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TEA expands - launches Asia Pacific division
BY Tom Walker | 11 Apr 2013
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has expanded its services with the launch of an Asia Pacific
Division. It will be the fourth regional division formed by TEA and joins Eastern North America, Western
North America and Europe & Middle East.
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Coventry Transport Museum plans £4.6m revamp
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 11 Apr 2013
Coventry Transport Museum will redevelop a 12th-century school building and
improve its galleries and visitor facilities with a £4.6m grant from the
Heritage Lottery Fund.
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Welsh museums break visitor record
BY Tom Walker | 10 Apr 2013
The number of people visiting National Museum Wales' (NMW) sites reached a record high of 1.75 million
visits in 2012-13.
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Five-year plan developed for Roman Antonine Wall
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 09 Apr 2013
Public feedback is being sought before a five-year management plan is finalised
for the Antonine Wall World Heritage Site in the Falkirk district, Scotland.
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Legoland hotel officially opens at California resort
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 09 Apr 2013
Legoland has officially opened its new hotel at its California resort in Carlsbad. The 250-room, three-
storey hotel has been developed in response to guest feedback that it takes more than one day to explore
the resort. The hotel, which caters to children aged two to 12 and their families, offers kingdom, adventure
and pirate room themes.
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Pleasurewood Hills invests £3.5m in park
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 05 Apr 2013
Suffolk Coast theme park Pleasurewood Hills has announced four new rides have
opened as part of its 2013 season, as part of a £3.5m investment in the attraction.
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Jean-Luc Martinez the new head of the Louvre
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 04 Apr 2013
The French Culture Ministry has this week appointed Jean-Luc Martinez the new
head of the Louvre, taking over from Henri Loyrette, who has held the post since
2001.
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New York's Queens Museum rebrands ahead of expansion
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 04 Apr 2013
The former Queens Museum of Art has announced it is rebranding as it prepares to
reopen in October following a US$68m (53m euro, £45m) 50,000sq ft (4,645sq m)
expansion, which will see it double in size.
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Hawaii's Polynesian Cultural Center reveals upgrades
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 03 Apr 2013
Hawaiian attraction Polynesian Cultural Center has unveiled a US$25m (19.5m
euro, £16.5m) overhaul of several attractions, which are part of a five-year
enhancement programme that began in 2011.
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Finalists for Museum of the Year announced
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 03 Apr 2013
England's first purpose built art gallery, a gallery dedicated to sculptor
Barbara Hepworth and a London museum dedicated to music and anthropology are
among the finalists for the Art Fund's 2013 Museum of the Year.
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The Met, New York faces lawsuit over ticket prices
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 28 Mar 2013
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is facing a lawsuit over signage
reflecting the ticket price for entry, which lawyers argue deceives visitors
into thinking the recommended price is compulsory.
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Merlin Entertainments plans IPO by 2014
BY Tom Walker | 28 Mar 2013
Merlin Entertainments has revealed London is its preferred location for a
planned initial public offering (IPO), following more than £1bn turnover in 2012.
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Oakwood adopts Olympics’ Games Makers training programme
BY Jessica Tasman-Jones | 27 Mar 2013
More than 100 employees at Oakwood Theme Park in Pembrokeshire have been trained
with the same programme used on thousands of volunteers for last year’s London
Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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ProSlide Technology, Inc.
A former national ski team racer, ProSlide® CEO
Rick Hunter’s goal has been to integrate the
smoot [more...] |
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DJW
David & Lynn Willrich started the Company
over thirty years ago, from the Audio Visual
Department [more...] |
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Taylor Made Designs
Taylor Made Designs (TMD) has been supplying the Attractions, Holiday Park, Zoos and Theme Park mark [more...] |
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Holovis
Holovis is a privately owned company
established in 2004 by CEO Stuart
Hetherington. [more...] |
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