Zoos & Aquaria

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 South Africa : Theme Parks, Aquariums and Football. Providing a neat template and an inspiring example of how the best attractions can both entertain and educate, Durban’s uShaka Marine World is home to 3 integrated organisations, each of which is vital to the wellbeing and development of the other. Visiting English football fans, after watching the national team provide plucky resistance before losing agonisingly on penalties in the quarter finals of this year’s World Cup should pay a visit…...View more

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 Will the FIFA World Cup also bring visitors to uShaka Marine World? The long awaited 2010 FIFA World Cup (11 June – 11 July) is almost upon South Africa. After some three years of building stadiums, upgrading roads, indabas (traditional meetings) and arguments, celebrations of every shape and form......View more

Monday, February 15, 2010 Are Farm Animal Attractions and Petting Zoos too dangerous for young children? Following a serious outbreak of E.coli 0157 in the UK, during the latter part of 2009 which saw a number of children hospitalised and several farm attractions closed, Professor Hugh Pennington, Emeritus professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that parents should "think hard" before letting children, particularly those under the age of 5, touch animals at petting farms....View more

Friday, October 09, 2009 Theme Parks: Weighing in on Blackstone's purchase of the Busch parks Ever since the international beverage giant InBev acquired Busch Corp. a little over a year ago , it has been expected that InBev would spin off the parks division. Swimming rapidly through the industry is the news that the private equity firm Blackstone has stepped up......View more

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 African Zoos and Aquariums Gathering in Uganda In May 2009, the uShaka Sea World team had the opportunity to attend the annual African Association for Zoos and Aquariums (PAAZAB) conference. For the first time in 20 years the conference was held outside of South Africa......View more

Monday, September 01, 2008 Life in Dubai : Cranes, Waterparks and Atlantis... Hello all, my name is Scott Deisley and I am a part of the Management Team at Atlantis, Palm Jumierah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. My responsibilities specifically include the safe and profitable operation of Aquaventure, the waterpark at Atlantis. ...View more

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 Amusement parks: It's a Small World Rumours and Bristol's New Aquarium In the news today, the science based attraction in Bristol, "@Bristol" is adding an aquarium and the weekend saw Disney's Imagineering quash various rumours flying around the revamping of its iconic and much loved "It's a Small World" ride.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 Butterfly World for the M25 New Butterfly dome set to rival the Eden Project as the UK's largest environmental attraction. ...View more

Tuesday, November 06, 2007 aquariums: Florida Aquarium Gets Technical View the post

Saturday, November 03, 2007 Amusement parks : Welcome to Bemusement, the Blooloop Blog View the post