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Volume XVII

No. 8 - December 2017

  1. Editor's corner
  2. More about the appeal of LTOs
  3. Unpartnered share of Americans on the increase
  4. Meet the conscientious consumer
  5. Ocean5 and Table 47 about to raise the bar
  6. A shrinking young adult market
  7. The importance of great designed spaces
  8. Out-of-home entertainment expenditures on the increase
  9. It's no longer about entertainment; it's all about the experience
  10. The marriage of food and entertainment
  11. Outdoor attractions are solid FEC profit centers
  12. Wake up at dawn to dance at this new rave
  13. Households with children on a downward slope
  14. New CLVs worth noting

No. 7 - November 2017

  1. Editor's corner
  2. 'Clean food' is the new norm
  3. The rideless theme park
  4. Urban axe throwing
  5. Is your leisure venue getting VUC'D?
  6. Ticket or ticketless? The truth revealed
  7. How technology is swallowing reality
  8. Surmounting disruption
  9. The magnitude of binge watching

No. 6 - September-October 2017

  1. Editor's corner
  2. Doc Brundy's sodacade under construction
  3. The rise of gender-neutral marketing pronouns
  4. Dining out is now the main event
  5. Trade names announced for our South Puget Sound project
  6. The cannibals are coming
  7. Low-tech entertainment
  8. The all-new Davis Mega Farm Festival
  9. The lure of LTOs
  10. Don't believe go-kart misinformation. Know you source. Part 2
  11. Earache
  12. October is National Pizza Month

No. 5 - Summer 2017

  1. Editor's corner
  2. Current projects
  3. Screen share increases while participation at out-of-home leisure venues decreases
  4. Rising expectations
  5. You've only got 3 seconds to get their attention
  6. Can Can Wonderland, an artistic paradise
  7. Don't believe go-kart misinformation. Know you source. Part 1
  8. More young adults living at home
  9. Go-karts on the ocean
  10. Beware of the wolf clad in sheep's clothes
  11. Is your CLV really for socialization
  12. American's prefer beer
  13. Demographic shifts disrupting traditional FEC model
  14. Cocooning is the NEW going out: the hygge trend's impact on CLVs
  15. Consumers prefer independent restaurants

No. 4 - April 2017

  1. Editor's corner
  2. Board games are making a comeback
  3. Developing experiential CVs
  4. Only 2 weeks left to register for Foundations Entertainment University to be held in New Jersey
  5. Increasing adult appeal with slick road course go-kart tracks
  6. There are 3 elephants in the room: Is a CLV/FEC bubble on the horizon?
  7. More grandparents than ever
  8. Less capacity but higher quality increases attendance and revenues
  9. The difference between failure & success

No. 3 - March 2017

  1. Editor's corner
  2. The snackification of food culture; its implications for CLVs
  3. Foundations gets IAAPA Certified. Next program May 10-12 in New Jersey
  4. More adults living in households without children
  5. Consumer loyalty & customer satisfaction
  6. Cinemas continue attendance decline but are fighting back
  7. Binge watching is for lovers
  8. What forms & shapes a positive memory of a visit to a CLV?
  9. Shooter-tainment arrives
  10. The modern family: why children rule

No. 2 - February 2017

  1. Editor's Corner
  2. Staying in is the new going out; welcome to Generation Homebody
  3. Are staycations going kaput?
  4. 3 seminar programs and 2 trade shows for the price of one
  5. Digital now has a necessity status
  6. The rise of bar-tainment
  7. 3.4 million missing babies
  8. Benchmarking mediocrity
  9. Consumer trends in 2017: 36 expert perspectives
  10. Is your website ADA compliant?

No. 1 - January 2017

  1. Editor's Corner
  2. Are you ready for hygge?
  3. 2017 Foundations Entertainment University dates
  4. Top 2016 articles
  5. The untold truth about feasibility studies
  6. The growing inequality of entertainment & the growth of eleisure
  7. What's happening to sports participation?
  8. Becoming the industry contrarian
  9. Is a new virtual reality disruption coming to out-of-home leisure?
  10. Predictions for 2017
  11. The curse of customer fatigue; the downfall of many CLVs & FECs
 

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