Leisure Opportunities World Newshttp://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/Leisure Opportunities: News and Jobs for the leisure industryen-us© Copyright 2005, The Leisure Media Co Ltd. All Rights Reserved.Sunday 01 August 2010Sunday 01 August 2010Leisure Opportunities: World News60Leisure Opportunities http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/images/rssheader.gif http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/ IDEA predicts future trends http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206793 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206793The global membership organisation for exercise professionals, IDEA Health & Fitness Association (IDEA), has published the results of its 15th annual IDEA Fitness Programs & Equipment Trends Report. 29 Jul 2010 Architect named for Elvis' birthplace project http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206723 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206723The Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation has selected Memphis-based architecture company Haizlip Studio to redevelop the Elvis Presley Birthplace attraction in Tupelo, Mississippi, US.29 Jul 2010 Walt Disney World in union negotiations http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206463 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206463Walt Disney World in Florida has begun negotiations with the unions responsible for its 58,000-strong workforce to put together a new employment contract.28 Jul 2010 Guy Drouin mulling over expansion plans http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206453 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206453Guy Drouin, the Canadian entrepreneur who launched Calypso, Canada's largest waterpark, in Ottawa in June has hinted that he might open further parks across the country. 28 Jul 2010 New hippo exhibit for Memphis Zoo http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206313 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206313Hippopotami at the Memphis Zoo in US will be treated to a new home next year when the US$16m (£11m, €13.1m) Zambezi Hippo River Camp opens.28 Jul 2010 Indiana children's museum to open in September http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206163 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206163The new US$5.5m (£3.5m) Terre Haute Children's Museum in Indiana, US, is scheduled to open on 24 September.27 Jul 2010 US Army opens its largest fitness facility http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206133 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=206133The US Army has created its largest ever fitness facility, at the Fort Bliss army base in El Paso, Texas.27 Jul 2010 Hyatt Regency New Orleans to reopen http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=205963 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=205963Poydras Properties Hotel Holdings, a hospitality venture that includes AREA Property Partners, Poydras Hotel Members LLC, and a subsidiary of Hyatt, plans to reopen the 1,193-room Hyatt Regency New Orleans, US. 27 Jul 2010 Museum of Patriotism to become a virtual attraction http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=205943 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=205943The National Museum of Patriotism in Atlanta, Georgia, US is to change its name to The National Foundation of Patriotism.27 Jul 2010 Marriott to build first new hotel using its 'green' prototype http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=205933 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=205933The Courtyard Charleston/Summerville in South Carolina, US is to be the first hotel built using Marriott International's 'green' hotel prototype. 27 Jul 2010