| Attractions Management 2018 issue 2
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People profile
Damien Hirst
Turner Prize-winning artist Damien Hirst exhibits a series of spot paintings and huge sculptures at a Norfolk stately home
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People profile
Penka Kouneva
Movie and video game composer Penka Kouneva moves into the world of attractions with the Heroes and Legends exhibit and VR installations
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Technology news
Research transforms digital in museums
New research aimed at transforming
the ways museums use digital
technologies to share their collections
and engage new audiences with their
work has suggested that the key to
success lies within improving digital
literacy of staff across all levels
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Interview
Sultan Al Dhaheri
With the launch of Warner Bros World and
the Louvre in Abu Dhabi, the Department
of Culture and Tourism’s Sultan Al Dhaheri
explains how investing in attractions is
helping the emirate meet its tourism goals
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Animal sanctuaries
Paws for Thought
The UK’s Big Cat Sanctuary is the subject
of a recent BBC documentary. Managing
director Giles Clark explains how the
facility works – and introduces Maya
the jaguar and Willow the cheetah
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Rides
Need for Speed
Five multi-million-dollar rollercoasters,
including Wicker Man and Time Traveller
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Promotional feature
EAS
Registration is now open for IAAPA’s European trade show, which returns to the city of Amsterdam. And its set to be the biggest on record
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Promotional feature
IDEATTACK
Working on a multi-park collaboration with China’s Evergrande Group, IDEATTACK shares details of three brand new attractions in the pipeline
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Promotional feature
Holovis
Holovis’s Ride and Realm technology allows guests to build and follow their own unique park-wide adventures
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Science Centres
Getting Engaged
Researchers Dr Amy Seakins and
Dr Heather King explain how science
capital empowers science centres
to engage wider audiences in STEM,
plus European initiatives in action
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Digital art
Light Fantastic
Tokyo-based digital art collective teamLab is
on a mission to change the way we interact
with and experience art. Magali Robathan
reports on the group’s installation work
and their upcoming museum launch
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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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