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Gandhi the focal point of new South African tourism drive
BY Tom Anstey | 20 Oct 2014
South Africa’s tourism body has launched a new Gandhi-inspired tourism drive,
highlighting 13 attractions that enable tourists to “walk in Gandhi’s
footsteps and experience the places where he created history in South Africa”.
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Holland's Efteling plans immersive €18m dive coaster
BY Tom Anstey | 17 Oct 2014
Holland’s most-visited theme park has revealed €18m (US$23m, £14.3m) plans
to build a new rollercoaster, themed around an in-depth backstory and
storytelling narrative, in what looks to be one of the most immersive rides ever
devised.
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Zoo and science centre teaming up for US$123m EcoPark project
BY Tom Anstey | 17 Oct 2014
A proposed joint venture between the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society
and the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium could see a US$123m
(€96.3m, £76.6m) ecotourism park and complex built over the next decade,
attracting as many as 2.2 million visitors annually.
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Theme park hotels 'untapped opportunity' in the Middle East
BY Tom Anstey | 17 Oct 2014
Developers should be looking at the wave of theme park development in the
Middle East as an opportunity to capitalise on the lack of theme park hotels in
the region, according to property consultancy Colliers International.
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Ebola virus fears send Africa safari bookings plummeting
BY Tom Anstey | 17 Oct 2014
More than 500 tour operators offering safaris in Africa have been questioned
about the effect of the current Ebola outbreak on bookings, with more than two-
thirds stating that numbers were down anywhere between 20 and 70 per cent.
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Isle of Wight tourism drive to promote island's landscape
BY Tom Anstey | 17 Oct 2014
The Isle of Wight is turning its tourism focus from promoting its ‘Dinosaur
Island’ campaign – which has been active for the past two years – to a new
campaign putting the Garden Isle’s landscape at the heart of its marketing
message.
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Details for Legoland Dubai revealed by Merlin
BY Tom Anstey | 16 Oct 2014
Merlin Entertainments has revealed detailed plans for Legoland Dubai, which
will become the seventh Legoland when it opens in 2016 as part of an AED10bn
(US$2.7bn, €2.1bn, £1.7bn) mega resort complex.
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Government confirms £90m plans to split English Heritage
BY Tom Anstey | 15 Oct 2014
English Heritage is to be split into two separate organisations in a total
restructuring of the heritage body, with the government confirming plans to
invest nearly £90m over the next few years to make the body self-sufficient.
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Holovis
Holovis is a privately owned company
established in 2004 by CEO Stuart
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Red Raion
Founded in 2014, Red Raion is the CGI studio for media-based attractions. [more...] |
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DJW
David & Lynn Willrich started the Company
over thirty years ago, from the Audio Visual
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Painting With Light
By combining lighting, video, scenic and architectural elements, sound and special effects we tell s [more...] |
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