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Attractions Management 2021 issue 4

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5 Editor's letter

Eco drivers

Therme Group and The Eden Project are going global, on an environmental mission says Magali Robathan

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10 AM People

Julia Baird

On why her brother John Lennon would have loved the Strawberry Field attraction and the work it’s doing for the local community

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14 AM People

Åsa Caap

The thrill of opening the Space Stockholm digital culture centre

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16 AM People

Bryan Fish

Water World Ocean Park Hong Kong is making waves

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20 AM People

Suhanya Raffel

M+ Hong Kong is offering an Asian perspective on visual art

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22 AM News

The top news stories from across the industry this month

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32 Interview

David Harland & Sir Tim Smit

With projects underway around the world, the Eden Project is going global with its call to arms for the future of the planet

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40 Museums

Getting creative

How the Young V&A will aim to provide children with the creative tools stripped out by the pandemic

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44 Interview

Richard Land

Mixing waterslides with wellbeing, the Therme Group is creating a category all of its own while taking on the world, says the group’s chief development officer

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50 Museums

Kunsthaus Zurich completes

A David Chipperfield extension has more than doubled the museum’s exhibition space, making Zurich a major destination for the arts

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54 Interview

Julien Kauffmann

As Farah Experiences prepares to open SeaWorld Abu Dubai, its CEO talks COVID-19, branding and branching with David Camp

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On the cover | Tim Smit & David Harland: Reveal Eden's global ambitions

62 Research

Making pre-booking work

Attractions are benefiting from the switch to pre-booking, but must cater for spontaneous, disorganised visitors too, says Jon Young

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68 Research

All creatures great and small

Zoo enrichment and research can’t just be focused on the large animals most popular with visitors, argues Dr Paul Rose. All must be represented

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70 Research

Popularity game

Research on zoo animals focuses more on ‘familiar’ species such as gorillas and chimpanzees, rather than less well known ones such as the waxy monkey frog, scientists say

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72 Analysis

Light in the dark

A successful winter light show can see margins upwards of 30 per cent. Kathleen LaClair and Yael Coifman look at some of the operators getting it right

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78 Museums

Munch Museum opens in Norway

The iconic new attraction has opened on Oslo’s waterfront with the world’s largest collection of works by Edvard Munch

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82 Mystery Shopper

Galleries & Gourds

It has transformed the sleepy town of Bruton, UK, but does Hauser & Wirth Somerset live up to the hype? Magali Robathan mystery shops to find out

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86 Attractions-kit.net

Product innovation

New product launches from across the attractions industry

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90 AM Buyers' Guide

Directory of suppliers

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COMPANY PROFILES

Alterface

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TechnoAlpin

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Taylor Made Designs

Taylor Made Designs (TMD) has been supplying the Attractions, Holiday Park, Zoos and Theme Park mark [more...]

Clip 'n Climb

Clip ‘n Climb currently offers facility owners and investors more than 40 colourful and unique Cha [more...]

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TechnoAlpin Indoor: The power of the cold

Art of Cryo

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Attractions Management 2021 issue 4

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Magazine archive

5 Editor's letter

Eco drivers

Therme Group and The Eden Project are going global, on an environmental mission says Magali Robathan

View in digital edition
View online

10 AM People

Julia Baird

On why her brother John Lennon would have loved the Strawberry Field attraction and the work it’s doing for the local community

View in digital edition
View online

14 AM People

Åsa Caap

The thrill of opening the Space Stockholm digital culture centre

View in digital edition
View online

16 AM People

Bryan Fish

Water World Ocean Park Hong Kong is making waves

View in digital edition
View online

20 AM People

Suhanya Raffel

M+ Hong Kong is offering an Asian perspective on visual art

View in digital edition
View online

22 AM News

The top news stories from across the industry this month

View in digital edition

32 Interview

David Harland & Sir Tim Smit

With projects underway around the world, the Eden Project is going global with its call to arms for the future of the planet

View in digital edition
View online

40 Museums

Getting creative

How the Young V&A will aim to provide children with the creative tools stripped out by the pandemic

View in digital edition
View online

44 Interview

Richard Land

Mixing waterslides with wellbeing, the Therme Group is creating a category all of its own while taking on the world, says the group’s chief development officer

View in digital edition
View online

50 Museums

Kunsthaus Zurich completes

A David Chipperfield extension has more than doubled the museum’s exhibition space, making Zurich a major destination for the arts

View in digital edition
View online

54 Interview

Julien Kauffmann

As Farah Experiences prepares to open SeaWorld Abu Dubai, its CEO talks COVID-19, branding and branching with David Camp

View in digital edition
View online

On the cover | Tim Smit & David Harland: Reveal Eden's global ambitions

62 Research

Making pre-booking work

Attractions are benefiting from the switch to pre-booking, but must cater for spontaneous, disorganised visitors too, says Jon Young

View in digital edition
View online

68 Research

All creatures great and small

Zoo enrichment and research can’t just be focused on the large animals most popular with visitors, argues Dr Paul Rose. All must be represented

View in digital edition
View online

70 Research

Popularity game

72 Analysis

Light in the dark

A successful winter light show can see margins upwards of 30 per cent. Kathleen LaClair and Yael Coifman look at some of the operators getting it right

View in digital edition
View online

78 Museums

Munch Museum opens in Norway

The iconic new attraction has opened on Oslo’s waterfront with the world’s largest collection of works by Edvard Munch

View in digital edition
View online

82 Mystery Shopper

Galleries & Gourds

It has transformed the sleepy town of Bruton, UK, but does Hauser & Wirth Somerset live up to the hype? Magali Robathan mystery shops to find out

View in digital edition
View online

86 Attractions-kit.net

Product innovation

New product launches from across the attractions industry

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90 AM Buyers' Guide

Directory of suppliers

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