiser
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Zoo news
Largest aquarium debuts in China
A new US$806.5m (€587m,£486m) aquatic theme park
in China has broken five Guinness World Records
on opening and is now officially recognised as the largest
aquarium on the planet
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Profile
Mario Mamon
The current chair of IAAPA talks about
his role with the organisation, doubling
the size of family theme park Enchanted
Kingdom in the Philippines and the
devastation of Super Typhoon Haiyan
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Museums
MOHAI
MOHAI's executive director,
Leonard Garfield, talks about
the Seattle museum's new Bezos
Center for Innovation, named after
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
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Museums
Olympic Movement
Director Francis Gabet describes how
The Olympic Museum's extensive
refurbishment reflects the excitement
and diveristy of the modern Games
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Planetariums
Starry skies
The newly upgraded Fiske Planetarium in
Boulder, Colorado now boasts the highest
specification full dome theatre in the US.
Director Douglas Duncan tells us more
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Museums
Beautiful minds
The founders of MoMath, the New York
Museum of Mathematics, tell us how
they're on a mission to get ordinary
people to fall in love with maths
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3D/4D/5D
IMERSA
A review of the fifth annual IMERSA
conference held in Denver, Colorado
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Advertisement feature
EAS 2014
The exhibitors reveal what they’ll be showcasing at EAS in
September and what the hot topics of conversation will be
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Waterparks
Wet'n'Wild
Wet'n'Wild Sydney has welcomed
a million visitors through its gates
since opening in December. Managing
director Chris Warhurst tells us why
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Ticketing
Convenience store
Gateway's Liesel Tarquini explains
how mobile web stores can help
generate additional revenue
for attractions operators
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| NBA Experience opens doors at Disney Springs |
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| The NBA Experience, an immersive and interactive new attraction at Disney Springs in Florida, has
celebrated its grand opening, with Disney CEO Bob Iger and NBA commissioner Adam Silver
unveiling the new venture. |
| Matthias Li to step down as Ocean Park CEO in 2020 |
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| Following 25 years of service, Matthias Li, chief executive of Hong Kong attraction Ocean Park, has
announced that he will retire at the start of July 2020, with the operator starting a global search to
identify his successor.
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