The world’s first Museum of
Science Fiction is coming
to Washington, DC, with a
preview facility currently in
the works before a full-scale
museum opens in 2018
A new visitor attraction
is set to launch later this
year in Iceland in the shape
of IceCave – a network
of manmade tunnels and
glaciers running inside
the Langjökull Glacier
Work is progressing on
what’s being billed as “the
world’s largest eco-theme
park” – a $240m (£158.5m,
€202.2m) development
on Indonesia’s Riau Islands
With the final installment of
The Hobbit hitting cinema
screens, fans are visiting
the franchise’s home of New
Zealand in record numbers,
leading to calls for a
“Middle Earth” museum
The £80m ($121m, €104.4m) Jurassica dinosaur
attraction proposed
for a limestone quarry in
Dorset, UK, could generate
£20m ($30.3m, €26.1m)
for the local economy
every year, according
to the charity behind
the planned attraction
Temasek Holdings, in
partnership with the
Singapore Tourism
Board, is to reinvent the
country’s Mandai precinct
to turn the area into an
integrated wildlife and
nature heritage precinct
Euro Disney’s Villages Nature is
a next-generation approach to
park accommodation with leading
eco credentials. Resort manager
Dominque Cocquet tells all
The world’s first Museum of
Science Fiction is coming
to Washington, DC, with a
preview facility currently in
the works before a full-scale
museum opens in 2018
A new visitor attraction
is set to launch later this
year in Iceland in the shape
of IceCave – a network
of manmade tunnels and
glaciers running inside
the Langjökull Glacier
Work is progressing on
what’s being billed as “the
world’s largest eco-theme
park” – a $240m (£158.5m,
€202.2m) development
on Indonesia’s Riau Islands
With the final installment of
The Hobbit hitting cinema
screens, fans are visiting
the franchise’s home of New
Zealand in record numbers,
leading to calls for a
“Middle Earth” museum
The £80m ($121m, €104.4m) Jurassica dinosaur
attraction proposed
for a limestone quarry in
Dorset, UK, could generate
£20m ($30.3m, €26.1m)
for the local economy
every year, according
to the charity behind
the planned attraction
Temasek Holdings, in
partnership with the
Singapore Tourism
Board, is to reinvent the
country’s Mandai precinct
to turn the area into an
integrated wildlife and
nature heritage precinct
Euro Disney’s Villages Nature is
a next-generation approach to
park accommodation with leading
eco credentials. Resort manager
Dominque Cocquet tells all
The development of a global safety standard for the attractions industry is high on the
wish list of incoming IAAPA chair Amanda Thompson, whose tenure begins today (Tuesday
19 November).
More than 40,000 people from over 100 countries are descending on Orlando, Florida, ahead of the
largest visitor attractions show of the year – the IAAPA Expo.
Gus Casely-Hayford, the British curator, cultural historian, broadcaster and lecturer, has been
named as the inaugural director of V&A East – the museum's new expansion project scheduled to
open in London in 2023.
Twelve new students have been enrolled in the Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial
Fellowship programme, with the selected entrants to be given specialised training and mentoring
from six high profile art museums in the US.
Unfavourable weather conditions, shifts in the calendar and an overspend on certain marketing
activities, have all contributed to 'disappointing' Q3 financial results for SeaWorld.
North American theme park operator Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, which owns and
operates 11 amusement parks and five water parks in the territory, has filed Q3 and year-
to-date financial results that show increased revenues and Adjusted EBITDA, but reduced
net income.
Entertainment Design Corporation, the design firm run by award-winning designer Jeremy Railton for
25 years, has changed its name to reflect his name and legacy, becoming known as RED (Railton
Entertainment Design).
Shanghai is to become a major theme park destination, with a proposed new Legoland
park, expected to open after 2023, projected to be one of the largest Legoland Resorts in
the world.
Arabian Dream Saudi Arabia, a subsidiary of Triple Five Worldwide, which owns the three
largest shopping and entertainment centres in North America, is to help develop what is
being described as the world's largest such complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
French historical theme park Puy du Fou is continuing its international expansion, with the
imminent signing of a contract to build a new attraction in China.
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