Archive For October, 2011
The Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America (BPAA), the bowling industry’s leading trade association, announced today that former Apple senior executive and digital music guru, Jeff Martin, will serve as the “Thought Leader” keynote speaker at the 2012 Bowling Summit in Napa, California on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. local time. Martin, the former […]
Cedar Fair (NYSE: FUN), a leader in regional amusement parks, water parks and active entertainment, is pleased to announce that it has engaged accesso, a leading provider of commerce solutions, to utilize their premier online commerce and mobile technology across its renowned portfolio of parks. Along with redesigned websites for each park, Cedar Fair will […]
Harvest Family Entertainment and CNL are sponsoring a prayer breakfast during the IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando, Fla. The breakfast will take place 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Rosen Centre Hotel across from the Orange County Convention Center. Guest speaker during the breakfast will be Bill Hendricks, author, consultant […]
Frank O’Connell, general manager of the Hersheypark Entertainment Complex, passed away following a heart attack on Oct. 18, 2011. He was 48. A longtime member of the HE&R family, Frank first joined the company in 1978. Having worked in a number of positions throughout his tenure, including his long-held leadership position as G.M. of the […]
The Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America (BPAA), the bowling industry’s leading trade association, announced today the launch of BPAA Customer Connect, a highly anticipated web-based CRM program that will reshape the industry’s ability to connect and engage with bowling center consumers. BPAA Customer Connect, which will be unveiled at the 2012 Bowling Summit, is a […]
Pleasurewood Hills theme park on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk, has secured an investment of €1,350,000 that will be used to purchase new rides and make further cosmetic enhancements over the winter. The investment comes from new park owners, The Looping Holding, who took over the park in Jan. 2011. The money will be […]
The annual, official state-sponsored Georgia National Fair, October 6-16, 2011, is a family event celebrating the best of Georgia. We have “Fair Fever” and hope you “Catch It!” The Fair is a “sense-ational” experience! See it. Smell it. Taste it. Touch it. Hear it. Livestock. Food. Exhibits. Rides. Concerts. The Georgia National Fair has made […]
Bowlopolis is about to take you where no other bowler has gone before…outer space! Join Layne and the gang as they are transported to the final frontier where they help Lily Sourapple and her alien minions get back to their home planet by powering their spacecraft through an activity that looks strikingly like earthly bowling. […]
ASTM International Committee F24 on Amusement Rides and Devices, which produces global safety standards for the amusement industry, will be holding three days of meetings from Oct. 13-15, 2011 at the Valley Ho Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona. Approximately 50 separate meetings will be held, each one focusing on a specific safety element of the amusement […]
Georgia’s Wild Adventures Theme Park (WA) welcomes legendary entertainment icon, Dolly Parton, for a once-in-a-lifetime concert Friday, Oct. 14 at 8:00 p.m. The park anticipates a busy evening and will open at 3:00 p.m. for guests to enjoy the park. All guests are encouraged to arrive as early as possible to ensure entrance into the […]
