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London’s V&A Museum has broken its attendance for a single exhibition, with Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty attracting 493,043 people to the visitor attraction during its ... More

Bjarke Ingels has said that his upcoming zoo project in Givskud, Denmark, will completely reimagine the traditional format, doing away with cages and revolutionising the ... More

New research from Google has revealed that London’s art galleries, museums and arts performances are the most searched for anywhere in the world. For international ... More

WhiteWater West has created a Slideboarding interactive experience for the Great Wolf Lodge indoor waterpark resort in Williamsburg, Virginia, US. Opening on 5 August, the ... More

One of Wales’ largest visitor attractions is set to welcome its first guests as Surf Snowdonia – an artificial surf lagoon built on the site ... More

Accesso Technology Group has signed a seven-year contract with Merlin Entertainments to become the sole provider of the group’s onsite ticketing solutions worldwide. Accesso’s next-generation ... More

With SeaWorld currently under fire for keeping orcas in captivity, a new study has suggested that life expectancy among captive whales is the same as ... More

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, home of the London 2012 Olympic Games, has confirmed plans to build the world’s tallest and longest slide inside the ... More

Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) director Bernard Donoghue has been elected chair of the Tourism Alliance – the representative body for more than 200,000 ... More

Nottingham Contemporary founder Alex Farquharson has been named new director of London’s Tate Britain, replacing the outgoing Penelope Curtis at the helm of one of ... More

The glamping industry is set to explode in the UK over the next few years, so for leisure attractions that are looking to diversify there ... More

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has announced the establishment of a new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) to focus on improving the visitor economy by advocating ... More

Yumble – the brand-new €22m (US$24.1m, £15.6m) indoor FEC concept in the Netherlands – has filed for bankruptcy just four months after opening its doors. ... More

Brickopolis new family entertainment centre in Oklahoma City, US, has chosen Embed and CentreEdge software for its facility. Embed, a subsidiary of Helix Leisure, will ... More

Merlin Entertainments has said the rollercoaster crash that seriously injured four people in June could affect profits by up to £50m (US$77.6m, €70m), with the ... More

Eco-champion Sir Tim Smit’s proposal for his ‘Ark’ project, planned to be a centrepiece for Devon as a second Eden Project in the UK, has ... More

Atlantic City’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has approved plans to redevelop a former casino into a family-focused entertainment complex with a giant waterpark and 800 ... More

Concorde is to be the crown jewel in a £16m (US$25m, €23m) aerospace museum, after the proposed attraction in Bristol, UK, was granted planning permission ... More

Visitor attraction operator and developer Paragon Entertainment has announced that its licensing division has secured the rights to distribute the highly-popular Ninja Warrior obstacle courses ... More

Dynamic simulation attractions maker Simworx said it has acquired RoboCoaster, a UK-based robotic attractions specialist, after receiving £4.5m (US$7m, €6.5m) in investment from the Business ... More

Plans are progressing for a new Warner Bros theme park in Abu Dhabi, as the number of attractions in the Middle East continues to climb. ... More

Walt Disney has selected 10 startup companies for a three-month accelerator programme, designed to push new technologies to develop new platforms, artificial intelligence (AI) and ... More

India’s government has made a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the multi-million dollar development of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) near Mumbai, as it aims ... More

Fulfilling a record $29m order, WhiteWater has supplied all attractions at a newly-opened waterpark – now China’s largest. Yinji Kaifeng Water World celebrated its grand ... More

Tottenham Hotspur FC (THFC) will install an innovative multi-use pitch at its 61,000-capacity stadium in North London – allowing it to host a minimum of ... More