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New multipurpose convention centre opens in Vietnam
A striking multipurpose convention centre with a design inspired by the country’s ubiquitous coracle boat, has opened in Vietnam. The convention centre - Axi Plaza - overlooks Long…
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Former Tokyo fish market to be redeveloped with multipurpose stadium
The site of Tokyo’s former Tsukiji fish market is to be redeveloped as a commercial and residential complex and transport hub with a 50,000-seat multipurpose stadium at its heart.…
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OzAsia Festival secures Creative Australia inaugural Asia Pacific Arts Award
Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival, Australia’s leading contemporary arts festival engaging with Asia, has secured a Creative Australia Asia Pacific Arts Award at the…
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World Leisure Day to explore digital horizons
Aiming to reinforce leisure as a social right and its importance in daily life, as well as to expand and promote leisure globally while recognising that barriers still exist for many…
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Meliá Chiang Mai resort launches social enterprise to improve lives of Thai communities
Meliá Chiang Mai has unveiled a social enterprise that promotes talented Thai designers, artists and craftsmen to ultimately help communities in need and preserve Thai culture.…
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Patrick Johnson awarded 2023 IOC Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions Award for Oceania
Dual Olympian and Culture and Sport Advisor Patrick Johnson secured the 2023 IOC Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champions Award for Oceania. The award, announced in Lausanne last…
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Tokyo light and sound experience makes it into Guinness World Records
Tokyo’s latest attraction to brighten the nightlife ‘TOKYO Night & Light’ – has gone down in the Guinness World Records™ as the ‘largest…
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Hiroshima Peace Museum attracts record number of visitors in 2023 fiscal year
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in central Hiroshima, Japan, has already reached a record 1,760,252 visitors with still just over a month to go…
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