IAAPA expo opened

The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has officially opened the annual IAAPA Expo. This year the exhibition is being held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando (Florida, US).

Roland Mack chairman of IAAPA

It is expected that more than 25.000 visitors and delegates will be attending the four-day event. The IAAPA expo includes a large exhibition floor but also a programme of seminars and key-note speeches is being held.

Each year a new chairman is being introduced as part of the launch event. This year the honour goes to Roland Mack, the managing director and owner of Europa-Park, the number one theme park in Germany. For one year long he will steer the association, until the next IAAPA Expo event in November 2012. Mack is very proud, as being only the fifth European chair of the organisation. "It's a great honour to me, as being the first German person to be elected as chair of the international association. I am part of a family business, which was founded in 1780. Now we are in the seventh generation already. "

The IAAPA Expo will run until 18 November 2011.