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19-20 May 2013
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21 May 2013
Sustainability Communications Forum 2013
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21-23 May 2013
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23-24 May 2013
MuseumNext 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands More>>
28-30 May 2013
Beautyworld Middle East
Dubai, United Arab Emirates More>>
02-03 Jun 2013
The Organic and Natural Beauty Show
London, United Kingdom More>>
02-05 Jun 2013
World Stadium Congress 2013
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04-06 Jun 2013
Retail Asia Expo 2013
Hong Kong SAR More>>
04-07 Jun 2013
Asian Attractions Expo 2013
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore More>>
06-08 Jun 2013
Ecsite Annual Conference 2013
Gothenburg, Sweden More>>
08-10 Jun 2013
Beyond Color
Paris More>>
 
 
Tourism jobs
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Trainee Personal Trainer / Fitness Instructor
The Training Room.
Salary: £20K-£30K OTE
Location: Nationwide, United Kingdom More>>
 
Marketing Assistant
Salary: Competitive Company: Cotswold Farm Park Location: Gloucester, United Kingdom More>>
Director of Public Programmes
Salary: Attractive package commensurate with skills and experience Company: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Location: London, United Kingdom More>>
Marketing and Customer Relations Manager
Salary: circa £35k Company: Lightwater Valley Theme Park & Village Location: North Yorkshire, United Kingdom More>>
Director of Venues
Salary: circa £70K (commensurate with experience) Company: BH Live Location: Bournemouth, United Kingdom More>>
Parkwood Theatres and Culture Graduate Scheme
Salary: £17,500 Company: Parkwood Leisure Location: Nationwide, United Kingdom More>>
Outside Catering Manager
Salary: C. £21,000 pa + benefits Company: Heritage Great Britain Location: Land’s End, Cornwall, United Kingdom More>>
Commercial Manager
Salary: £30,000 pa + benefits Company: Heritage Great Britain Location: Land’s End, Cornwall, United Kingdom More>>
Outdoors Programme Manager
Salary: £33,135 per annum, pro rata Company: National Trust Location: York or Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom More>>
General Manager
Salary: £45,000 per annum Company: National Trust Location: Cotehele, St Dominick, Saltash, Cornwall, United Kingdom More>>
Operations Manager
Salary: £28,500 pa (housing included) Company: National Trust Location: Lincolnshire, United Kingdom More>>
Commercial Development Officer
Salary: £25,000 pa depending on experience Company: Surrey Wildlife Trust Location: Surrey, United Kingdom More>>
Sales Manager
Salary: C£25,000 plus bonus Company: Lightwater Valley Theme Park & Village Location: Ripon, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom More>>
 
Tourism news
Ripley to open Toronto aquarium this summer
Attractions operator Ripley Entertainment is set to open a CA$130m (£83.7m, US$126.8m, 98.5m euro) aquarium in Toronto, Canada this summer. More>>
 
Games Travel Office provider appointed for Glasgow 2014
Glasgow 2014 has appointed ATP Event Experts as the Games Travel Office (GTO) provider for next year's Commonwealth Games. ATP will link up with travel and accommodation markets, assist in the promotion of Glasgow and Scotland and sell a range of spectator packages with combined deals for tickets, accommodation and travel. More>>
 
Tourism Ireland launches new app
Tourism Ireland has launched a new app for iPhones and android devices called "Gathering Gestures," which aims to boost the international visitor experience. More>>

08 May 2013
Art and culture sector's economic value analysed
Results from the first comprehensive analysis of the value of arts and culture to the national economy have been revealed, showing turnover in the sector to be £12.4bn. More>>

08 May 2013
Shurooq unveils Sir Bu Nuair Island eco-tourism project in Sharjah
Shurooq, Sharjah's Investment and Development Authority, has revealed plans for the first integrated eco- tourism project located within the islands of the Emirate. More>>

30 Apr 2013
Holland's Rijksmuseum reopens after makeover
Holland's Rijksmuseum reopened on 14 April after a 10-year refurbishment. Now 80 galleries and 8,000 objects tell 800 years of Dutch history. More>>

30 Apr 2013
Aquatic ride for New York's Battery
New York's Battery Conservancy has just celebrated the topping off of its latest attraction, the SeaGlass nautilus shell structure. More>>

30 Apr 2013
Dinosaur museum prepares to break ground
Plans for a dinosaur museum near Pipestone Creek, Canada, have been given a boost with news that the County of Grande Prairie will donate an additional US$5m (£3.2m, 3.8m euro) allowing work to start. More>>

30 Apr 2013
VisitBritain and Emirates announce partnership
VisitBritain has announced a £2m, two-year partnership with Emirates airlines, as one of a number of government-driven initiatives to grow tourism to the UK 29 per cent by 2020. More>>

29 Apr 2013
Wallace & Gromit ride opens at Pleasure Beach
Pleasure Beach in Blackpool has officially opened the world's first Wallace & Gromit ride Thrill-O-Matic, in collaboration with the fictional characters' animators Aardman. More>>

25 Apr 2013
Ambitious theme park for India
Bollywood-themed rides and special effect Hindu gods will all be part of the fun at India’s latest theme park, Adlabs Imagica, between Mumbai and Pune. More>>

25 Apr 2013
Planners give Universal extension thumbs up
Construction is scheduled to start this summer on an extension to Universal Studios theme park in Los Angeles. More>>

25 Apr 2013
Etnaland Themepark opens its doors
Southern Italy’s largest theme park opened its doors on 20 April, in Belpasso. Adjacent to Etnaland Acquapark, the €50m (£42m, $65m) Etnaland Themepark has been created by local entrepreneur, Francesco Russello. More>>

25 Apr 2013
Disney brings in minimum age
Disney has introduced a policy whereby all children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult. More>>

24 Apr 2013
West Midland Safari Park aims for resort status
As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, West Midland Safari and Leisure Park in the UK has unveiled redevelopment plans which it hopes will propel it from a three-star day attraction to a four-star resort of national significance. More>>

24 Apr 2013
Titanic Belfast contributes £54.3m to city's economy
Northern Ireland museum Titanic Belfast has contributed an estimated £54.3m to the city's economy in the year since it opened. More>>

24 Apr 2013
Potential slump anticipated for London hotels this summer
London hotel industry experts anticipate a potential slump this summer, according to discount travel website Hotwire.com. More>>

24 Apr 2013
New BALPPA FEC group to host cost management seminar
The newly established Family Entertainment (FEC) group at BALPPA will host its inaugural seminar event on 14 May at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire. More>>

23 Apr 2013
France number one for inbound tourism to the UK
VisitBritain has revealed figures that show the increasing popularity of Britain from tourism powerhouse China, a strong French inbound market and record spend from Australia, Canada and the UAE. More>>

11 Apr 2013
Tourism website launches for travellers with disabilities
A website to inform travellers about disability access at English hotels has been launched by Tourism for All UK in partnership with VisitEngland, at the House of Lords. More>>

11 Apr 2013
Liverpool's Cains reveals plans for £50m brewery village
Liverpool's Cains Brewery has unveiled ambitious plans to transform into a major tourism, leisure and retail destination in a bid to become a national visitor destination. More>>

08 Apr 2013
Brits choosing to holiday abroad in 2013
UK's weather appears to be driving holidaymakers abroad with three quarters of people stating they will take an overseas vacation this year, research consultancy BDRC Continental reveals. More>>

03 Apr 2013
Hawaii's Polynesian Cultural Center reveals upgrades
Hawaiian attraction Polynesian Cultural Center has unveiled a US$25m (19.5m euro, £16.5m) overhaul of several attractions, which are part of a five-year enhancement programme that began in 2011. More>>
 

27 Mar 2013
Prince of Wales to become patron of English Tourism Week
On the back of its second annual English Tourism Week, VisitEngland has announced The Prince of Wales will become the patron of the event for the next five years. More>>

25 Mar 2013
Irish tourism sector experiences its second year of recovery in 2012
Ireland saw 7.9 per cent growth in inbound business trips last year and 3.8 per cent growth in holiday trips, the second year of recovery for the country's economy. More>>

22 Mar 2013
New York's Statue of Liberty to reopen 4 July
The US secretary of the interior has announced the Statue of Liberty will reopen to the public on Independence Day - following repairs to extensive damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. More>>

21 Mar 2013
New Zealand council investigates economic potential of spa sector
A local New Zealand council is investigating the spa sector as a growth opportunity for geothermal destination Rotorua. More>>

18 Mar 2013
Second annual English Tourism Week launches
The second annual English Tourism Week has been launched by tourism minister Hugh Robertson on the Thames, with a view to promote the value of the £97bn industry at the national and local level. More>>

18 Mar 2013
UK tourism spend up by £9bn in 2012
Tourism expenditure in the UK increased by £9bn during 20112 – a 6.9 per cent increase from £125bn to £134bn. More>>

14 Mar 2013
Report reveals economic benefits of art funding
A new report released by the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals for every pound spent by councils on the arts, their investment is matched four-fold by grant aid and partnerships, and this funding is needed to stimulate local economies. More>>

14 Mar 2013
Call for hospitality and travel companies to bid for £250m skills funding
Hospitality and travel companies are being urged to support an industry-wide bid for a share of the government's £250m Employer Ownership Fund which aims to improve skills in the workforce. More>>

14 Mar 2013
Glasgow 2014 promotes accessible tourism
Glasgow has outlined how tourists with disabilities will be accommodated at next year's Commonwealth Games. More>>

13 Mar 2013
SpaFinder survey: two thirds of travel agents report growth for spa travel
More than two-thirds of travel agents saw positive growth in hotel, resort and destination spa bookings last year, according to a new SpaFinder Wellness survey. More>>

12 Mar 2013
ALVA releases list of most visited UK attractions for 2012
Liverpool and Scotland attractions have experienced noticeable increases in popularity according to figures released by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) detailing the most popular UK attractions in 2012. More>>

08 Mar 2013
Asian outbound travel a 'growing trend' in global travel
A new report has identified Strong growth in outbound Asian travel and the emergence of 'unknown' cities among the trends set to shape the next 10 years of global travel. More>>

07 Mar 2013
GSWS to hold Global Wellness Tourism Congress
The Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) has announced that a dedicated Global Wellness Tourism Congress will be held in conjunction with the Summit, which takes place in New Delhi, India during 5-7 October 2013. More>>

06 Mar 2013
Eleven contenders announced for the 2017 City of Culture
Eleven contenders have put their name forward to become the UK’s 2017 City of Culture, culture minister Ed Vaizey announced today (6 March). More>>

06 Mar 2013
India aims to increase overall tourism by 12 per cent
The Indian government’s working group on tourism has recommended the country target an annual growth in both domestic and international tourism of 12 per cent. More>>

06 Mar 2013
Sponsor sought for World Leisure Organisation's innovation prize
World Leisure Organisation (WLO) is offering the opportunity to sponsor its prestigious International Innovation Prize (IIP) - also known as "The Georges". More>>

06 Mar 2013
Queensland government approves AU$600m eco-resort
Australia’s Queensland state government has approved an AU$600m (US$617m, 472m euro, £408m) resort for Great Keppel Island, which will be one of the biggest tourism developments in the country – pending approval from the federal government. More>>

01 Mar 2013
US citizens expected to travel more for leisure in early 2013
Americans at all income levels report an increase in the number of days they plan to travel during 2013 compared to one year ago according to a national survey by D.K. Shifflet & Associates. More>>

01 Mar 2013
ABTA's tourism manifesto presented to UK parliament
Travel and tourism industry body ABTA has issued a manifesto urging the government to support all three sectors of the industry – domestic, outbound and inbound – in order to maximise its benefit to the UK economy. More>>

28 Feb 2013
VisitEngland and lastminute.com launch joint marketing campaign
Travel and hotel website lastminute.com has joined forces with VisitEngland to promote last minute short stays across the country. More>>
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