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
For the first time in more than a decade, industry leaders from across the global
attractions industry will once again gather in London as part of the annual IAAPA Expo
Europe, the sector’s premier international event. [more...]
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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
Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN) has signed an exclusive partnership
agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery to bring purpose-built indoor adventures
centres to the Kingdom.
Plans to create a new Eden Project North attraction in Morecambe, UK, have
been given a major boost after the central government pledged to support the
scheme with £50m worth of funding.
David Willrich has been appointed chair of Experience UK, replacing the outgoing
Terry Monkton, who has steered the organisation over the past two years.
Universal Parks & Resorts has revealed plans to launch two entirely new visitor
attractions concepts – a family-focused theme park and resort in Texas and a
year-round horror experience in Las Vegas.
For the first time in more than a decade, industry leaders from across the global
attractions industry will once again gather in London as part of the annual IAAPA Expo
Europe, the sector’s premier international event. [more...]
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Last July 7th, Red Raion took part in the opening event of FICO Eataly World, the Italian theme park dedicated to food - the only one worldwide!
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