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Leisure-kit: Product focus

New products for industry buyers
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Travel: Travel research

Britons are staying close to home during the recession, and are likely to be careful about spending on travel during 2010
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Senior's solutions: Be true to yourself

Real customer focus is essential in these tough times, says Grahame Senior
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BISL: Start of a new era

David Teasdale previews the coming year and sets out BISL’s new manifesto
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Restaurants: Dining with a difference

We take a close look at a few of the world’s weirdest restaurants
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Energy: Capitalising on carbon reduction

We take a look at how the launch of the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme can be used to the industry’s advantage
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Corporate wellness: Using wellness

Ginsters’ innovative employee wellness programme uses sport and leisure to boost morale, lower staff turnover and create a healthier workforce. Kath Hudson finds out how
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Attractions: Building a brand

Ahead of the opening of the UK’s first Legoland Discovery Centre in Manchester’s Trafford Centre, Andrea Jezovit looks at how the brand fits with Merlin Entertainment’s wider plans
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Sport regeneration: City of sport

Major new sports facilities including Cardiff City Stadium, Millennium Stadium and the ISV have transformed Cardiff. We look at their impact on the city
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Adventure stories: Making fresh tracks

The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead has opened following a £23m development. Kath Hudson checks it out
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Paradise found: Green dream

Can a €1bn luxury resort really be sustainable? Magali Robathan finds out how the man behind Greek resort Costa Navarino plans to create an 100 per cent emission-free destination
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Business analysis: Building Butlins

Butlin’s new Ocean Hotel and Spa fits well with the brand’s strategy of attracting new types of customer while staying true to its roots, says Matthew Goodman
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Burning question: Should children be allowed to touch farm animals

Following the E.coli outbreak at Godstone Farm, we ask if guidelines should be changed for next season
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Interview: Don Camilleri

Center Parcs’ development director speaks out about the frustrations of getting the Woburn site through planning
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Hotseat: James Caan and Ben Silcox

The partners behind new health club brand nuyuu tell Magali Robathan why they think the sector is ripe for a shake up
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Architect's focus: Dominique Perrault

The French architect shares his inspiration for the Madrid Olympic Tennis Centre
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Design profile: Peter Joehnk

The Hamburg-based interior designer talks to Rhianon Howells about winning the Best Futuristic Design Award for Park Inn, Krakow, and his future plans
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Hospitality: D&D London unveils Moorgate hotel plans

Restaurant operator D&D London has unveiled plans to develop its first hotel after securing a deal with property company Frogmore for a new 80-bedroom property in Moorgate, London.
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Spa: Luxury spa for Hoole Hall

An £8m luxury spa opened to the public on 2 November in Chester, Cheshire.
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Parks: Work starts on £3.8m Bury woodland scheme

A new 71-hectare (175-acre) community woodland is set to be created in Bury, Greater Manchester, as part of a £3.8m regeneration scheme incorporating the town’s Waterdale and Drinkwater parks.
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Property: €430m leisure complex planned for Dundalk

An application for a €430m (£387.4m) snow complex in Dundalk, Ireland, is to be submitted to Louth County Council.
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Public sector: Council unveils Wakefield plans

Plans for a new multi-million pound swimming pool and fitness complex in the centre of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, have been unveiled by the local authority.
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Attractions: Historic Margate coaster saved

The future of Britain’s oldest surviving rollercoaster, a scenic railway ride in Margate, has been safeguarded after the Dreamland Trust was handed a £3.7m grant.
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Health and fitness: LA Fitness to spend £30m on revamps

Private equity-owned gym chain LA Fitness has earmarked £30m for a comprehensive refurbishment programme of its 83-strong portfolio of health clubs in the UK.
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Commercial: G Casino launches in Coventry

More than 1,200 guests attended a special event at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry in October to mark the opening of Grosvenor Casinos’ ninth G Casino in the UK.
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Sport: UK sports clubs ‘defying recession’

Community sports clubs across the UK are withstanding the recession after reporting an increase in membership levels, according to new research by the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR).
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Sport-kit.net: Product focus

Elite athlete Darren Campbell and his nutritionist promote sports nutrition
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Lighting: The snow centre

Hugh King highlights the key lighting issues at the new snow centre
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Snow sports: Let it snow

Kath Hudson visits the new £32m snow centre at Hemel Hempstead
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Play: More than playgrounds

Play England's Richard Newson introduces the Play Shaper seminars, which offer a joined up approach to play provision
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