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Funworld August 2009
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ANNOUNCEMENTS BEST IN SHOW: Rubbermaid Commercial Products (RCP) received the 2009 Platinum ADEX Award for its Metropolitan Smoker’s Station, slim outdoor cigarette receptacle. ADEX Awards honor design and quality in furniture, fixtures, and finishes marketed to the design trade with platinum, gold, or silver levels. PEOPLE PRODUCTS |
WITH A SMILE: Ed Baklor now serves as divisional vice president at Sage Hospitality and works to continually develop CoCo Key Water Resorts and its brand. He is responsible for operations and overall performance for the water resort portfolio. Baklor has spent 30 years in the hospitality, leisure travel, and retail industries, including stints at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, and Downtown Disney. 
ADVANCEMENT: See Rock City Inc. in Chattanooga, Tennessee, hired Jeff Raabe as director of operations. Raabe will oversee enhanced customer experiences at Rock City Gardens and all businesses managed by See Rock City Inc., including the Battles for Chattanooga Museum and Rock City’s Enchanted Cornfield Maze, among others. 
EXPANDING: Entertainment Development Group (EDG) added Patsy Tillisch and Bob Pope, former owners of Total Park Projects, to its senior leadership team. Tillisch and Pope bring experience in park operations planning and modeling, industrial engineering, design management, and animal exhibit design consulting. They have worked at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Ocean Park in Hong Kong, and other zoos throughout the world. 
ADDITION: Benchmark Games welcomes Bill Freeman to its sales team. Freeman is a 30-year veteran of the amusement and entertainment industry and has extensive knowledge of the video game industry. In the past, Freeman has acted as owner of “A Game” Service Inc., provided consulting to the games industry, and was general manager of the GameWorks location at Islands of Adventure in Orlando. 
FRENZIED FUN: Creative Works announces the release of Lazer Frenzy, an arcade style attraction that uses LED technology to put the player inside a maze of interactive lasers. The attraction fits into a 150-square-foot space and is completely enclosed aside from its entry/exit door. Lazer Frenzy includes several game formats and can be individually themed. The attraction comes with an interactive archway with arcade-style option buttons. 
STICKY AND SAFE: SafetyTat, manufacturer of children’s safety tattoos, introduces Quick-Stick Writeon! Tattoos, which can be applied on children without water and provide a space for guardians to write their mobile phone number if the child becomes separated. The tattoos attach like a sticker to the skin and can stay in place for up to two weeks if desired. 