With its 75th anniversary having taken place last month and its annual dinner set for January 23, 2012, BALPPA members are certainly not short on reasons to celebrate.
It's no coincidence that BALPPA's annual dinner and AGM will take place during the EAG International Expo, which the association announced its support of earlier this year.
BALPPA's primary mission is to support the interests of its 300 or so members in the parks and attractions sector and to lobby on their behalf, as CEO Jeremy Reed explains: "We have informal associations with a number of exhibitions serving the parks and attractions sector.
"We've closely observed EAG International Expo's progress and concluded that many of our members would be well served by the show; in fact several are already active participants. The EAG International Expo also provides the perfect vehicle for BALPPA to showcase itself and bring the attractions sector to the forefront. We believe that we share a common philosophy with BACTA and the EAG International Expo, which is one of being true to our roots but embracing the future.
"By synchronising some key dates in BALPPA's calendar, we've made it simple for our members to visit the show and benefit from the networking opportunities, seminar programmes and product presentations for which the EAG International Expo is justifiably proud," he added.
BALPPA is currently active in many areas that also impact heavily on the coin-op sector. These include the issues created by the proposed Machines Game Duty and lobbying for a reduction in VAT on admissions income within the tourism sector.
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