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Head of Leisure and Cultural Services
Salary: £48,370 – 53,756 plus excellent benefits
Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom
Company: Newcastle-under-Lyme BC

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Visitor Services Manager
Salary: from £28,640 per annum
Location: East Sussex, United Kingdom
Company: Royal Botanical Gardens Kew

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Territory Operations Manager – Holidays
Salary: £30,000 pa + Car and Duty Management allowance
Location: Cornwall / Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Company: The National Trust

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Visitor Services Co-ordinator
Salary: £18,000 - £20,000
Location: London, United Kingdom
Company: Historical Royal Palaces

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Holiday Projects Assistant
Salary: £17,659 - £19,403 pa
Location: Melksham, United Kingdom
Company: The National Trust

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9 - 12 Sep 2008
GSCA International Conference and Trade Show
Jersey City, NJ and New York City, NY USA
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16 Sep 2008
Rik Medlik Memorial Lecture
Central Hall, Westminster
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23-25 Sep 2008
LIW 2008 - Leisure Industry Week
NEC
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23 Sep 2008
The Olympics - The Future of Yorkshire
Dean Court Hotel
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25 - 27 Sep 2008
GTI Asia Hong Kong Expo 2008
Hong Kong
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25 Sep 2008
London - Open to all by 2012
Royal Society of the Arts
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27-29 Sep 2008
IAAPA Summer Meeting
Munich
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30 Sep - 2 Oct 2008
Euro Attractions Show
Munich, Germany
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01-02 Oct 2008
Kioskcom
Olympia, London, UK
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01 Oct 2008
Tourism & The British Coastline

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06-10 Oct 2008
World Leisure Congress
Quebec
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08 Oct 2008
VAC 2008
Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre,
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23 Oct 2008
The Tourism Society's Annual Dinner
The House of Commons
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26 - 30 Oct 2008
WWA - 28th Annual Symposium and Trade Show
MGM Grand Conference Center, Las Vagas, USA
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Operations Management Services for Recreation and Aquatic Facilities
Location: Auckland, New Zealand Company: Auckland City Council
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To Let - Property suitable for Leisure / Storage / Offices
Location: Workington, Cumbria Company: Hyde Harrington Property Consultants
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Expression of Interest - Fitness Equipment
Location: Congleton Company: Congleton Borough Council
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Interest to host the British Tennis Classic 2010
Location: Birmingham Company: The Lawn Tennis Association
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Expression of Interest - Design and Construction of Two Multi Use Games Areas
Location: Hertfordshire Company: St Albans City and District
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Sport England launches consultation on sports lottery grant making
Location: Nationwide Company: Sport England
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Aspro acquires Delta Park

BY Tom Walker


Spain-based visitor attraction operator Aspro has taken over the Delta Park Neeltje Jans in the Netherlands for an undisclosed sum. Aspro acquired the park, which includes an outdoor seal pool, a water park and an aquarium, from its joint owners Dutch bus company Connexxion and the Delta Expo foundation.
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  Holiday World to install world's tallest water ride

BY Tom Walker


Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana, US has announced plans to open the world's tallest water ride for the 2009 season. To be called Pilgrims Plunge, the ride will lift riders up to 135ft in the air, before plummeting them down 131ft at speeds of up to 50mph, creating a wall of water splashing 45 feet high.
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Indoor waterpark opens in Montana

BY Tom Walker


The Wingate by Wyndham hotel in Billings, Manitoba, US, has opened an indoor waterpark. Called Big Horn Resort, the attraction features a wave pool, six slides, a play structure supplied by SCS, an activity pool, a whirlpool and an arcade.
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Large format film: Coming soon
Totally immersive visual experiences which aim to thrust the viewer into the movie are among the latest innovations in large format film. Kathleen Whyman talks to a few of the main players to hear about what’s new, what’s hot and what’s next More
   
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In pictures: Grand Rapids Art Museum
As the first newly built art museum to receive LEED certification, Grand Rapids, in Michigan, US, has much that other operators can learn from VIEW
03 Sep 2008
Beijing Planetarium upgrade completed
Beijing Planetarium has completed a revamp of one of its main galleries. More
 
01 Sep 2008
Economic downturn casts doubt on Dudley project
A £100m leisure and heritage redevelopment scheme at Castle Hill in Dudley, UK has been cast into doubt. Proposals for the 148 acre (59.89 hectare) site were first outlined in 2003 by developer St Modwen. More
 
27 Aug 2008
Go Ape to open in Port Talbot
Go Ape, the high-wire forest adventure park, is set to open its first ever site in Wales, at Margam Country Park in Port Talbot, next year. More
05 Sep 2008
Construction begins on John Hope Gateway
Construction work has begun on a new visitor facility at the West Gate of the Royal Botanic Garden(RBG) in Edinburgh. More
04 Sep 2008
Weston-Super-Mare to get new attraction
West Midlands Safari Park (WMSP) is planning to build a 100-metre (330ft) revolving observation tower for the Grand Pier at Weston-Super-Mare, in Somerset. More
 
03 Sep 2008
Theme park plans for KwaZulu-Natal
Plans have been revealed to build a large-scale theme park in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa. More
03 Sep 2008
Eco resort for Dalat City
Construction work on a new tourist resort in Dalat City, Vietnam, is set to begin early next year. More
 
03 Sep 2008
Shanghai theme park to open in 2010
The Joy Valley theme park in Shanghai, China, will open its doors in the summer of 2010. More
22 Aug 2008
Planning sought for Aussie World waterpark
Australia-based theme park operator Village Roadshow has submitted a development application for its planned waterpark at Aussie World on the Sunshine Coast. More
 
A ride on the wild side
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
New from Chance Morgan is its Safari Jeeps ride, with the first example having just opened at an Ohio zoo.
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Blackbox tells The Inniskillings Story
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
Blackbox-av has just completed a mixed hardware and software project for The Inniskillings Regimental Museum in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
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New projection screens from InFocus
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
Digital projection company InFocus Corporation has introduced two new 16:10 projection screens to its range.
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E/T/C light up the Edinburgh Tattoo
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
E/T/C London is supplying 90m wide large format image projections for the 2008 Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
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Summit double up for Red Bull Air Race
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
Summit Steel used its new Double SmarTmast 3 structures for the first time as one of three large video screen supports for the London leg of the 2008 Red Bull Air Race.
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The green green grass of Walsall
FROM FUN-KIT.NET
A new Toro Irrigation system has been installed at Walsall FC’s new training facility.
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