Grasslands news

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

The Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is set to launch its brand new US$22m (€18.8m, £16.4m) Asian Highlands Exhibit, taking visitors to the Himalayan ... More

Dame Vera Lynn has backed an urgent call to raise £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) before the end of the month in order to fund the purchase ... More

Northumberland’s long-awaited Landscape Discovery Centre and Youth Hostel at Hadrian’s Wall – known as “The Sill” – will open to the public this weekend (29 ... 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

Architecture competition organiser Bee Breeders have revealed the winners of its latest challenge: a task to design a meditation and wellness camp in one of ... More

Hospitality group Taj Safaris has opened its first lodge outside of India; a traditionally designed retreat within a national park once used as a hunting ... More

The Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has launched its brand new US$73m (€65.4m, £49.9m) fully immersive outdoor African Grasslands exhibit. Covering 113,312sq m (1,200,000sq ... More

Interior designer Inge Moore and her studio, The Gallery HBA, have redesigned an island safari lodge in Botswana, creating a luxury getaway inspired by the ... More

Newcastle-based architects Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall’s (JDDK) long-touted Landscape Discovery Centre and Youth Hostel at Hadrian's Wall in England’s Northumberland National Park is set ... More

John Burgess, managing director of Sydney Zoo and founder of Sydney Aquarium, has announced plans for an AU$36m (US$25m, €22.3m, £16.3m) second zoo in Sydney, ... More

Following a US$25m (€21.5m, £16.4m) renovation of its aquarium earlier this year, Toledo Zoo has drafted a US$94.25m (€86m, £60.8m) masterplan which, if approved, would ... More

A US$70m (€50.5m, £41.6m) full immersion outdoor habitat project has been announced by Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. Covering 113,312sq m (1,200,000sq ft), African ... More

Compass Group UK & Ireland's Leisure team - which operates the catering outlets at Edinburgh Zoo - has, in partnership with 442 Design, re-designed three ... More

Staveley Nature Reserve in North Yorkshire has been awarded a grant of £474,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The money will be used by the ... More

UNESCO's Blaenavon World Heritage Site in South Wales has been awarded £2.47m for conservation and restoration work. The money comes as part of the Forgotten ... More

Work is set to start on the development of a new floating visitor centre at Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Reserve near Preston, Lancashire, in a ... More

A sister property to Kempinski’s Zamani Zanzibar, the Bilila Lodge Kempinski lodge and Anantara Spa, will open on 1 June in the Serengeti National Park ... More

The Nkomazi Game Reserve and spa will open in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa in April 2009. The reserve will offer tented accommodation of ... More

A luxury train with spa services is to launch in June 2009 in western China. The Tangula Train will offer cabin-based spa treatments using Ila ... More