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Eurostar cracks The Da Vinci Code
16 Jan 2006
Eurostar has agreed a multi-million pound global promotional partnership with Columbia Pictures, VisitBritain, VisitLondon, VisitScotland and Maison de la France to capitalise on the May release of the film version of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.
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US$25m donation to New York Met
12 Jan 2006
The Metropolitan Opera house in New York, US, has received an unexpected donation from a benefactor of US$25m (£14.2m, 20.7m euro).
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First Jurlique hotel spa opens in Florida
12 Jan 2006
Jurlique has opened its first resort spa at the Mayfair Hotel & Spa in Coconut Grove, Florida. The new 4,300sq ft (400sq m) spa is being marketed as an organic, nature-based spa experience.
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Outback Bay opens at Jamberoo
11 Jan 2006
Jamberoo theme park in New South Wales, Australia, has opened a AUS$4m (£1.7m, US$3m, 2.5m euro) new wave pool called Outback Bay.
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HKTB supports new tourism initiative
11 Jan 2006
Over the festive season, the Hong Kong Tourist Board (HKTB) and the Hong Kong SAR government initiated a new scheme to boost the effects of tourism in two specific districts on the island – Causeway Bay and Wanchai.
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Canada targets health promotion
10 Jan 2006
Canada has set its sights on becoming one of the healthiest countries in the world, following a CAN$300m (£150m, 212m euro, US$260m) investment in health promotion over the next five years.
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Fitness New Zealand plans industry audit
10 Jan 2006
Fitness New Zealand (Fitness NZ), the trade body for health clubs in New Zealand, is working with the UK’s Dr Melvyn Hillsdon to undertake the country’s first national retention and attrition audit.
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Gold’s rolls out in Eastern Europe
10 Jan 2006
Gold’s Gym’s ambitious expansion plans have now taken the chain to Hungary, where it has opened its first club in Budapest.
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CHG signs Middle East franchise agreement
06 Jan 2006
UK-based restaurant company Clapham House Group (CHG) has signed a franchise development agreement with GGC Burger, a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Gourmet Gulf Company, to develop restaurants across the Middle East over the next three years.
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Red Lane Spa for Sandals Jamaica
03 Jan 2006
Sandals Resorts’ Dunn’s River property in Jamaica has reopened as the Sandals Dunn’s River Villaggio Golf Resort & Spa following a US$25m (£14.5m, 21.1m euro) renovation programme.
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February launch for Whistler Hilton spa
03 Jan 2006
Hilton Hotels Corporation is to open a new spa at its Whistler resort in British Columbia, Canada, which opened last month.
The luxury spa, Artesia, will be completed by February 2006 and join existing facilities such as a year-round, outdoor, heated pool, indoor and outdoor hot tubs and a fully equipped health club.
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