| Attractions Management 2014 issue 4
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Editor’s letter
Access for all
We ask whether enough is being done to ensure access for all to
attractions and what practical steps can be taken to improve things
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Zoos & Aquariums News
BBC show boosts Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo’s managing
director Jamie Christon
has said the hit BBC show,
Our Zoo, has provided the
equivalent of around £30m
($48.1m, €38m) in free PR
for the visitor attraction in
the north of England
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Interview
Tim Smit
The Eden Project was groundbreaking
when it opened in 2001. Now the
attraction’s founder Tim Smit is taking
the concept to a global audience,
and he’s starting with China
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Interview
Jonathan Gottschall
Literary scholar and author of The
Storytelling Animal explains why we’re
all addicted to story, and how attractions
can capitalise on our love of narrative
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Heritage
Actions Speak Louder
The National Trust’s Ben Cowell
describes how landscaping can build up
to a reveal, and ways the organisation
is using actors to bring history to life
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Conference Report
SATE 2014
TEA president Christine Kerr presents
the hot topics from the annual design
conference devoted to Storytelling,
Architecture, Technology, Experience
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Story Centres
Tell Me A Story
The popularity of story centres shows
the youngest generation – dubbed
digital natives – are thirsty for
children’s literature and illustration
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Technology
Reinventing the Nerd
Meet carnival-inspired Two Bit
Circus, created from its founders’
passion for engineering, video games
and the newest technologies
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Promotional feature
BARCO
Barco offers state-of-the-art visualisation technology and
a holistic solution uniquely tailored to suit any attraction
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Rides
The Ride Makers
In the first of a new series,
industry-leading manufacturers
tell us about the latest trends and
innovations in thrill coasters
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Theme Parks
Kooza Came to Town
PortAventura’s general manager
on the Spanish park’s partnership
with celebrated circus troupe Cirque
du Soleil and its Kooza show
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Planetariums
Tom Falvey
A new planetarium, capable of live
streaming to 14,000 schools, opens
as a new addition to the South
Carolina State Museum in the US
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Show Preview
IAAPA EXPO
IAAPA returns to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando,
Florida, from 18-21 November, with more than 1,000 exhibitors
and an expected 27,000 attendees
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Multimedia
Art Project
State-of-the-art projectors and
world-class artists combine to
create inspiring installations
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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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