Chester Zoo news

The Experience Department (Ted) has expanded its European-based leadership team, appointing Jake McCoy to the new position of director of operations. McCoy joins Ted’s UK ... More

Chester Zoo, Nothe Fort and Black Country Living Museum are among the 19 winners of this year's Visit England Awards for Excellence. Picking up the ... More

It has been another momentous year in the attractions industry, and Attractions Management has been there reporting the big news, good and bad, all the ... More

Chester Zoo has had plans approved to build an extensive African savannah habitat adjacent to a wide range of accommodation in the form of lodges ... More

A brand new area being proposed by Chester Zoo in Cheshire, UK, will feature overnight accommodation where guests can wake up to Rothschild’s giraffes, Grevy’s ... More

Visitor numbers to UK attractions grew by 8.7 per cent in 2018, according to the latest figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA). ... More

Walking with ring-tailed lemurs and seeing endangered Asiatic lions in a specially-developed new habitat are among the new experiences planned for Chester Zoo in 2019, ... More

Zoologist Johnpaul Houston is in advanced talks with a local council to create a zoo in Manchester, England. Houston, a former assistant head keeper at ... More

In a year of ups, downs, loops and scoops, Attractions Management looks back at some of the biggest stories to hit the headlines, giving possible ... More

Money raised on the wake of a devastating fire at Chester Zoo on Saturday (15 December) will be spent on conservation projects, says its management. ... More

Chester Zoo has launched a fundraising campaign in order to repair the damages caused by a large fire on Saturday 15 December. Visitors were evacuated ... More

Historic properties and attractions across England experienced significant growth in visitor numbers in 2017. VisitEngland’s Visitor Attraction Trends in England 2017 report shows that, of ... More

Since its launch in June 2014, AM2 – the sister publication to Attractions Management has gone from strength to strength. Over the last four years, ... More

Despite a decline in visitor numbers, London’s British Museum is still the UK’s most visited attraction, but Scotland reigns supreme, with the country outperforming the ... More

English gardens and zoos experienced an 8 per cent surge in visitors over 2016, according to data collected by VisitEngland. Visitor increases were partly down ... More

Chester Zoo will redevelop 100 acres (405,000sq m) of its existing site into grassland and forest areas as part of a £100m (US$130.4m, €113m) development ... More

The popularity of attractions across the UK continues to rise, according to the annual report from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), with 130m ... More

The Happy Museum Project – a scheme which aims to “reimagine museums for a changing world” – has formed a peer learning network of 15 ... More

Chester Zoo welcomed more visitors in 2016 than any other UK zoo in history, with just shy of 1.9 million people flocking to see the ... More

Some of the UK’s top visitor attractions are failing when it comes to serving healthy food to children, according to new research. Out to Lunch ... More

Following on from its recent successes, Chester Zoo has announced plans to invest £7m (US$9.4m, €8.3m) to improve the habitats of its 20,000-plus animal collection. ... More

London continued to dominate the landscape as the UK's leading tourist destination, while an increase in domestic tourism resulted in growth for all regions outside ... More

Chester Zoo is celebrating after securing a second series of its hit Channel 4 documentary The Secret Life of the Zoo. The show, which focuses ... More

The European Network of Science Centers and Museums (Ecsite), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) are teaming ... More

The top 10 most-visited attractions in the UK are all based in London, according to new figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), ... More