WORLD LEISURE
Northern Italy’s Bologna earmarked to be home of ‘foodie theme park’
Italian city Bologna is set to become home to a US$55m (E40m, £33.4m) ‘foodie theme park’ which is intended to celebrate the finest facets of Italian cuisine. The joint venture between Italian food- emporium chain Eataly – which boasts 26 stores worldwide, including a New York City megastore co-owned by renowned gastronomist Mario Batali – and the Municipality of Bologna is expected to be served up in November 2015 and will cover 86,000sq ft (7,900sq m). The land, which currently houses sev- eral abandoned warehouses, has been provided by the city-controlled Centro Agro Alimentare. It is to be transformed into Fico Eataly World – a theme park featuring restaurants, grocery stores, food labs, an aquarium and other food-themed features.
Bologna – best known for its terracotta rooftops – will soon host a ‘Disneyland for foodies’
Speaking to an Italian news service, Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti expressed his excitement and announced his ambi- tion to lure over 10 million visitors a year to his attraction, inviting them to “play
with this magical thing: Italian food.” Tourism is a major strength for Italy; more than 46 million visitors spent US$32.1bn (E23.3m, £19.3m) in 2012. Read more:
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Palazzo Versace Dubai delayed by further 12 months
The Dubai resort development Palazzo Versace has had its opening date pushed back by another 12 months, having origi- nally been expected to launch in 2010. Developer Enshaa Services Group has
confirmed the AED2.3bn (£405m, E475m, US$626m) Versace-branded resort will not open until the second half of 2014 – although it was previously expected to be ready by the end of 2013 after missing its original deadline – despite having been declared “80 per cent complete” in 2010. Read more:
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Original masterplan for Rio 2016
IOC chief: Rio 2016 preparations ‘worst ever’
The resort includes a Versace boutique Fitness industry ‘must take heed’ of microgym success
Leading figures from the health and fit- ness industry have today warned that companies must adapt to the changing market exemplified by the surge of micro- gyms to avoid being left behind. At the UK 2014 active-net conference, Les Mills’ Martin Franklin said microgyms had proved a “disruptive influence” to the tra- ditional gym model, indicating a market shift. “We need to analyse, pick up on trends
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and work out ways to integrate these into our existing operations,” he added. Read more:
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Preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are the “worst ever seen”, according to the vice presi- dent of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) John Coates. Coates, who has been involved with the Olympic movement for 40 years, said the IOC was taking the issue seriously and has already acted by placing experts in the Brazilian organising committee to ensure the Games can go ahead. Speaking at a forum in Australia, he added that progress on the Games infrastructure and venues with two years to go was even worse than the Athens Games in 2004. Read more:
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