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• Fitness United set up to support sector
• MPs write to Rishi Sunak, asking for tourism support
• Government 'stepping up plans' for the return of sport
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BIG creates spiral museum for Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet
By Tom Walker
Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet will open a museum celebrating the company history next month (June 2020). Located next to the company HQ in the village of Le Brassus in the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland, the museum has been designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and will immerse visitors in the
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By Tom Walker
Walt Disney is set to stop paying more than 100,000 of its theme park and hotel workers as the entertainment giant struggles with coronavirus closures. Disney's attractions and hotels
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By Tom Walker
Vancouver Aquarium is in danger of having to close its doors permanently, due to a collapse in revenues brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The attraction – the oldest public aquarium
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By Liz Terry
The Tourism Society scheduled an emergency meeting on 15 April to discuss breaking news relating to lockdown timings. The move comes following statements by president Macron indicating that
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By Liz Terry
OPINION TOURISM IN A POST-CORONAVIRUS WORLD By Ken Robinson CBE, tourism expert. Coronavirus is devastating for the tourism and leisure sectors globally. For now, the focus is
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By Tom Walker
The National Geographic Museum in Washington DC, US, has developed its first ever virtual tour of an exhibition, offering the public the opportunity "visit" even while the institution
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By Lauren Heath-Jones
Nathan Jones has been appointed to the newly-created role of chief operating officer at CAVU Designwerks. An industry veteran, Jones joins CAVU with more than 22 years industry
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By Tom Anstey
Staff at the Getty Museum have come up with a novel way to engage with their visitors during the ongoing pandemic – by asking them to recreate famous works of art at home. With around a
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By Tom Anstey
Merlin Entertainments has announced that its upcoming Legoland resort in New York, US, will now open in 2021. A response to the ongoing global pandemic, the theme park and hotel, which was
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By Tom Anstey
Helen Bonser-Wilton, CEO of Portsmouth's Mary Rose Museum, says the attraction, along with the rest of Britain's independent museums are in "mortal peril" unless the government and heritage
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By Lauren Heath-Jones
Expo 2020 Dubai has announced that it will likely postpone the event by a year in the wake of the COVD-19 outbreak. Expo 2020 representatives have been working in consultation with key
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By Tom Anstey
After reopening a number of indoor attractions in Shanghai, China, after new coronavirus cases in the city dropped to zero, officials have ordered those attractions to close again, following
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By Tom Anstey
Disney's executive chair Bob Iger will forgo his salary for the year, with the company's new CEO Bob Chapek also taking a 50 per cent pay cut. Starting 5 April, Disney has also cut wages
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By Tom Anstey
The British Museum has named Mary Beard as its a new trustee, a move which comes less than a year on from the British government blocking her nomination because of her pro-European views.
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Interview:
Antoni Alarcon
New legislation is turning Barcelona Zoo
‘animalist’. Kath Hudson speaks to its
director, Antoni Alarcon about these changes
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Heritage news:
AR brings Jerusalem's history to life
The Tower of David – Museum
of the History of Jerusalem has
started offering "mixed and
augmented reality" tours that
allow visitors to experience key
moments from Jerusalem's
history via digital technology
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