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