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Attractions and the Experience Economy

Of this, spending by inbound tourist visitors to UK is forecast to rise at 4.4% compared to 2.6% by domestic residents in the period to 2020 (Deloittes). by Keith Thomas, Director, Petersham Group....

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National Museum admission charges: time to think again?

By Keith Thomas, Petersham Group Meanwhile, in the UK, the issue of free admission for all those visiting the national museums in London and in Liverpool hit the headlines again recently. At a time...

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Corporate Entertainment – what is it and what trends should you be aware of?

by Keith Thomas, CEO, Petersham Group Ltd.  It’s also a term all too regularly misused, so maybe, it’s worth stating that it actually applies to ‘services supplied by a range of providers and agencies...

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The Met should not open up the ‘Black Museum’ – especially to fill a funding gap

The Guardian newspaper in the UK reported this week on a proposal being made to the London Assembly that as one of a number of ways of plugging a £500 million shortfall, the Metropolitan Police should...

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UK Government Rejects Proposal to cut VAT for the Tourism & Hospitality...

UK Treasury minister David Gauke has rejected a call for tourism VAT to be cut to 5 per cent, despite MPs from all parties gathering to support the measure during a parliamentary debate on 11th...

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NIRAH runs out of time. What lessons should be learned?

We read on the Blooloop website recently that the planning permission for NIRAH, the massive fresh water aquarium attraction planned for Bedfordshire, has expired with several million pounds of public...

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The NIRAH Project: a lesson in how not to Build an Aquarium

Back in September last year, I wrote how planning permission for NIRAH, the massive fresh water aquarium attraction planned for Bedfordshire, UK, had expired with several million pounds of public...

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Real Experiences Will Remain Digital Proof

Thanks firstly to my good friend Jean-Paul Haenen at Kwan Leisure for drawing attention to a piece by Bloomberg Online columnist, Justin Fox, entitled ‘Theme parks will not be digitised’ where Fox...

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‘Leisure Business Days’ conference and exhibition a great success

The inaugural ‘Leisure Business Days’ conference and exhibition was held just before Christmas at the Evenementenhal in Venray, located in the east of the Netherlands. Organised by Jean-Paul Haenen,...

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The Paradigm Shift in Shopping – An Opportunity for Attractions

By Keith Thomas, Chief Executive, Petersham Group Ltd. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) caught the news headlines with their report on 29th February projecting the loss of up to 900,000 jobs and the...

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