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Britain: Horror attraction combines dark ride with haunted maze
A unique new haunted attraction opening this summer at a small United Kingdom theme park will combine a walk-through horror maze featuring live actors with a dark ride journey inside an abandoned mine shaft. The Hobs Pit maze and ride is set to open...
Tags: Halloween, Gardens and Parks, Social Media, Theme Park Vacations, Google Inc.
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Don Welsh focuses boundless energy on promoting Chicago
Don Welsh, Chicago's top convention and tourism salesman, early this month embarked on one of the most high-wire sales trips of his tenure here — flying to rival Las Vegas in an attempt to win back the National Hardware Show, once a cornerstone...
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Chicago Mayor, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Basketball, College Basketball
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Disney marks golden age of topiaries
From the outside, Disney World's famed topiaries are elaborate greenery shaped into characters in playful poses to entertain theme-park guests. From the inside, they are engineering marvels, architectural challenges, math problems and horticultural...
Tags: Disneyland Park, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Walt Disney World Resort, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture
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A major storm could ruin the coast's tourism
The Brunswick News, Ga.When Scott McQuade thinks about the Jersey Shore these days, he envisions something he hopes he never sees here. To the director of the Golden Isles Convention and Visitors Bureau, the images are haunting -- oceanside attractions like roller coasters...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters, Hurricanes
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Treat tourists like gold, says Turks and Caicos opposition leader
Caribbean News Now, Grand Cayman, Cayman IslandsPROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- "We need to realize what we are doing and look at our visitors as very important, they need to be welcomed and when they encounter a problem we need to treat them like gold," said Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI)...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Travel Alerts, Politics, Judges, Justice System
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GHHS band playing in Disneyland
The Porterville Recorder, Calif.The Granite Hills High School Grizzly Band, under the direction of Kenny Ormonde, is doing something today previous GHHS band members have not done -- performing in the "Happiest Place on Earth." For the first time in the school's history, the band will...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Disneyland Park, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Trips and Vacations, Travel
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The Big Uneasy
The lavish Carnival banquets already are under way at Antoine's Restaurant, the parading clubs are finalizing their ornate processions and the reviewing stands are in place along St. Charles Avenue. Everything, in other words, looks to be ready for the...Tags: Human Interest, Natural Disasters, C. Ray Nagin, Minority Groups, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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At tourism industry's request, House ready to reject hotel-tax measure sought by Gaetz
Under pressure from Florida’s tourism industry, the Florida House looks ready to reject a measure sought by Senate President Don Gaetz that would allow small coastal counties to spend some of their hotel taxes on lifeguards and beach patrols. Rep....Tags: Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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State reduces fines and citations against Disneyland
This post has been updated. See below for details.State regulators have reduced the fines and the number of citations against Disneyland over safety requirements for maintenance crews working on Space Mountain. The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health last month issued fines of $234,850...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Disneyland Park, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Punishment, Fines
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What the future may hold for Tomorrowland at Disneyland
The eternal problem with Tomorrowland is that the commonplace reality of today inevitably catches up to and ultimately surpasses the ultramodern imagined future of yesterday. Disneyland's forward-looking land of tomorrow has seen many evolutions since...
Tags: Pixar Animation, Fiction, Wall-E (movie), Theme Park Vacations, Social Media
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Tourism industry brings a lot to SD
American News, Aberdeen, S.D.With the travel season ready to ramp up, the South Dakota Department of Tourism is teaming up with local agencies and business partners to talk about the importance of the industry to the state. Wanda Goodman, deputy secretary of tourism for the state,...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Business, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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Disney parks' profit soars 73% in latest quarter
Profits soared across the Walt Disney Co.'s vacation empire during the first three months the year, surging 73 percent on the strength of new cruise ships and theme-park attractions worldwide. The booming parks business helped lift Disney to 32...
Tags: Cruises, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Television Networks, Sales
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