NEWS
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Wet’n’Wild ready to launch Extreme H20 Zone
18 Jan 2006
Wet’n’Wild Water World on Australia’s Gold Coast in Queensland is to open phase one of its new high-speed water slide area, Extreme H2O Zone, this weekend (21 January).
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New Woollongong bridge is boost to tourism
16 Jan 2006
Tourism officials in Wollongong, New South Wales (NSW), Australia have welcomed the opening of the new AUS$49m (US$37m, £21m, 30.5m euro) Sea Cliff Bridge, claiming it will ‘breathe fresh life’ into a coastal strip that has huge potential as a tourism and lifestyle centre.
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FIFA cancels World Cup opening ceremony
16 Jan 2006
The gala opening ceremony for the World Cup in Berlin has been cancelled just five months ahead of the tournament in the latest of a run of bad publicity for FIFA and the event organisers.
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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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