Monday, September 19, 2011 Themed Entertainment: TEA gets BeWitched at BeWILDerwood    Norfolk's BeWILDerwood theme park played host to the TEA's (Themed Entertainment Association) European and Middle Eastern division last week as around 30 creatives from the theme park and themed entertainment industry took the opportunity to visit the park, hear about its history and background and engage in the kind of convivial alcohol-fuelled networking for which the TEA is rightly known.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 Is the UK Government doing enough for Tourism?    Many hoped UK attractions would gain a boost from a new administration which would truly recognise the enormous benefits to the country of a vital and thriving tourism sector and look to support it through appropriate legislation.  Merlin CEO Nick Varney's response to Prime Minister Cameron's speech today is instructive ...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Take two rocks, twice a day after meals...    England’s Lyme Regis on the West Dorset coast is one of the world’s great fossil sites – it was on the town’s beach that 18th century paleontologist Mary Anning unearthed her plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs – and also a town steeped in history. Mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) and a  great port some 700 years ago, the town played host to a dramatic 8 week siege during the English Civil war......View more

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Amusement parks: A Winter's Tale - Alton Towers and Singing Chickens    A weekend, mid-Winter in the UK's premier theme park....View more

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