Bemusement - The Attractions Industry Blog

Tuesday, August 07, 2012 IAAPA's Euro Attractions Show: A "New Adventure" in Berlin    Having been with IAAPA for over 12 years and being responsible for the Euro Attractions Show since IAAPA became involved eight years ago, every show is always a new adventure: especially when coming to a completely new city as it is once again the case with EAS 2012 Berlin. ...View more

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 What’s a World’s Fair?    I can almost always tell whether someone is older than me or younger than me here in North America. If they say “I didn’t know they still had world’s fairs,” they’re almost always older than me. If they say “What’s a world’s fair?” they’re usually younger....View more

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 A Few of my Favourite Things: A day at the IAAPA Expo    Raindrops on roses and 5D cinema….attending the IAAPA show is of course, as I tell my friends and kids, REALLY, REALLY hard work but it does have the odd perk. In the interest of market research I felt obliged to try everything I could. Here are some of my favourites from the floor…....View more

Wednesday, December 08, 2010 Optimism with a Frosty Reception : The IAAPA Expo 2010    The annual IAAPA Expo was back to its spiritual home of Orlando in November after last year’s visit to Las Vegas. Many felt a sense of relief to be back in Florida and there was a palpable sense of excitement and optimism in the air as the show began. So what did I learn during my week at the show, other than that I can’t play golf, The Adirondacks are a mountain range and I still don’t like grits?...View more

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 The IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010: It’s a Small World    Who will you see at IAAPA? We all look forward to seeing our friends and colleagues from the amusement industry each year at IAAPA. But you might be surprised who else shows up…
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Saturday, September 04, 2010 Asian Expo 2010 : A View from a Bridge    In Malaysia recently for IAAPA's Asian Expo I paid a visit to FRIM, the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, located around 10 miles out of the capital. A Government owned project and one of the world’s leading bodies involved in tropical forest research, the institute is based in the middle of a tract of dense rainforest......View more

Monday, September 14, 2009 World Expos: USA Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 under construction    This photo, taken yesterday, shows the USA Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 under construction. Thanks to Nick Winslow, who is heading up the pavilion team, and James Ogul of the US State Dept., for providing it. Expo 2010 will run for six months, May 1-Oct 31....View more

Monday, June 08, 2009 World Expos: US Congress Favors USA Pavilion at Shanghai    The following was received today from Ruder Finn Public Relations , which represents the USA Pavilion group headed by Nick Winslow and Ellen Eliasoph. Winslow's group, which also includes BRC Imagination Arts and Norm Elder, has the official nod from the US Federal government... ...View more

Thursday, October 30, 2008 BH&L Group Declares Mission to Make US Expo Pavilion at 2010 Shanghai World’s Fair a Reality    A Santa Monica group including legendary world’s fair designer Barry Howard is pushing hard to create a meaningful US presence at the Shanghai world’s fair....View more

Friday, May 16, 2008 “The Biggest Water Festival on Earth” Zaragoza Expo 08 opens June 14    Less than a month from now, the next world's fair will open its gates to the public for a three-month run, from 14 June to 14 September, 2008. The theme of the expo is “Water and Sustainable Development.” Commissioner General of Expo 08, on behalf of the government of Spain, is H.E. Mr. Emilio Fernandez-Castaño y Diaz Caneja....View more