| Attractions Management 2013 issue 2
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Waterpark news
Ocean Park plans new waterpark
Ocean Park Hong Kong is
likely to move ahead with
plans to build an all-weather
waterpark at Tai Shue Wan
earlier than anticipated,
thanks to a government loan
of HK $2.3bn (US $296m, €229m, £196m)
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Heritage news
Hawaiian attraction gets revamp
Hawaiian attraction Polynesian Cultural
Center has unveiled a US$25m (€19.5m,
£16.5m) overhaul of several attractions,
which are part of a five-year enhancement
programme that began in 2011
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Profile
Tim Fisher
The CEO of Village Roadshow Theme
Parks reveals how the company's
defied the double-dip global recession
with record attendances to its existing
parks and three more due to open
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Museum
The big idea
San Francisco's Exploratorium reopened
in April in a venue three times its original
size. The museum's Linda Dackman
shows how the new space is being used
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Aquarium
Den Blå Planet
The CEO and designer describe
Denmark's new aquarium, which is
shaped like a whirlpool and has 20,000
animals and up to 8,000 visitors a day
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New opening
Thinking inside the box
The Perot Museum is shaped like a cube
and described as the next generation
of nature and science museums. CEO
Nicole Small explains how and why
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Restoration
Home improvement
The Historic Dyess Colony: Boyhood
Home of Johnny Cash project is
restoring the famous singer's house,
educating visitors about the New
Deal era and revitalising the area
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Planetarium
The sky at night
Two dome theatres are among the
highlights of Canada's new Rio Tinto
Alcan Planetarium, which shows what's
going on in the universe as it happens
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Social media
Smart moves
Find out how to use digital opportunities
beyond your website in a new series
by social media expert Kelly Wheeler
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3D/5D/5D
Film review
Two industry experts outline their
business models and we look at some of
the newest products entering the market
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| 'World's highest aquarium' opens in China |
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| Standing more than 2,200 metres (7,200ft) above sea level, a new aquarium just opened in Xining,
Qinghai Province in northwest China, now hold's the record for the world's highest-altitude
aquarium. |
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