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