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Saturday, March 27, 2010 Amusement parks: IAAPI Trade show, Mumbai - Photos. The Indian Association of Amusement Parks and Industries (IAAPI) had its annual trade show at the Bombay Exhibition Centre 18th to 20th March. Judged a great success by most in attendance a show report will follow. Here are some photos from the busy trade floor...
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Sunday, March 07, 2010 Family Entertainments: Brushboarding Taking Off! As a father of pre-teens I am naturally considered desperately, wincingly uncool. I am not “butter”, certainly not “all that and a bag of chips” and hopelessly at sea with today’s rappity-pop stars and their portfolio of perplexing hand gesticulations. However…...View more

Monday, February 15, 2010 Are Farm Animal Attractions and Petting Zoos too dangerous for young children? Following a serious outbreak of E.coli 0157 in the UK, during the latter part of 2009 which saw a number of children hospitalised and several farm attractions closed, Professor Hugh Pennington, Emeritus professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that parents should "think hard" before letting children, particularly those under the age of 5, touch animals at petting farms....View more

Monday, December 14, 2009 Theme Parks: IAAPA Expo photos. From 17th to 20th November 2009, and for the first time in its 91 year history, the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) Attractions Expo took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, USA. For the first time ever, the world's biggest event in this sector was held in the capital of gambling and entertainment...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 Attractions Business: Meet me in Las Vegas (IAAPA booth 4524) We at Blooloop want to meet you in Las Vegas during the IAAPA Attractions Expo Nov 17-20. Please stop by our booth for a chat (# 4524). Blooloop will be podcasting and blogging live from the show, so bring along some witty remarks and observations, too, and you might get interviewed or otherwise included in our coverage! We will also have our signature giveaways: some Blooloop pens (soon to be in much demand on eBay) and our genuine clotted-cream Devon fudge......View more

Saturday, September 26, 2009 Themed Entertainment: Blue Sky Adventure at TEA's SATE Conference After a briefing and introduction from George Wiktor, Karen Armitage, Larry Tuch, Jeff Mayer, Chick Russell and Linda Smith, attendees of the 3rd annual SATE Conference (Storytelling-Architecture-Technology-Entertainment) in Orlando split up into five groups to conduct two-hour mini-charrettes......View more

Saturday, September 19, 2009 Themed Attractions: Talking Pirates Today Why are pirates so fascinating? They just arrrrr! An old joke of course but appropriate as today is National Talk Like a Pirate Day* in the US. My little boy did all the Orlando parks and attractions last Autumn, saw Spider-man, Shamu, Mickey and a host of other magical characters......View more

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 A Happy New Year to all our Readers! Further to our seasonal E cards feature (I know a tree frog isn’t exactly festive but red eyes will be much in evidence come tomorrow morning), I am adding a couple of further messages......View more

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Amusement Law: Legal Learning at WWA and IAAPA For those interested in legal and regulatory issues, fall is a useful time as it’s the season when some of the industry’s largest associations hold their annual conventions.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008 FECs: Looking Forward to IAAPA in Orlando this November FEC's can expect a lively and informative session about Social Media at this year's conference. This November will be my third time at IAAPA and I am really looking forward to meeting new people, connecting with clients I work with across the country but never see, and hearing the lectures at the education sessions....View more

Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Halloween Risk Management for Amusement Parks: Curbing the Scary Specter of Legal Liability Now that Labor Day has passed, many parks are gearing down for the close of this year’s season. However, a growing trend within the industry has been to keep certain operations going through the Halloween-time....View more

Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Step Up to the Plate Hit one out of the park for some peace of mind. Now I am not a particular fan of baseball, and those who know me would never describe me as “athletic”, but I love the batting cages......View more

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Amusement Law: As the Summer Season Winds Down… Here in the States, August means that the peak summer amusement park season is beginning to wind down since many states now start their school years well ahead of the Labor Day weekend (though efforts continue to reverse that trend and return school starts to their traditional post-Labor Day spot). With amusement park facilities hopefully wrapping up a successful season, this week’s Update focuses on a series of quick legal and business notes facing the industry these days....View more

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Amusement Law: How the Airline and Amusement Industries are Tied Together With the recent high-profile failures of major U.S. banks and lenders like IndyMac, the troubled domestic airline industry has been given a respite from harrowing headlines. However, that doesn’t mean the threat to their business model has gone away. Indeed, with oil surpassing $145 per barrel (and going higher at a brisk clip), most U.S. commercial airlines are facing bleak prospects in both the short and long terms. So, why does this matter to the amusement park and recreation industry?...View more

Wednesday, July 09, 2008 Amusement Law: Gun Laws and the Amusement Industry Take Center Stage Welcome to the first Blooloop Legal and Regulatory Update. I’ll be writing this on-line column most Wednesdays.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Butterflies and the Law An interesting morning. Had a chat with Clive Farrell, the man behind the ambitious £25 million Butterfly World project here in the UK about the economic and environmental impact it is set to make upon the local area. The centre piece of the project is an enormous biome, a vast greenhouse, set to include the third largest collection of tropical plants in the UK but also to boast a staggering variety of butterflies from across the world....View more

Monday, May 12, 2008 FECs: The Wild FEC Owner

What do you want to be when you grow up? Do you even want to grow up? FEC owners eh?