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12-30-2000

NEARLY 28,000 ATTEND IAAPA SHOW

Atlanta, Georgia – Excitement, experience and education were the buzzwords on the lips of the 27,598 attendees who came to the IAAPA 2000, The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions’ 82nd Annual Convention and Trade Show, held November 14-18, 2000 at the Georgia World Congress Center & Georgia Dome.

“IAAPA 2000 lived up to its billing as the place to find the latest and greatest in the global amusement industry,” state outgoing IAAPA chairman Rene Aziz. “The show floor has been full of activity, the seminars have been packed, and the exchange of information and ideas has been as lively as ever. In addition, Atlanta and the World Congress Center have been once again been terrific hosts.”

Buyer’s came from 101 countries to view the products and services of the 1,303 exhibitors in 552,009 net square feet of exhibit space. Of those buyer’s, 76.1% were U.S. and 23.9% were international.

IAAPA 2000 exhibitors seemed equally excited and satisfied with this years results. Soundelux Showorks stated, “The show has just been terrific. We were initially on the fence about coming this year, and we definitely made the right decision.”

GlooBoo Limited said, “It was a great show, with an even higher percentage of quality buyers than last year.

“IAAPA was great, as always,” commented Gold Medal Products Company. “We procured the same number of leads as we did last year.”

This year’s show also offered nearly 70 well-attended educational sessions, including IAAPA’s Management Development Program, the Training the Trainer Program, the National Swimming Pool Foundation’s Certified Pool Operators Course and facility tours of Six Flags Over Georgia Theme Park and White Water Waterpark. Formal programs in Media Relations, Supervisory Management, Leadership Excellence, and Playground Safety were also offered.

Special ticketed events were popular as well: The General Managers and Owners Luncheon with Dolly Parton on Thursday, November 16, greeted 481 guests and the Thursday Night Sensation at Six Flags Over Georgia amused a party of 2,306.

IAAPA 2000 finished with an appropriate flourish Saturday night, as Aziz handed over the gavel to incoming IAAPA Chairman Bill Sims at a beautiful reception in Atlanta’s Ritz Carlton Hotel. Sims will serve as Chair for one year, ending his term by hosting IAAPA 2001 in Orlando Florida USA on November 13-17, 2001.

IAAPA is the largest international trade association for permanently situated amusement facilities worldwide. The organization represents over 5,000 facility, supplier and individual members from more than 100 countries, including most amusement parks and attractions in the United States. IAAPA strives to help members improve their efficiency, marketing, safety and profitability while maintaining the highest possible professional standards in the industry.

MOUNTASIA ACCEPTS IALEI “GOLDEN TOKEN AWARD ” FOR BEST PROMOTION

Hillsboro, New Hampshire – The International Association for the Leisure and Entertainment Industry (IALEI) recently presented Mountasia Family Fun Center, of Santa Clarita, California, with its Golden Token Award for Most Creative Promotion. The award was received during the co-located Fun Expo and AMOA Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mountasia’s winning promotion was TV-Turnoff Week and the event’s slogan was “Break Free of TV”.

Mountasia Family Fun Center prepared a plan of action to host TV-Turnoff Week, a program started by an organization called TV-Free America. Mountasia’s objective was to become more actively involved with their local community, improve their relationship with local schools and administrators, and to promote their interest in family values and education. To achieve this result, the Mountasia staff planned a week-long schedule of activities and provided their promotional materials to local schools for distribution.

In exchange for agreeing to keep their television off for one week, children received from their teachers a certificate and a free pass to Mountasia. Some of the additional activities taking place during TV-Turnoff Week were magic and clowning performances, Tae Kwon Do demonstrations and lessons, roller skating lessons, gymnastic basics, music, games and give-aways.

IALEI is dedicated to serving family entertainment centers and location-based entertainment facilities through its convention and trade show Fun Expo, educational
Materials, publications, web site and member services. To enhance your entertainment business contact: IALEI @ 603-464-6498 or web: www.ialei.org.

RACING AMPUTEE TO SPEAK AT KART EXPO

Wheaton, Illinois – Karter and race car driver Mike Roman will speak to disabled children and adults at the up-coming Kart Expo. Roman, became “disabled” when he had his right leg amputated due to a staph infection four years ago. Roman, 34, from Buffalo Grove, Illinois, now lives near St. Louis and attempted to quality for 2000 ASA event at Chicago Motor Speedway with a specially-modified car this summer. His dramatic effort fell a bit short, but he still feels he’ll be able to qualify for the 2001 season.

In an effort to turn his “inconvenience” into something good, Mike has recently put together a non-profit association titled: Adaptive Racing Institute, and will be working with the disabled. A web site: www.weadapt.org will be up and running soon. Mr. Roman will be available to talk show attendees on both Saturday and Sunday, February 17 and 18 in booth #105. For more information re: 2001 Kart Expo see: Kart Expo Update!

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