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New gallery for
Texas war museum
The centre is located at the National Stadium in Grenada
Cricket heritage centre for Grenada
A new cricket heritage centre – a private
venture developed by West Indies cricket
fanatic and entrepreneur Philip Daniels –
has opened its doors to the public at the
National Stadium in Grenada.
Located on the ground fl oor of the
venue’s South Stand, the attraction will
operate under the High Five brand after
Daniels secured a strategic alliance with
the West Indies Players’ Association
(WIPA). The heritage centre boasts a range
of rare West Indies cricket artefacts dating
back to the late 19th century, including
bats, caps and letters, as well as medals,
photos and tour brochures to explore the
social history of the sport in the Caribbean.
Tillman Thomas, the prime minister of
Grenada, opened the attraction in October
2009 at a special event attended by the
governor general, Sir Carlyle Glean, the
island’s sports minister, Patrick Simmons,
and tourism minister Glynis Roberts.
Daniels said: “We are now embarking on
our regional and international marketing
plans as part of a strategy to place High
Five fi rmly on the cricket map.”
The new US$15.5m (£1m, 11.3m)
George HW Bush Gallery at the
National Museum of the Pacifi c War
in Fredericksburg, Texas has been
opened by the former US President.
The 32,500sq ft expansion boasts
multimedia presentations and
artefacts including a Japanese minisubmarine,
fi ghter planes, various
tanks and a dive bomber.
Exhibits focus on the Pearl Harbour
attack and famous battles such as
Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and
Okinawa, as well as the atom bomb
attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
George Bush Snr, who was a naval
aviator during the Pacifi c war, said:
“It’s right and important that we honour
the genuine valour of men and
women who, throughout our history,
made the ultimate sacrifi ce for their
country, for the cause of freedom.
“It’s in the act of telling the full story
of war, the heroism, the moral justice
of a cause, as well as the great suffering
that makes this remarkable
museum such a special place and a
vital contribution to our country.”
Protection scheme launched by UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has
teamed up with online travel company
TripAdvisor in a move designed to mobilise
travellers’ support in preserving the natural
and cultural sites on its World Heritage List.
Machu Picchu, Peru, one of the sites
that Unesco is keen to preserve
At the partnership’s launch, TripAdvisor
founder and chief executive offi cer,
Stephen Kaufer, pledged to donate up
to US$1.5m (£920,400, 1.02m) of support
over the next two years to UNESCO’s
World Heritage Centre.
The donation will help the Centre handle
the task of monitoring the conservation of
the 890 natural and cultural sites which are
inscribed on the World Heritage List.
The Centre provides both technical and
administrative support for states which
have ratifi ed the 1972 World Heritage
Convention, therefore enabling them to
translate its provisions into action.
The two-year agreement envisages
TripAdvisor helping to raise awareness of
World Heritage sites and their safeguarding
among the more than 25 million online visitors
who use its websites every month to
fi nd and share travel information.
The castle was used as a backdrop
in the Harry Potter movies
Wizard makeover
for Alnwick Castle
Former Disneyland Paris VP Christian
Perdrier is the new chief executive at
Alnwick Castle and Alnwick Garden in
Northumberland, UK.
His appointment is part of a move
by the attraction’s owners, the Duke
and Duchess of Northumberland, to
increase visitor numbers and revenue
at one of the UK’s largest inhabited
castles. (See interview on p18)
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