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The USA’s popularity was in evidence at the second Unite Visit USA, which drew almost double the numbers of the 2014 event. Here’s some news from the day.....
International Drive gets unique market
THE Village at Artegon Marketplace is a new shopping and artisan marketplace located in the heart of Orlando’s tourism district, International Drive. Described as a ‘unique shopping the
concept’, village brings
together over 165 of Florida’s most talented artisans and craftspeople, selling everything from jewellery, accessories and leather goods to locally-produced food and drink. In
caricaturists, henna
the Great Hall and
are jawa
tattoo painters, canvas airbrush artists and performers.
Visitors can also
expects jugglers and stilt-walkers.
artegonmarketplace.com
various other
SEVERAL new major attractions will this month (May) start to welcome visitors in New York City. The World Observatory is due to open
at the top of One World Trade Center on May 29. It will provide some of the best views of the city and will feature interactive exhibits and several world- class dining options across its three floors (levels 100, 101 and 102). Elsewhere, the Whitney Museum of American Art’s new building in the Meatpacking District was set to debut on May 1. Designed by Renzo Piano, the architect behind The Shard, the new nine-storey building will greatly increase Whitney’s exhibition space. For the first time, the museum will be
NEWS TO USE IN BRIEF Downton in North Carolina: Visitors
to the Biltmore Estate – the largest residential home in the US – in Asheville can explore the similarities between Biltmore and Downton Abbey by taking the Vanderbilt Family and Friends Tour, featuring more than 40 costumes from the TV series. It runs until May 25.
biltmore.com
New UK rep: The Daytona represent it in the Beach
Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has appointed HAT Tourism Marketing to
UK. The
destination, currently investing more than one billion dollars in renovations and construction projects, is easily twinned with Orlando.
hatmarketing.com;
daytonabeach.com
California knows the trade: Visit
California will again run its annual UK sales mission this summer. A delegation of city and regional destinations and key products will be visiting London, Dublin and Bristol in July (6, 10, 12). This year’s California SuperFam takes place from September 24-October 1.
visitcalifonia.com/uk
able to showcase its entire collection of modern and contemporary art. On May 20, Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration (formerly known as the Ellis Island Museum) will reopen to the public. A key feature will be the new People of America Centre at Ellis Island, a new exhibition chronicling immigration to America before the processing station opened in 1892. Finally, Governors Island will open on
May 23. Just a 10-minute ferry ride from Lower Manhattan, the island is a ‘favourite’ summer playground of New Yorkers with landscaped areas, artworks and many quirky events. *Pictured at Unite USA are NYC & Company’s Kate Popham (left) and Josie Self.
New York’s new attractions Riding through Utah
VISITORS to Utah can sign up for a new seven-day
cycling and
glamping tour of the state’s national parks. Priced from £4075pp, all- inclusive (but not flights), the deal includes
full-board, with
prepared by a chef, accommodation in safari-style
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meals tents with private
facilities, and an itinerary exploring Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands and Arches parks. Riders have the option of cycling all day or hopping in the van after lunch and hitching a ride to that night’s accommodation spot.
frontier-america.co.uk
Legoland for Arizona
A LEGOLAND Discovery Center will open at Arizona Mills,
in
Tempe, as the largest outlet shopping centre in the US, in 2016. The interactive attraction will
feature a Lego brick pool, building classes, a Lego ride and a 4D cinema. As with other Legoland attractions,
the Arizona Mills
version will include a ‘mini-land’ exhibition with Lego models of Phoenix’s skyline and landmarks from the surrounding area. Building work on the $12 million attraction will begin this June. Legoland is operated by Merlin, which has theme parks in California and Florida along with five Sea Life Aquarium locations in North America. The company has Legoland Discovery Centers in Chicago,
Dallas, Kansas City,
Atlanta, Boston and Westchester (New York).
merlinentertainment.biz
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