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MENALAC's new manager
January 18, 2018 by David Snook Nawal Zioui is the first…
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MENALAC's glittering 'Oscar' night
January 9, 2018 More detail is coming through of the…
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Awards night for Dubai
January 4, 2018 by David Snook The growing international importance of…
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MENALAC to organize LEISURE & ATTRACTIONS SAFETY DAY on November 1st 2017 in Dubai.
MENALAC (Middle East & North Africa Leisure and Attraction Council) the amusement association for the Middle East and North African market will be organizing a safety seminar on November 1st, 2017 at Crowne Plaza, Dubai. The program for the seminar has been drafted by the Safety Committee of the Council, which comprises of Safety Professionals from all the leading leisure and entertainment operations in the region. Labeled as ‘a seminar by the industry for the industry’, it is aimed at educating and informing Leisure Industry professionals the latest updates in safety protocol in both indoor and outdoor entertainment facilities, accreditation procedures, and operational safety measures followed in the region. “Safety procedures in entertainment spaces have become the most hotly debated subjects in the region. The Seminar will host feature speakers who have a wealth of proven regional market experience in complying with regulatory requirements and maintaining safety standards within leisure facilities in the region. As MENALAC, our prime objective is to ensure that Leisure & Entertainment Industry in the Region pertains to the highest Safety Standards,” said Mr. Markus Mack-Even, the Chairman of MENALAC’s Safety Committee. Speakers from the Emirates International Accreditation Centre, TÜV SÜD, Eco Middle East, Farah Experiences,…
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‘Safety’ of prime importance in the region’s Leisure & Entertainment Industry
Two-day LEA conference to focus on safety and leadership in the entertainment and amusement industry in the region. MENALAC – the Middle East and North Africa Leisure and Attractions Council – brings together the leading companies within the region’s entertainment industry, including the theme parks, visitor attractions, water park and family entertainment centre companies. The organization aims at propagating the message of safety in outdoor and indoor leisure facilities in the MENA region. The ‘Leisure, Entertainment and Attractions’ (LEA) conference will be held in the Al Ain meeting halls A and B at the exhibition centre and the programme will cover all aspects of today’s attractions industry. Day one will cover safety, including safety standards, and day two will focus on the leadership conference with senior industry panelists taking part. They will present a roundtable discussion on major elements of today’s industry. Eng.Redha Hassan Salman, Director of Public and Health Safety Department, Dubai Municipality, Neil Dwyer, IMG Director – Health & Safety, Ammar Belleh, Health and Saftery manager MAF Leisure and Entertainment, Shyamkumar Pillai, Head of R&M and Quality Assurance Play Structures, Landmark Leisure shared their viewpoints on the importance of safety in the leisure and amusement industry. MENALAC is…
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MENALAC tackles all leisure issues
Intergame March 17, 2017 The new trade association in the Middle East, MENALAC - the Middle East and North Africa Leisure and Attractions Council - is tackling issues as diverse as safety at waterparks and good practices at aquariums and museums during its two-day conference, March 26-27, coinciding with the DEAL trade show in Dubai. The organisation, which includes all types of facilities from family entertainment centres, theme parks, waterparks and other leisure locations, has put together a range of talks by specialists covering every aspect of its activities for the conference. “We have everything for all parts of the wider leisure industry,” said a MENALAC spokesperson, “from theme parks good practices to speakers from the wider retail industry, which is so much a part of our business.” This latter area will include an address on how the shopping mall business relies upon leisure to help drive footfall. This will be delivered by Phil McCarthur, president of McArthur Company, a specialist consultancy on shopping malls. https://www.intergameonline.com/coin-op/news/menalac-tackles-all-leisure-issues
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Top FEC brains gather
March 16, 2017 by David Snook The biggest names in Middle East FEC operating will form the nucleus of the panelists in the day two sessions of the MENALAC Conference, due to be held during the DEAL trade show in Dubai (March 26-27). The heads of the four biggest operating companies will be taking part, together with the principals of the big new theme parks in the emirate. The second day of the conference will be aimed at discussing the current state of the industry in the region, which the new trade association has been set up to represent. The speakers include Mohammed Gad from the emirate’s International Accreditation Centre, the authority that sets the safety standards for the industry. Also among the panelists will be Majed Al Hokair, main board director at the Al Hokair group; his younger brother Mishal Al Hokair, deputy CEO and general manager; Fahad Al Othaim, CEO of the entertainments division at Al Othaim; Lennard Otto, CEO of IMG Worlds of Adventure; Chris Schwartz, CEO of Wild Wadi theme park; Damien Latham, CEO at MAF Leisure; Silvio Liedtke, CEO at Landmark Leisure; Markus Mack-Even, chief project officer at IMG Worlds of Adventure; and a speaker from…
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Conference set for DEAL
March 14, 2017 by David Snook The first annual conference to be held by the new MENALAC trade association in the Middle East will be held on the first two days of the major DEAL trade show in Dubai, on March 26-27. MENALAC - the Middle East and North Africa Leisure and Attraction Council - brings together the leading companies within the region’s entertainment industry, including the theme parks and family entertainment centres companies. The organisation has now been accredited by the Dubai Association Centre and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The conference will be held in the Al Ain meeting halls A and B at the exhibition centre and the programme will cover all aspects of today’s attractions industry. Day one will cover safety, including safety standards, and day two will focus on a CEO "Conclave" with senior industry panelists taking part. They will present a roundtable discussion on major elements of today’s industry. The main sponsor of the conference is the major Italian rides maker IE Park. InterGame is the Official Publication of the organisation. Members of MENALAC and IAAPA will pay AED600 (US$163) for the two-day conference, including lunch and refreshments and non-members AED700. To register as a delegate…